05/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - EU Member State experts in human and veterinary health, as well as representatives of the WHO, IOE and FAO, met on 28 June in Luxembourg to examine the response capacity of the various laboratories involved when there is a generalised outbreak of influenza. The work was aimed at better integrating the veterinary and human health approaches which are both part of the public health response. We recall that experts fear an epidemic of influenza in the near future as...