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OTTAWA (AFP) ? Canadian scientists have completed the first complete genetic sequencing of the H1N1 swine flu virus, vital to understanding the outbreak and developing a vaccine, officials said Wednesday.
"It gives me great pleasure to be able to announce today that our knowledge of the H1N1 flu virus has taken a great step forward," Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq told a press conference.
Scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada's microbiology lab in Winnipeg cracked the genetic makeup of samples from Mexico and two Canadian provinces, she said.
Preliminary analysis found the trio of samples "do not differ significantly at the genetic level," Aglukkaq added.
"This is the first complete sequencing of the H1N1 flu virus and it's vitally important to our understanding of this outbreak," she said.
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"It gives me great pleasure to be able to announce today that our knowledge of the H1N1 flu virus has taken a great step forward," Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq told a press conference.
Scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada's microbiology lab in Winnipeg cracked the genetic makeup of samples from Mexico and two Canadian provinces, she said.
Preliminary analysis found the trio of samples "do not differ significantly at the genetic level," Aglukkaq added.
"This is the first complete sequencing of the H1N1 flu virus and it's vitally important to our understanding of this outbreak," she said.
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