Immunising school kids fights flu in others, too
Mathematical models predicted it, and now a University of Florida study confirms it: Immunizing school-aged children from flu can protect other segments of the population, as well.
Mathematical models predicted it, and now a University of Florida study confirms it: Immunizing school-aged children from flu can protect other segments of the population, as well.
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Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered variations in an enzyme belonging to the immune system that leaves individuals susceptible to Ankylosing Spondylitis.
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Professor Stephen Ansell, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Dr Robert Chen, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA. Professor Ajay Gopal, University of Washington, WA, USA.