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Genetic Map Of Bird Flu Complete

China Daily:

Chinese experts have completed the genetic map of the killer H5N1 bird flu virus and their next step will be looking at how the virus mutates.

The mapping result was achieved by an avian disease research lab at the South China Agricultural University, which is in Guangzhou, the capital of South China's Guangdong Province, according to Guangzhou-based Nanfang Daily.
The breakthrough will help scientist understand how the virus evolves, the paper quoted Xin Chao'an, a leading professor at the lab as well as a member of the national avian flu team of experts, as saying.

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In another development, a South Korean expert has developed a vaccine for the virus, according to a Xinhua News Agency report.

Posted by Bob King at February 24, 2004 02:08 PM | TrackBack
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