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NEW WAY TO PREDICT LETHAL FLU OUTBREAKS.

Publication: Worldwide Databases
Publication Date: 01-DEC-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
WHO and CDC have stated that the predictive accuracy of their annual formulations for human influenza vaccines is "suboptimal" -- often correct less than 50% of the time, especially for seniors. Perhaps in part because we are not yet accurate in our predictions of upcoming influenza strains, approximately 36,000 people die each year of flu in the United States alone.

As in the case of hurricanes, early warning of the location and intensity of virus outbreaks would allow us more rapidly and effectively to defend ourselves with strain-specific vaccines. This is now possible.

To provide this vital knowledge, Drs. Samuel and Elenore Bogoch of the Foundation for Research on the Nervous System and Replikins Ltd. of Boston ("Replikins") presented new technology at the 7th International Bird...

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