Bird Flu

Findings in bird flu reported from INSERM

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 4th, 2009

According to a study from Lyon, France, "With seasonal outbreaks affecting millions of people each year and devastating pandemics, human influenza is a major health concern. The pandemic threat includes highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) that gained the ability to infect humans in Asia and quickly spread throughout the world."

"Major concerns have been raised regarding today's vaccine production systems against influenza viruses, and new strategies to design efficient vaccines are under intensive investigation. We demonstrated elsewhere that viruslike particles (VLPs) incorporating HPAIV hemagglutinin induce strong humoral immune response when injected...

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