WHO wants to take throat swabs of Turks

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Health Beat: Health agency wants to take throat swabs of Turks in

crisis areas

The Associated Press

ANKARA, TURKEY - The World Health Organization, eager to get a better

understanding of the deadly bird flu strain spreading across Turkey,

said Friday it has asked the government for permission to send teams

into villages to take blood samples, swab throats and interview

families.

Gueneal Rodier, a communicable diseases expert at the U.N. agency, said

WHO wants to investigate whether the virus is mutating into a form that

could become easily transmissible.

Web-posted Saturday, January 14, 2006

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