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WINNIPEG — Aboriginal people are able to ward off the H1N1 flu virus as well as or better than the rest of the population, a University of Manitoba study says — a finding that contradicts the theory that put aboriginals at the head of the line for the vaccine last year.
Aboriginal people were given priority for the H1N1 vaccine in 2009 and were required to get two dosages instead of the single shot other Canadians received.
"The results point out that aboriginal people are not deficient in their immune response to H1N1," said Dr. Ethan Rubinstein, the lead researcher and a member of the U of M's infectious diseases section.
The study tested the immune response of 120 aboriginal people from Manitoba. The subjects were from large population centres, like Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie; none of them were from the northern reserves which experienced severe flu outbreaks in the past year.
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Aboriginal people were given priority for the H1N1 vaccine in 2009 and were required to get two dosages instead of the single shot other Canadians received.
"The results point out that aboriginal people are not deficient in their immune response to H1N1," said Dr. Ethan Rubinstein, the lead researcher and a member of the U of M's infectious diseases section.
The study tested the immune response of 120 aboriginal people from Manitoba. The subjects were from large population centres, like Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie; none of them were from the northern reserves which experienced severe flu outbreaks in the past year.
...
Read more: http://www.canada.com/health/Aborig...e+H1N1+study/3824668/story.html#ixzz15EnbL3MD