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Tag Archives: Swine flu
H1N1 distinct signature in respiratory illness?
A new study from Rhode Island Hospital examined patients with viruses and found distinguishing characteristics of the H1N1 virus in how it affects respiratory illness. Phil Chan, MD, an infectious diseases fellow at Rhode Island Hospital, studied the signs, symptoms, … Continue reading
Mutant H1N1 virus may be involved in fatal or severe illnesses
A Mutation called D222G in a protein found in H1N1 virus may have caused many of the fatal and severe cases of virual pneumonia that occurred post H1N1 infection. According to a World Health Organisation report, the D222G mutation was … Continue reading
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Christmas tree – natural source of main ingradient in Tamiflu?
Nilmini Gedivinne and her colleagues at the University of Maine in Orono discovered that some evergreen leaves bristle with shikimic acid the starter ingredient of the anti-flu medicine Tamiflu. No more shortage of Tamiflu like it happened in 2005?
Very small window for migratory birds to spread H5N1
Satellite data reveals a very small window of 5 to 15 days for bird flu virus to spread distances over 500Km. Research published in British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology reveals why the global spread of bird flu by … Continue reading
Bird flu coming back?
The dreaded H5N1 is not completely gone. While WHO declared H1N1 pandemic over, there are other forms of flu viruses that are lying dormant and can raise their ugly heads. Webster, chairman of the virology and molecular biology department at St. … Continue reading
Experimental drug AVI-7100 shows good potential against H1N1 virus
Two preclinical studies which evaluated AVI-7100 against a fully virulent pandemic H1N1 (swine flu) virus had promising results, says AVI Biopharma Inc. Data from the studies on ferrets (influenza effect on ferrets are close to the effect on humans) revealed statistically … Continue reading
Swine flu vaccine Pandermix may be linked to Nacrolepsy
Finland halts the use of Pardermix – swine flu vaccine – because narcolepsy risk in children and adolescents. the news
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Tagged biology, H1N1, pandemic, science, science news, Swine flu
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Get your flu vaccine early! Here is information on that topic…
CDC Flu vaccines are arriving soon. Get yours as soon as possible The vaccine typically lasts for 6 to 8 months and as such if you take it in September, it will last the flu season. Also the effect of … Continue reading
What caused the H1N1 Pandemic in 2009?
Scientists believe they know why the virus was able to replicate as fast as it did last year. A typical flu virus requires the presence of two amino acids — lysine and asparagines — in specific sites on a key … Continue reading
Antibody isolated gives hope against H5N1 and other kinds of flu viruses turning pandemic
Read the article at physorgwebsite. In this study the authors isolated A06 from a combinatorial library derived from a survivor of highly pathogenic H5N1 infection. Vaccines take months to prepare and many strains of influenza are already resistant to small molecule … Continue reading
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