Officials track down pandemic flu samples

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The discovery that samples of a deadly strain of influenza virus were included in test kits sent to thousands of laboratories around the world resulted in officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) struggling to trace the materials and ensure their destruction. The College of American Pathologists and other organizations sent out testing panels containing the H2N2 influenza A strain virus responsible for the 1957 'Asian flu' pandemic.

United States, Influenza viruses, Asian flu

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The world in medicine

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More than a million people in Darfur, Sudan will face malnutrition or disease outbreaks unless urgent steps are not taken by all concerned and the science of genomics will take a great step forward with sequencing of DNA of a kangaroo. Infection or epidemic fears after a natural disaster are largely baseless, according to a report of a British researcher, which reveals that infection risk is higher among aid workers and cervical cerclage.

Sudan, Health aspects, Genomes, Epidemics, Nucleotide sequencing, Darfur, Sudan (Region)

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Giving HIV the silent treatment and other strategies examined at conference

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Research on preventing and treating HIV infection and AIDS was discussed at the 10th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, MA. Topics included RNA interference, GB virus C, and a monoclonal antibody called TNX-355 that blocks the cell receptors HIV uses to enter cells.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, HIV infection, HIV infections

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