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A potential method for development of a bird flu vaccine
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  1. Sanjoy Basu
  1. S Basu, Senior SHO, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, UK; drsanjoybasu{at}rediffmail.com

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The mechanisms by which animal strains of the influenza virus adapt themselves to invade human hosts are not fully understood, leading to difficulty in effective immunisation and treatment. Attempts are now being made to use structurally modified mutants to develop vaccines and therapeutic antibodies to pre-empt the emergence of human-adapted H5N1 strains of the …

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