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Tests Showed No Disease Outbreak on Canadian Train
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Lab exams confirmed on Saturday that there was no infectious disease outbreak on a cross-Canada train that was held in quarantine on Friday in northern Ontario after a passenger aboard died. Reuters Health Information
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Visual Function Stable During Interferon Alpha HCV Therapy
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Contrary to findings of previous studies, a prospective study of hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients in the UK has revealed no change in visual function following treatment with pegylated interferon alpha. Reuters Health Information
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Hepatitis C Genotype Change After Successful Treatment Indicates Re-Infection
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Hemodialysis patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection whose HCV genotype changes after initially successful treatment with interferon-alpha have become re-infected with a different strain of the virus, researchers report in the January issue of the Journal of Medical Virology. The source of the re-infection is likely the dialysis unit. Reuters Health Information
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Engineered Blood May Help Bird Flu Fight
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Blood taken from uninfected donors and genetically engineered to recognise the H5N1 bird flu virus was able to protect mice from several strains of the virus, a researcher at Dutch biotechnology firm Crucell said on Friday. Reuters Health Information
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China Confirms New Human Bird Flu Death
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A 22-year-old Chinese man from the central province of Hunan has died of the H5N1 form of bird flu, the Health Ministry said on Monday. Reuters Health Information
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