australian scientists might soon have a vaccine f

Australian scientists say they might soon have a vaccine for bird flu, as signs grow that the disease is becoming entrenched in South-East Asia
CSIRO researcher Chris Prideaux said his organisation had developed a vaccine that delivered a portion of the bird flu genetic material.
That material, transferred to the bird via a genetically altered virus, gave the bird immunity to H5N1.
After trialling the vaccine in Geelong, CSIRO will then look to take it overseas.

As avian flu does not exist in Australia, the vaccine will have to be trialled in a country where the virus has a presence.