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WHO will urge most countries to stop H1N1 testing

Jul. 7, 2009
The group will recommend that nations move away from the burdensome job of confirming flu cases and just assume the virus is the culprit. Meanwhile, resistance to antiviral drug Tamiflu is seen. As the World Health Organization prepares to recommend that most countries simply assume its flu cases...
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