Africa Information - January 6, 2009

Doctors Examine Bird Flu - AIDS Mutation Possibility

November 17, 2005 - Topics aids, bird flu, flu, asia and africa
Flu experts worry that the Bird flu could readily mutate into a pandemic form if it infects people with AIDS.

A BBC report discloses that Dr. Robert Webster thinks that it is possible people with AIDS can harbor the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which would give it the opportunity to become better adapted - and more dangerous - to humans

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Experts Worry About Bird Flu Mutating In AIDS Patients

November 17, 2005 - Topics aids, bird flu, flu, asia and africa
Flu experts worry that the Bird flu could readily mutate into a pandemic form if it infects people with Aids.

A BBC report discloses that Dr. Robert Webster thinks that it is possible people with Aids can harbor the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which would give it the opportunity to become better adapted - and more dangerous - to humans

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Malaria Vaccine Aims To Save Africa's Children

November 15, 2005 - Topics child, africa, malaria, vaccine and infection
Researchers working in Mozambique are making strides with a new Malaria vaccine that will last for 18 months.

The current vaccine offer six months' protection - but experts argued that vaccinating children twice a year was not practical in Africa

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Researchers Work On More Effective Malaria Vaccine

November 15, 2005 - Topics research, malaria, vaccine, infection and disease
Researchers working in Mozambique are making strides with a new Malaria vaccine that will last for 18 months.

The current vaccine offer six months' protection - but experts argued that vaccinating children twice a year was not practical in Africa

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E. African Fungi Believed To Fight Malaria

November 14, 2005 - Topics africa, malaria, blood, study and mosquito
A new East African fungi is believed to fight off malaria.

An international team of scientists from the Netherlands, Tanzania and the U.K. believe that their technique will significantly reduce malaria cases

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