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.
Although this control is exerted by the virus, surprisingly it reduces the impact ... WHO: Public health, influenza experts agree H5N1 research critical, but extend delay
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2012 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2012/h5n1_resea)
17 February 2012 | Geneva - A small group of global public health and influenza experts at a WHO-convened meeting reached consensus on two urgent issues related to the newly created H5N1 influenza viruses: ... CIDRAP: Study finds influenza B may be more severe than thought
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 2, 2012 from CIDRAP News (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/n)
An autopsy study involving influenza B infections revealed how histologically similar the disease is to fatal influenza A and how quickly it can kill, challenging the notion that it is milder than influenza ... Does Asymptomatic H5N1 Influenza Infection Occur?
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 3, 2011 from CBN News (via http://www.upmc-cbn.org)
Asymptomatic influenza virus infection during regular flu seasons is very common, but with the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, it is thought to occur only infrequently. Because so little ... CIDRAP:Two reports detail 2009 H1N1 coinfections with seasonal strains
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 6, 2011 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/n)
Two research groups today reported rare cases of pandemic 2009 H1N1 coinfections with seasonal influenza strains, including a cluster in Cambodia and two patients from Italy's Veneto region.
Dual infections ... Increased detection in Australia and Singapore of a novel influenza A(H1N1)2009 variant with reduced oseltamivir and zanamivir sensitivity due to a S247N neuraminidase mutation
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 12, 2011 from Euro Surveill. 2011;16(23):pii=19884 (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=1)
A novel influenza A(H1N1)2009 variant with mildly reduced oseltamivir and zanamivir sensitivity has been detected in more than 10% of community specimens in Singapore and more than 30% of samples from ... 317 items, 20/Page, Page[3/16][|<<] [|<] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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