Researchers' work from University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute focuses on pandemics

2010 DEC 7 -- New investigation results, 'Seroprevalence of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus in Australian blood donors, October - December 2009,' are detailed in a study published in Euro Surveillance. According to recent research from Melbourne, Australia, "Assessment of the severity of disease due to the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in Australian states and territories has been hampered by the absence of denominator data on population exposure. We compared antibody reactivity to the pandemic virus using haemagglutination inhibition assays performed on plasma specimens taken from healthy adult blood donors (older than 16 years) before and after the influenza...

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