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Published online 7 July 2009 | 460, 156-157 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460156b
Corrected online: 5 August 2009

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Flu jabs urged for developing countries

Move should spur demand for vaccines and keep production facilities running.

Siena Influenza experts are recommending an extensive vaccination programme against seasonal flu in developing countries, in part to boost demand for vaccines so that firms can ramp up production to cope with pandemics. The message came from scientists and policy-makers who met on 2–3 July in Siena, Italy, to assess the gaps in their knowledge about the current H1N1 pandemic virus.

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