Sharing Bird Flu Virus Samples must Benefit all: World Health Organization

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The sharing of virus samples found in bird flu victims must be fostered by providing equal access to vaccines resulting from that information, the World Health Organization’s top bird flu official said on Tuesday.David Heymann, assistant director-general for communicable diseases at the WHO, said bird flu virus samples are tradable goods and must be treated as such by drug companies and industrialized countries.

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