Study says nondrug measures helped in 1918 flu pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 14, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
An analysis of historical records in 43 US cities indicates that the early use of nonpharmaceutical measures, such as isolating the sick and banning public gatherings, saved lives in the influenza pandemic ... Study: Flu patients shed virus longer than expected
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 2, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/n)
A Mayo Clinic study indicates that many hospitalized influenza patients shed flu virus for at least 7 days after they fall ill, suggesting that the current recommendation to use infection control precautions ... Cuba establishes real-time bird flu detection system
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 21, 2007 from XinhuaNet (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/21/content_6409114)
Special report: Global fight against bird flu
HAVANA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Cuba has established a monitoring system to detect bird flu, the country"e;s public health ministry ... Antibodies From Deadly Avian Flu Survivors Could Give Immunity To Others
submitted by wanglh at May, 29, 2007 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=72461&)
An international team of scientists has shown that specific antibodies taken from the blood of Vietnamese survivors of the deadly strain of H5N1 avian flu can be reproduced in the laboratory and used to ... Avian influenza survivors´ antibodies effective in neutralizing H5N1 strain
submitted by kickingbird at May, 29, 2007 from People Daily (via http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200705/29/eng20070529_3788)
Adults who have recovered from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza may hold the key to future treatment for the virus, according to an international team of researchers.
In a study published ... Human antibodies neutralise deadly H5N1 bird flu: study (AFP)
submitted by 2366 at May, 29, 2007 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
PARIS (AFP) - Researchers in Switzerland have successfully immunized mice against the H5N1 strain of bird flu using human antibodies taken from survivors of the deadly virus, according to a study released ... OIE: Avian influenza in Ghana : the H5N1 strain isolated shows no new introduction of the virus to Africa
submitted by kickingbird at May, 22, 2007 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_070518.htm)
The analysis of the H5N1 avian influenza strain isolated from the outbreak occurring in Ghana clearly indicates that it is closely related to other isolates from Sub-Saharan African countries like Ivory ... International Symposium on Avian Influenza: Integration from Knowledge to Control
submitted by kickingbird at May, 20, 2007 from National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotec (via http://www.biotec.or.th/AIconf2008)
Following recurrent outbreaks of avian influenza in Thailand and many other Asian Countries, it is necessary to prepare for potential influenza pandemics through research and development. ... New Host Species For Avian Influenza Identified
submitted by kickingbird at May, 12, 2007 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=70706)
In a new study published online in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, Dr. Vincent J. Munster, of Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, andcolleagues identify new host species for avian influenza ... WHO: Recommended laboratory tests to identify avian influenza A virus in specimens from humans
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 12, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/la)
Revised March 2007 - Full text, English [pdf 79kb]
The revision concerns mainly the section on polymerase chain reaction (PCR).A fully revised version will be posted soon
Contents- General information- ... University OF Minnesota Awarded $22.5 Million NIH Contract To Study Avian Influenza
submitted by wanglh at Apr, 9, 2007 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=66974)
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today named the University of Minnesota as one of six sites across the country that will ... H5N1 sequences updated to the Genebank from the past week
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 4, 2007 from NCBI (via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/FLU/FLU.html)
Influenza A virus (A/chicken/Nigeria/SO485/2006(H5N1))
Influenza A virus (A/hooded vulture/Burkina Faso/2/2006(H5N1))
Influenza A virus (A/goose/Egypt/13009N3-SM2/2006(H5N1))
Influenza A virus (A/duck/Egypt/1888N3-SM25/2007(H5N1))
Influenza ... Thai bird flu strain found to be resistant to drug
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 21, 2007 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070320/hl_nm/birdflu_thailand_d)
Scientists have found that a strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus circulating in Thailand is resistant to the flu drug amantadine, and they called for rigorous study of H5N1 strains to better treat human ... NIAID: 2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed and Publicly Accessible
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 25, 2007 from NIH (via http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2007/niaid-21.htm)
The Influenza Genome Sequencing Project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today that it has achieved ... NCBI Influenza Virus Sequence Annotation Tool can take multiple sequences as an input now
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 15, 2007 from NCBI (via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/FLU/Database/annotation.)
The NCBI Influenza Virus Sequence Annotation Tool is a web application for user-provided sequences. It can predict protein sequences encoded by an input flu sequence and produce a feature table that can ... Study suggests possible bird flu immunity
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 14, 2007 from Yahoo (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070213/sc_nm/birdflu_immunity_d)
Could some people have a little immunity to the H5N1 bird flu virus? One study in mice published on Monday suggests it is, in theory, possible.
They found mice inoculated with a human virus known as H1N1 ... WHO: Early release of influenza viruses for pandemic influenza vaccine development
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 5, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/ea)
01 February 2007
Vaccines are a critical intervention for preventing influenza and reducing its health consequences during a pandemic. Since 2004, WHO has been working with various partners to find ways ... OIE: H5N1 strain in Hungary is 99.4 percent same as last year
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 1, 2007 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_070130_hungary.htm)
The H5N1 avian influenza strain isolated from the outbreak notified by Hungary is 99.4 percent similar to the strain that infected some countries of Europe last year, the OIE's Reference Laboratory for ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Egypt-update-drug resistance
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 19, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_01_18/en/index.html)
18 January 2007
Viruses with a genetic mutation, linked in laboratory testing to moderately reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir, have been discovered in two persons previously reported with H5N1 infections ... LIAI completes world´s most comprehensive analysis on influenza virus data
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 4, 2007 from EurekAlert (via http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-01/ljif-lcw12260)
Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) announced today the results of a first of its kind study analyzing all published data worldwide on influenza A virus antibody and ... 293 items, 20/Page, Page[6/15][|<<] [|<] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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