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Swine Flu, Bird Flu And Pandemic Vaccination As the world prepares for what may be the next pandemic strain of influenza virus, in the H7N9 bird flu, a new UC Irvine study reveals that the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was deadliest for people under the age of 65, while those 65 and over had greater
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H7N9 Bird Flu Virus May Be Human Transmissible The novel H7N9 bird flu virus may be human transmissible through direct contact as well as through airborne exposure, according to a new study. Scientists came up with this conclusion after discovering that the virus, which has already killed 36 people in
Medical News Today | May 24, 2013 7:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Low Population Immunity Predicted If New Bird Flu Virus H7N9 Escalates Into A Human Pandemic The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds.
Medical News Today | May 24, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Computer Model Predicts When Viruses Become Infectious A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a report to be published in the International Journal Data Mining and Bioinformatics...
Medical News Today | May 23, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Evidence Of Host Adaptation Of Avian-Origin Influenza A Virus A novel avian-origin reassortant influenza A (H7N9) virus emerged in China in February 2013, and is associated with severe lower respiratory tract diseases. To date, more than 100 human cases of infection, including at least 20 deaths, have been reported
Medical News Today | May 17, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Measures Necessary To Prevent Possible Bird Flu Pandemic On 31 March 2013, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission announced human cases of novel H7N9 influenza virus infections...
Medical News Today | May 15, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Study Identifies Influenza Viruses Circulating In Pigs And Birds That Could Pose A Risk To Humans In the summer of 1968, a new strain of influenza appeared in Hong Kong. This strain, known as H3N2, spread around the globe and eventually killed an estimated 1 million people. A new study from MIT reveals that there are many strains of H3N2 circulating i
Medical News Today | May 14, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
A New Vaccine To Protect Against Multiple Strains of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus A vaccine that provides wider protection against multiple strains of the bird flu virus, H7N9, is currently being worked on as the outbreak in China continues to get worse. In a news conference held by the World Health Organization (WHO), they cautioned t
Medical News Today | May 13, 2013 6:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Mapping The Risks Of H7N9 Bird Flu Infection A map of avian influenza (H7N9) risk is presented in Biomed Central's open access journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty. The map is comprised of bird migration patterns, and adding in estimations of poultry production and consumption, which are used to i
Medical News Today | May 7, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Scientists Pursue New Therapies As Deadly H7N9 Flu Spreads In China An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers publishing in the journal Nature. The scientists found
Medical News Today | May 6, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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