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MedImmune's hopes that its competitors' exhausted supplies would raise sales of FluMist were dashed, Dr. [Peter A. Patriarca] said, even though the company engaged in a comprehensive promotional program about the dangers of influenza and advertised FluMist directly to consumers. Current recommendations caution people receiving FluMist, particularly health workers, to limit contact with such patients. But Dr. Patriarca contended that the recommendations had been overinterpreted to mean that FluMist should not be used by health workers. MedImmune plans to ask the F.D.A. to expand approval for FluMist to include children younger than 5 and adults ages 50 to 64. Also, Dr. Patriarca said that MedImmune was conducting trials at colleges and schools to determine FluMist's safety and effectiveness among students

Jordi Casals-Ariet, the epidemiologist who was nearly killed in 1969 by Lassa fever while his team at Yale was discovering the virus that causes it, died in Manhattan on Feb. 10, his wife, Ellen, said on Friday. He was 92. Casals's team found the Lassa fever virus in the blood of three missionary nurses from the United States who had become ill in northern Nigeria. Two of the nurses died there. The third was Lily Pinneo, who had cared for her two colleagues in Nigeria. She flew a hospital in Manhattan, where she recovered. Casals first felt ill in June 1969, shortly after he began working with the virus. But he said he did not think he had Lassa fever because his severe thigh-muscle aching was a symptom the nurses had escaped. A friend persuaded him to go to Columbia- Presbyterian. As his illness grew more severe, Casals's doctors began suspecting the virus

Dr. [Jordi Casals-Ariet] first felt ill in June 1969, shortly after he began working with the virus. But he said he did not think he had Lassa fever because his severe thigh-muscle aching was a symptom the nurses had escaped. A friend persuaded him to go to Columbia- Presbyterian. As Dr. Casals' illness became increasingly severe, his doctors grew to suspect the virus he was investigating. Jordi Casals-Ariet was born in Spain and served with the Spanish Army before earning his medical degree from the University of Barcelona in 1934. After interning there, Dr. Casals moved to Manhattan and worked at Cornell University Medical College from 1936 to 1938, when he joined the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research. In 1952, Dr. Casals joined the Rockefeller Foundation. It supported field stations around the world where scientists collected samples from people and animals and sent them to Dr. Casals, asking his team to identify them

Lassa fever is one of the hemorrhagic fever viruses, and its discovery was as striking as any in the history of virology. Yale halted research into it because infections acquired in the laboratory there killed one worker, in addition to making [Jordi Casals-Ariet] deathly ill. Casals' team found the Lassa fever virus in the blood of three missionary nurses from the United States who had become ill in northern Nigeria. Two of the nurses died there. The third was Lily Pinneo, who had cared for her two nursing colleagues in Nigeria. She flew to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, where she recovered after a nine-week stay

Lassa fever is one of the hemorrhagic fever viruses, and its discovery was as striking as any in the history of virology. Yale halted research into it because infections acquired in the laboratory there killed one worker, in addition to making Dr. Casals deathly ill. Dr. Casals's team found the Lassa fever virus in the blood of three missionary nurses from the United States who had become ill in northern Nigeria. Two of the nurses died there. The third was Lily Pinneo, who had cared for her two nursing colleagues in Nigeria. She flew to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, where she recovered after a nine-week stay. Dr. Casals first felt ill in June 1969, shortly after he began working with the virus. But he said he did not think he had Lassa fever because his severe thigh-muscle aching was a symptom the nurses had escaped. A friend persuaded him to go to Columbia-Presbyterian. As Dr. Casals's illness became increasingly severe, his doctors grew to suspect the virus he was investigating

Hundreds of thousands of volunteers will begin going from house to house next week to give polio immunizations to 63 million children in 10 countries in the World Health Organization's latest effort to eliminate the disease. The program is to begin Monday in Nigeria and Niger, where polio is endemic

When the W.H.O. and the F.D.A. held their influenza vaccine meetings last year, experts knew that the Fujian strain had begun infecting people. But committee members said there was not enough information or time to include the Fujian strain in the vaccines given this season in the Northern Hemisphere. Influenza outbreaks tend to occur in the colder months of the year, which are reversed in the two hemispheres

When WHO and FDA held their influenza vaccine meetings last year, experts knew the Fujian strain had begun infecting people. But committee members said there was not enough information or time to include the Fujian strain in the vaccines given this season in the Northern Hemisphere, though it is included in the vaccines being readied for the Southern Hemisphere