INDONESIA: Scientists worry bird flu strain is drug resistant - 28/01/2008
Indonesia has the world's highest number of bird flu deaths and now scientists are trying to find out why. One theory being tested is that the Indonesian strain of the H5N1 virus is less susceptible to conventional antivirals.
Presenter - Joanna McCarthy Speaker - Professor Anne Kelso from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza in Melbourne, Dr Deoraj Caussy, Epidemiologist, World Health Organisation.
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Indonesia has the world's highest number of bird flu deaths and now scientists are trying to find out why. One theory being tested is that the Indonesian strain of the H5N1 virus is less susceptible to conventional antivirals.
Presenter - Joanna McCarthy Speaker - Professor Anne Kelso from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza in Melbourne, Dr Deoraj Caussy, Epidemiologist, World Health Organisation.
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