Word: influenzae
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...shortages may have been exacerbated by some healthy individuals, not included in the target population, who have also rushed to be vaccinated and avoid the aches and pains associated with influenza. Most experts, however, do not recommend that the general public be vaccinated...
This year's surge in requests for vaccinations came after a late August announcement by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding the detection of the type A-Beijing strain of influenza in Louisiana...
...type A-Beijing strain, along with the A-Texas and the B-Panama strains, are the three influenza viruses against which this year's vaccine has been formulated to protect...
...multiple formulation is necessary, according to Dr. Kenneth E. Sands, a research fellow at the Medical School and associate director of hospital epidemiology at Beth Israel Hospital, because of the ability of the influenza virus to change its appearance on a yearly basis by mutations...
...next step is to understand the parasite genes and to genetically engineer malaria parasites in order to prevent it from causing disease, as in the influenza vaccine," Wirth said...