MRC Outbreaks Centre researchers in the news this week
Dr Steven Riley and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove feature
- James Gallagher, BBC News Health, 25 January 2013
At least 20% of people, including half of schoolchildren, were infected with swine flu during the first year of the pandemic in 2009, according to data from 19 countries.
- BBC News Magazine, 25 January 2013
Blood is one of our most precious assets, a carrier of oxygen and of antibodies that protect us against infection - and can also be used to tell stories about our past.
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