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Swine Flu Genetics Suggest a Vaccine Is Possible

Posted by timothy on from the shhh-no-one's-calling-it-that-any-more dept.

Kristina at Science News writes "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced findings May 1 from genetic studies of swine flu virus from six different countries. A strong similarity from country to country suggests all the infections are from one strain, making a vaccine a strong possibility. It will be several months at least before such a vaccine would be developed, though."

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  1. So....We've all forgotten by filmmaker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    about those torture memos with all this swine flu brouhaha, haven't we?

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  2. Re:H1N1 A flu, please by MrMarket · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The drift from pigs to humans (and therefore no vaccine in production) caused the initial concern. Furthermore, this could come back more virulent in the winter. The 1918 flu was also H1N1, and it had three waves. The second wave was the big killer.