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Oct 02, 2012

Oct 02, 2012

Study: Most flu infections in fair pigs were unapparent

Lisa Schnirring
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Oct 02, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers who spent the past 3 years testing pigs for influenza A viruses at county fairs in Ohio found that infected animals commonly appear clinically normal, highlighting one of the challenges health officials faced in preventing the spread of variant influenza to humans at fairs this summer.
Oct 02, 2012

Report details Ohio H3N2v cases, cautions about pig barns

Jim Wappes
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Oct 02, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – Eleven of 16 hospitalized US cases of variant H3N2 (H3N2v) swine-origin influenza this past summer occurred in Ohio, and 10 of those were in children, according to a report that also suggests that even healthy people stay away from pigs at fairs to avoid flu infection.

Aug 21, 2012

Aug 21, 2012

H3N2v infections spark debate about barring pigs from fairs

Lisa Schnirring
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Aug 21, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – The type of flu transmission occurring mainly in young people directly exposed to pigs at fairs this summer is unprecedented, and health officials should consider keeping pigs away from the events, according to one infectious disease expert who has gone on record with his concerns.

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Jun 12, 2008

Jun 12, 2008

Baxter says cell-based H5N1 vaccine did well in trial

Robert Roos
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Jun 12, 2008

(CIDRAP News) – A pharmaceutical company is reporting good results in the first clinical trial of an H5N1 avian influenza vaccine that uses a whole, killed H5N1 virus grown in cell culture—a combination of techniques that entails some risk but may boost immune response and shorten production time.

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