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  • blog traffic exchangeWHO declares swine flu pandemic First pandemic declared in 41 years Acceding to a global rise in A(H1N1) infections, the World Health Organization today raised its pandemic alert level for swine flu to level 6---its highest level. Asking member nations not to impose restrictions on travel or anything that might interfere with commerce, the organization......
  • blog traffic exchangeSwine flu virulence still at issue A recent paper in the journal Nature[3. Yoshihiro Kawaoka et al. In vitro and in vivo characterization of new swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses, Nature (2009) http://nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature08260, accessed July 21, 2009] published by University of Wisconsin (and University of Tokyo) virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka implies that a high death toll from swine......
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