F.I.C will suspend operating for 7 days in memory of Mrs. Li JH    
submitted by kickingbird at May, 27, 2009 from F.I.C
The major sponsor of F.I.C, and the mother for us all, Mrs. Li JH has passed away on the early morning of 27th, May. In order to show our deepest sorrow and greatest respect, F.I.C will suspend operating ...

OIE: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 (2009), Finland    
submitted by kickingbird at 4 days ago from OIE
Information received on 30/08/2010 from Dr Riitta Heinonen, Deputy Director General, Department of Food and Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, HELSINKI, Finland Summary Report type Immediate ...

Avian influenza confirmed in Connecticut; Dutch outbreak spreads    
submitted by pub4world at 6 days ago from CIDRAP
Mar 14, 2003 (CIDRAP News) – State and federal officials this week confirmed the presence of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) at a large poultry farm in eastern Connecticut. Meanwhile, the highly ...

Dutch vet´s death ascribed to avian influenza    
submitted by 2366 at 6 days ago from CIDRAP
Apr 22, 2003 (CIDRAP News) – The death last week of a57-year-old Dutch veterinarian who had worked among chickens infected withhighly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was apparently due to the samedisease. A ...

Man´s death from avian influenza called isolated case    
submitted by pub4world at 6 days ago from CIDRAP
Apr 25, 2003 (CIDRAP News) – The recent death of a Dutch veterinarian due to an avian influenza virus was an isolated case and did not involve an unusual form of the virus, according to World Health Organization ...

Wu J, Liu SZ, Dong SS, Dong XP, Zhang WL, Lu M, Li. Safety and immunogenicity of adjuvanted inactivated split-virion and whole-virion influenza A (H5N1) vaccines in children: A phase I-II randomized trial. Vaccine. 2010 Jul 15.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2010 from Vaccine. 2010 Jul 15
OBJECTIVE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus H5N1 has the potential to cause a pandemic. Many prototype pandemic influenza A (H5N1) vaccines had been developed and well evaluated in adults in recent ...

WU J, Li W, Wang HQ, Chen JT, et al.. A Rapid Immune Response to 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Vaccines in Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial. J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 15.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2010 from J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 15
A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial involving 706 adults was conducted to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of different dosages of whole-virion or split-virion H1N1 influenza vaccines with ...

Mueller SN, Langley WA, Li G, García-Sastre A, Web. Qualitatively Different Memory CD8+ T Cells Are Generated after Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and Influenza Virus Infections. J Immunol. 2010 Jul 16..  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2010 from J Immunol. 2010 Jul 16.
Viral infections often induce robust T cell responses that are long-lived and protective. However, it is unclear to what degree systemic versus mucosal infection influences the generation of effector and ...

SMEE DF, Hurst BL, Wong MH, Tarbet EB, et al. Combinations of oseltamivir and peramivir for the treatment of influenza A (H1N1) virus infections in cell culture and in mice. Antiviral Res. 2010 Jul 13.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2010 from Antiviral Res. 2010 Jul 13
Oseltamivir and peramivir are being considered for combination treatment of serious influenza virus infections in humans. Both compounds are influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors, and since peramivir ...

SUNDARARAJAN A, Ganapathy R, Huan L, Dunlap JR, et. Influenza virus variation in susceptibility to inactivation by pomegranate polyphenols is determined by envelope glycoproteins. Antiviral Res. 2010 Jul 14.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2010 from Antiviral Res. 2010 Jul 14
Pomegranates have high levels of polyphenols (PPs) and may be a rich source of compounds with antiviral activity. We evaluated the direct anti-influenza activity of three commercially available pomegranate ...