Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
March 5, 2009
The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria
confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu...
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Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
March 5, 2009
The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria
confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses.
And an official of the World Health Organization’s European operation said the body is
closely monitoring the investigation into the events that took place at Baxter
International’s research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria.
“At this juncture we are confident in saying that public health and occupational risk is
minimal at present,” medical officer Roberta Andraghetti said from Copenhagen,
Denmark.
“But what remains unanswered are the circumstances surrounding the incident in the
Baxter facility in Orth-Donau.
”
The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabelled H5N1
viruses, was supplied to an Austrian research company.
The Austrian firm, Avir Green
Hills Biotechnology, then sent portions of it to s
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