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Humans may give swine flu to pigs in new twist to pandemic
Jul 09, 2009 |
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The strain of influenza, A/H1N1, that is currently pandemic in humans has been shown to be infectious to pigs and to spread rapidly in a trial pig population.
Health experts gauge flu outbreak
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As the number of swine flu cases in Mexico wanes and rises, experts are being forced to walk a public health tightrope - if they push their message too far and the virus fizzles out, they could lose ...
What you need to know about swine flu (Update)
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A never-before-seen strain of swine flu has turned killer in Mexico and is causing milder illness in the United States and elsewhere. While authorities say it's not time to panic, they are taking ...
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Breakthrough in fight against Hendra virus
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There has been a breakthrough in the fight against the deadly Hendra virus following the development of a treatment which shows great potential to save the lives of people who become infected ...
Gorillas are new source of HIV, scientists reveal
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that gorillas are a source of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), having diagnosed a Cameroonian woman living in Paris with a strain that is different to those previously ...
Swine flu detected in Chilean turkeys: vets
Aug 21, 2009 |
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An outbreak of swine flu has been detected in two turkey farms in Chile, government veterinary services in the country said.
UQ researcher on the hunt for viruses
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ scientist Ian Mackay is always on the lookout for that lucky find - well, if you consider unknown strains of the common cold virus lucky.
Study suggests H1N1 virus more dangerous than suspected
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, highly detailed study of the H1N1 flu virus shows that the pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ON ...
FDA says Glaxo vaccine blocks cancer-causing virus
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline successfully blocks the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
New rabies vaccine may require only a single shot... not six
Sep 18, 2009 |
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A person, usually a child, dies of rabies every 20 minutes. However, only one inoculation may be all it takes for rabies vaccination, according to new research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers at the ...
Researchers describe the 90-year evolution of swine flu
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report infectious disease experts at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...
Researchers study virulence of pandemic H1N1 virus
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Laboratory studies at Kansas State University and the work of a K-State researcher are making headway in the effort to control the pandemic H1N1 virus.
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