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Now H3N2 is a worry

Posted on September 30, 2008

Thanks to Ma Yingshen at Chen Qi for the tip about this Yahoo News India story: Deadly Australian flu 'heading for Britain'. Excerpt:Health officials have changed the flu vaccination over fears a deadly strain from Australia, called Brisbane H3N2, could arrive in Britain.The virus has already claimed the lives of scores of children in Australia. It affects three times the number of victims hit by other strains, with many deaths resulting from pneumonia.The flu strain is so virulent that health chiefs have had to change the make-up of the flu vaccine to deal with it.Between June and July 2007 i...

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