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University synthesizes flu vaccine seed stock
JAKARTA: The Avian Influenza Research Center at Airlangga University in Surabaya has synthesized avian influenza vaccine seed stocks
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AKARTA: The Avian Influenza Research Center at Airlangga University in Surabaya has synthesized avian influenza vaccine seed stocks.
“The seed stocks are reconstructed from the avian influenza virus in Indonesia and could kill the virus,” head researcher Chairul Anwar Nidom said Sunday.
The research, which began six months ago and involved molecular biologists from Japan, cost Rp 2 billion (US$ 234,000).
By completing the research, Nidom said, the government now had the option of producing seed stocks in large quantities.
In Indonesia, 170 strains of the avian influenza virus have been identified that could infect animals, humans or both.
