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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Influenza Virus Sequences Resource
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 21, 2006 from Science
Need to know which hemagglutinin proteins were carried last year by influenza viruses in Asia? Want to compare your viral samples to the deadly H5N1 subtype? Visit the Influenza Virus Resource from the ... Demark: Full genomic sequencing of HP H5N1 Avian Influenza virus isolated from a buzzard [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 20, 2006 from ProMedMail
Full genomic sequencing of HP H5N1 Avian Influenza virus isolated from a buzzard in Denmark-------------------------On Tue 14 Mar 2006, an H5 avian influenza virus was detected in respiratory tissues from ... Study finds mutations needed for bird flu pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 17, 2006 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N16318221.htm)
Scientists said on Thursday they had identified some of the mutations the H5N1 avian influenza virus needs to gain a permanent foothold in the human population, causing a greatly feared pandemic.
They ... Scientists Develop Potential Pandemic Influenza Vaccine In Mice [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 9, 2006 from Medical News today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=37290)
US researchers have genetically engineered a vaccine that can protect mice from different human strains of the H5N1 influenza virus. They report their findings online today (Thursday February 2, 2006) ... US:most influenza viruses are resistant to Adamantane drugs
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 9, 2006 from Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Feb 02 - Approximately 90% of influenza A virus isolates circulating in the US in this flu season are resistant to the adamantane drugs amantadine and rimantadine, report investigators ... Human cases of avian influenza in eastern Turkey: the weather factor
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 20, 2006 from Eurosurveillance monthly release 2006 Volume 11 Issue 1 (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/060119.asp#2)
J Giesecke (johan.giesecke@ecdc.eu.int), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Solna, Sweden
It seems clear that birds in eastern Turkey were infected with A(H5N1) in November 2005, or even ... China starts human trials of bird flu vaccine
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 22, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/22/content_3954028)
China has begun human trials of its homegrown bird flu vaccine with six volunteers receiving shots, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
A total of 120 people, aged from ... Newly uploaded articles in F.I.C 20051212
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2005 from F.I.C
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