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Study Tries To Detect Flu Before The First Sneeze; Duke University Scientists Trying to Develop Blood Test to Determine Who Will Get Sick 9/22/2009 7:22:47 AM WASHINGTON (AP) -- Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine - with a mere drop of blood - who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they're turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works.

Study Tries To Detect Flu Before The First Sneeze; Duke University Scientists Trying to Develop Blood Test to Determine Who Will Get Sick
9/22/2009 7:22:47 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine - with a mere drop of blood - who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they're turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works.