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INDIA CLOSE TO DEVELOPING VACCINE AGAINST AVIAN FLU
July 10, 2006 (Money Control.com)
India is close to developing its own vaccine against avian flu in poultry with final phase trials showing 90% success, the head of the country's top animal disease research laboratory said on Monday, reports Reuters.
The new experimental vaccine will target the H5N1 strain of the virus that has spread rapidly through poultry flocks in Europe, Asia and Africa and killed 131 people across the world since 2003.
"So far we imported the vaccines, but now we can say we are close to developing our own," said HK Pradhan, head of the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory.
Hundreds of thousands of birds have been culled since February when the bird flu was first reported. Though no human infections were reported, thousands of people were monitored for flu-like symptoms and the panic saw people staying away from chicken meat and eggs.
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July 10, 2006 (Money Control.com)
India is close to developing its own vaccine against avian flu in poultry with final phase trials showing 90% success, the head of the country's top animal disease research laboratory said on Monday, reports Reuters.
The new experimental vaccine will target the H5N1 strain of the virus that has spread rapidly through poultry flocks in Europe, Asia and Africa and killed 131 people across the world since 2003.
"So far we imported the vaccines, but now we can say we are close to developing our own," said HK Pradhan, head of the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory.
Hundreds of thousands of birds have been culled since February when the bird flu was first reported. Though no human infections were reported, thousands of people were monitored for flu-like symptoms and the panic saw people staying away from chicken meat and eggs.
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