| SMI watching how the Swedes manage flu |
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Two thousand lab tests will provide answers to how the Swedes' resistance to flu looks. Behind the study is the Infectious Diseases Institute in Solna. - We want to see the extent to which different age groups have antibodies against the flu. Therefore, we will analyze approximately 2,000 of the samples will be submitted to the lab receiving samples from all over Sweden, "said Annika Linde, state epidemiologist at the Infectious Diseases Institute. The analysis must be performed before vaccination is gaining momentum because it is not possible to determine whether the antibodies are of the vaccine or natural. The answer will be no earlier than about six weeks. - We have a maximum capacity of 500 samples per week, "said Annika Linde. A hot data from the Infectious Diseases Institute also shows that the new flu has not yet received any widespread in Sweden. - The development has probably stopped because of the snuvvirus as rampant right now, "said Annika Linde. Then add to the body of an antiviral mode and is impervious to other viruses. But she stresses that it is important that all vaccinations themselves. - We have had it easy for a while, but I think it is and lurpassar. |
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| Last Updated ( Monday, 19 October 2009 ) |
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