2 new flu strains in China still difficult to infect humans: study
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 13, 2015 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/12/c_134059268.htm)
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Two flu strains that recently began causing sporadic infections among people in Chinese mainland and Taiwan, known as H10N8 and H6N1, are still not able to infect humans ... Genes Found In Nature Yield 1918-like Virus With Pandemic Potential
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 14, 2014 from Scientific Blogging (via http://www.science20.com/news_articles/genes_found_in_nature)
An international team of researchers has shown that circulating avian influenza viruses contain all the genetic ingredients necessary to underpin the emergence of a virus similar to the deadly 1918 influenza ... CIDRAP: Peruvian bats found to harbor novel influenza virus
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 12, 2013 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2013/10/news-scan)
Discovery of a novel influenza virus, H18N11, in several species of Peruvian bats lends credence to New World bats being an important reservoir for a diversity of influenza viruses, says a study yesterday ... Scientists take big step towards universal flu vaccine
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 23, 2013 from BBC News (via http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24175030)
Scientists say they have made a significant leap towards creating a vaccine that would protect against every form of flu.
The influenza virus is a constantly shifting target so seasonal flu vaccines ... How lethal bird flu viruses evolved
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 21, 2013 from Science Codex (via http://www.sciencecodex.com/how_lethal_bird_flu_viruses_evol)
Deadly H7N9 avian flu viruses infected people for the first time earlier this year in China, but little is known about how they evolved to become harmful to humans. In a study published by Cell Press on ... H7N9 could efficiently spread from human to human someday: study
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 20, 2013 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2013-07/19/c_125031)
The H7N9 bird flu virus may be highly transmissible among ferrets, a common animal model for studying how flu might spread in humans, Chinese researchers reported Thursday.
Though H7N9 appears to have ... CDC Study Analyzes H7N9 Viruses´ Disease Characteristics and Transmissibility
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 12, 2013 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/h7n9-disease-characteristi)
A study published today in Nature by CDC researchers presents findings from animal studies conducted by CDC to better understand the transmissibility and disease characteristics of influenza A (H7N9) ... CDC: Variant Influenza Virus (H3N2v) Infections
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 8, 2013 from US CDC (via http://www.bt.cdc.gov/HAN/han00351.asp)
Summary: This Health Alert Network Health Advisory provides an update on H3N2 variant virus (or “H3N2v”) activity and summarizes CDC’s updated H3N2v case definitions and recommendations for H3N2v surveillance ... CIDRAP: H7N9-H3N2 coinfection reported in Chinese teen
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 16, 2013 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/h7n9/news)
Chinese researchers today reported a case of coinfection with H3N2 and H7N9 influenza in a 15-year-old boy from Jiangsu province who was sick in late April and quickly recovered. The team published a case ... H7N9 more likely to transmit among humans than other bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at May, 19, 2013 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2013-05/18/c_132391)
A China, World Health Organization (WHO) joint report said the H7N9 bird flu virus has a higher potential for human-to-human transmission than any other known bird flu virus.
The report, compiled after ... OIE expert mission finds live bird markets play a key role in poultry and human infections with influenza A(H7N9)
submitted by kickingbird at May, 1, 2013 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/for-the-media/press-releases/detail/artic)
Paris, 30 April 2013 – The Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China asked the Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to send OIE experts to assess the situation ... CIDRAP: Chinese doctors publish first H7N9 case report
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 11, 2013 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Doctors from China today published the first case report of a patient infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus, a 52-year-old woman from Shanghai who was admitted to the hospital late in her illness ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,India
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 11, 2013 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
Information received on 09/03/2013 from Mr Gokul Chandra Pati, Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, India
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submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 10, 2013 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/n)
If peak influenza activity is an accurate measure, flu viruses prefer the weather either cold and dry or humid and rainy, according to an analysis of climate variables and flu patterns around the ... CIDRAP: Getting flu shot 2 years in a row may lower protection
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 7, 2013 from CIDRAP News (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/n)
Experts are puzzled by a new study in which influenza vaccination seemed to provide little or no protection against flu in the 2010-11 season—and in which the only participants who seemed to benefit from ... Study finds influenza C in kids hospitalized with pneumonia
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 11, 2013 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/n)
Influenza C generally isn't thought to be a cause clinically significant disease, but a study in Italian children who were seen in the emergency department for pneumonia found the virus in five children, ... CIDRAP: Fair-related swine and human H3N2 viruses closely match
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 27, 2012 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu:80/cidrap/content/influenza/swinef)
Researchers report that swine and human influenza A/H3N2 viruses associated with an Ohio county fair held in July make a nearly perfect genetic match, suggesting that there is almost no biological barrier ... CIDRAP: Ferret study underlines persistent threat of swine flu viruses
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 13, 2012 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu:80/cidrap/content/influenza/swinef)
A Korean-US research team has identified an H1N2 strain of swine influenza capable of killing ferrets and spreading among them by respiratory droplets, underlining the continuing threat of swine flu to ... An avian flu that jumps from birds to mammals is killing New England´s baby seals
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 1, 2012 from Columbia University´s Mailman School of Publ (via http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/cums-aaf07301)
A novel avian influenza virus has acquired the ability to infect aquatic mammals and was responsible for an outbreak of fatal pneumonia that recently struck harbor seals in New England, according to scientists ... Discovery of new gene sheds light on flu infections
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 1, 2012 from university of edinburgh (via http://www.ed.ac.uk:80/news/all-news/flu-280612)
Scientists have discovered a new gene in the influenza virus that helps the virus control the body’s response to infection.
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