Avian flu virus

New approach needed against Avian flu threat

harminka — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:32:36 -0500

As the first globally co-ordinated plan for the planet's gravest health threats is hatched by government ministers from around the world this weekend, a new report sets out a 10-point plan for this new, globalised approach to infectious diseases such as avian flu.

MIT finds key to avian flu in humans

harminka — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:51:48 -0600

MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines against a deadly flu pandemic.

Study identifies key factor in flu infection

harminka — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:50:14 -0600

Scientists have identified a key factor that determines the ability of influenza viruses to infect cells of the human upper respiratory tract—a necessary step for sustaining spread between people.

Monoclonal neutralizing antibodies show promise against avian flu

harminka — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:23 -0500

Starting with blood of patients who survived a bout of avian flu (infection with the H5N1 strain), Cameron Simmons (of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and colleagues generated neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies and show that they can halt viral growth in mice deliberately infected with H5N1 virus.

Supermap of avian flu yields new info

harminka — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:58:02 -0500

Scientists here have designed a new, interactive map of the spread of the avian flu virus (H5N1) that for the first time incorporates genetic, geographic and evolutionary information that may help predict where the next outbreak of the virus is likely to occur.

Map predicting spread of avian flu

harminka — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:39:58 -0500

For avian influenza, the analyses show that there are two poultry-dense areas in The Netherlands where epidemic spread is possible, one in the central region and one in the south, close to the German and Belgian border (see attached figure). The authors suggest local control measures are unlikely to be able to halt an unfolding epidemic in these areas.

Scientists reconstruct migration of avian flu virus

harminka — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:04:15 -0600

Avian flu virus unlikely to spread through water systems

harminka — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:00:34 -0600