Antigenic and genetic characteristics of H5N1 viruses and candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses developed for potential use as pre-pandemic vaccines
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 19, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/h5)
This summary describes the current status of the development of new candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses and is meant to provide guidance for national authorities and vaccine companies on the selection of candidate ... UK: Scientists hail breakthrough in bird flu drug quest
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 17, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Scientists said on Wednesday they had made a breakthrough in the race to develop a drug for the H5N1 bird flu virus if it mutates into a form that can jump from human to human.
But they warned that it ... Call for Help: Local CDC researchers call for assistance in genetic analysis training
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 6, 2006 from FIC
Dear global professionals,
On the behalf of local CDC researchers, FIC calls for help for assistance in genetic analysis training.
With the rapid development of human and avian flu situation, researchers ... US: Hybrid avian-human flu virus didn´t spread in lab study
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 1, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
In an experiment designed to mimic events that could launch an influenza pandemic, a synthetic influenza virus made by combining an H5N1 avian flu virus with a human flu virus turned out to be no more ... Japan: research team to use monkeys for bird flu tests
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 30, 2006 from AFP via Yahoo news (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060729/hl_afp/healthflujapanva)
A team of Japanese reseachers plans to use monkeys for testing the effectiveness of a vaccine against the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Shiga University ... Iraq: Detection of a Qinghai-like avian influenza, subtype H5N1 virus from domestic cats (Felis domesticus) in Kurdish area
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 14, 2006 from Genbank (via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nucleotide)
Genbank recently reviced a submission of NA sequence from Lab in Cairo, Egypt. Influenza A virus (A/cat/Iraq/820NAMRU3/2006(H5N1))
No publication is available yet. US: HHS Announces Additional $225 Million for State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Efforts
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 12, 2006 from HHS (via http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2006pres/20060711.html)
As part of President Bush's plan to mobilize the nation and prepare for an influenza pandemic, HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt today announced an additional $225 million in funding for state and local preparedness.
“Earlier ... India says nearly done on local bird flu vaccine
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 11, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
India is close to developing its own vaccine against avian flu in poultry with final phase trials showing 90 percent success, the head of the country's top animal disease research laboratory said on Monday. ... CIDRAP: Report says avian flu entered Nigeria 3 times
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Nigeria was the first African nation to report H5N1 avian influenza, and now scientists have found evidence that the virus was introduced into the country at least three separate times, possibly by migratory ... Journal review: reports of human AIV case in mainland China since 2005 [Primary member]
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from FIC
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Treatment review of a HPAIV human case in Jianyang city, Sichuan province, Chinahttp://www.flu.org.cn/scn/article_detail.asp?articleId=4686 Clinical analysis of first HPAIV ... China: Probe continues into ´first bird flu death´
submitted by wanglh at Jun, 28, 2006 from China Daily (via http://english.people.com.cn/200606/28/print20060628_277992.)
Chinese scientists are continuing investigations into what is believed to be the world´s first bird flu fatality. In a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine last Thursday, eight Chinese scientists ... Indonesia: Labs will be upgraded for bird flu tests
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Indonesia plans to upgrade its national health laboratory to meet World Health Organization standards, a leading scientist said on Friday, to be able to conduct definitive bird flu tests at home.The country ... WHO says H5N1 mutated in Indonesia
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060623/ts_nm/birdflu_who_indone)
A spokeswoman for the U.N. agency, Maria Cheng, said the result had come from its investigation into a recent cluster of cases in northern Sumatra, where seven members of a single family were killed in ... WHO completes bird flu study on biggest cluster death in Indonesia
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 17, 2006 from xinhuanet@xinhua.org (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/17/content_4710671)
JAKARTA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) had completed a month-long investigation of Indonesia's biggest cluster death of bird flu in Karo regency, North Sumatra, but declined to ... WHO: Distinctive seasonal patterns of bird flu still unclear
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 17, 2006 from xinhuanet@xinhua.org (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/17/content_4709708)
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- It remains unclear whether there are truly distinctive seasonal patterns to outbreaks of the bird flu in poultry, said an official with the World Health Organization (WHO) ... UK scientists call for more research into bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 15, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2?m=3801)
The proposal is among a number of recommendations made by members of the Science Advisory Council (SAC) of Britain's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to improve contingency plans ... Scientists in Rome to discuss bird flu
submitted by wanglh at May, 30, 2006 from Yahoo (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
Three years after the first outbreaks of bird flu in Asia, experts are still puzzling at how the disease spread across three continents so quickly and how wild birds have helped disseminate the deadly ... Susceptibility of animal species to the H5N1 Asian strain
submitted by kickingbird at May, 23, 2006 from FAO (via http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000278/index.html)
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and FAO confirm that the animal species playing a role in the transmission and spread of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza virus are essentially domestic ... Susceptibility of animal species to the H5N1 Asian strain
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 21, 2006 from FAO and OIE (via http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000278/index.html)
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and FAO confirm that the animal species playing a role in the transmission and spread of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza virus are essentially domestic ... Avian flu: Influenza virus receptors in the human airway
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 23, 2006 from Nature (via http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7083/full/440435a)
Although more than 100 people have been infected by H5N1 influenza A viruses, human-to-human transmission is rare. What are the molecular barriers limiting human-to-human transmission? Here we demonstrate ... 293 items, 20/Page, Page[8/15][|<<] [|<] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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