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[Medical,Health News and Articles] The researchers concluded that the “PDZ based assay produced by AVC shows promise as a useful diagnostic in our vigilance against avian influenza. The sensitivity of the assay towards avian strains is robust and the format of the test favors easy deployment.” NHRC and NAMRU3 will continue to collaborate to evaluate this assay against other grown strains (H7, H9 etc.) as well as in actual outbreak situations.
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[Health and fitness news, tips, articles and handbooks - health-fitness.marc8.com] Arbor Vita rapid H5N1 flu diagnostic presented at ICEID meeting: The researchers concluded that the "PDZ based assay produced by AVC shows promise as a useful diagnostic in our vigilance against avian influenza." Researchers reported their findings at the 2008 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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