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Test developed at UQ diagnosed Australia's first swine flu victim

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When the first cases of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) were reported in Mexico in April, UQ researchers got to work developing a test to diagnose the virus.


A New Way of Treating the Flu

A New Way of Treating the Flu

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question was presenting itself to scientists and health officials recently at the World ...


Dynasty: Influenza virus in 1918 and today

Dynasty: Influenza virus in 1918 and today

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The influenza virus that wreaked worldwide havoc in 1918-1919 founded a viral dynasty that persists to this day, according to scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...





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A New Way of Treating the Flu

A New Way of Treating the Flu

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week at the World Health ...


A new way of the treating the flu

A new way of the treating the flu: Approach targets both the H and N portions of the virus

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week ...


A new approach to study flu drug resistance

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created Dec 07, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have created a new approach for studying resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors (NI) in influenza. The study, published December 7 in PLoS Computational Biology, combines data from influenza infections of hum ...


New 3-D structural model of critical H1N1 protein developed

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Singapore scientists report an evolutionary analysis of a critical protein produced by the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus strain in Biology Direct journal's May 20 issue.


Study suggests some drug resistance to influenza B medications

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created Apr 03, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Use of certain common antiviral drugs during a recent influenza B epidemic in Japan showed the development of viruses with partial resistance to the drugs, according to a study in the April 4 issue of JAMA.


Flu shot might also offer some protection against H5N1

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created Feb 13, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The yearly influenza vaccine that health officials urge people to get each fall might also offer certain individuals some cross protection against the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, according to investigators at ...


WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu

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created May 09, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed a low frequency of resistance to Tamiflu (oseltamivir) over 3 influenza seasons (2003 – 2006).


Critical illness from 2009 H1N1 in Mexico associated with high fatality rate

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Critical illness from 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico occurred among young patients, was associated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and shock, and had a fatality rate of about 40 percent, according to a study ...


Drug-resistant influenza A virus potentially serious to high-risk patients

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A mutation of the influenza A(H1N1) virus that is resistant to the drug oseltamivir may pose a serious health threat to hospitalized patients who have a weakened immune system, according to a study to be published in the ...


Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips

Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University ...



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