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Article: Hawaii Biotech Launches Vaccine Program to Protect Native Hawaiian Birds from West Nile; Likely West Nile Virus Spread Could Devastate Native Bird Population.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- June 2, 2005
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HONOLULU -- Hawaii Biotech, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced today it has launched a vaccine program designed to protect Native Hawaiian bird species from the lethal West Nile virus. Over 300 bird species have been affected by West Nile virus since the mosquito-borne disease hit the U.S. in 1999. As some avian species are known to migrate from North America to Hawaii, a West Nile virus outbreak among endangered Hawaiian bird species is likely. Additionally, the virus could potentially be spread by infected mosquitoes or people traveling to the Hawaiian Islands. The spread of West Nile virus to Hawaii could decimate the Native Hawaiian bird ...