News tagged with pathogenic avian
Bird flu leaves the nest -- adapting to a new host
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Current research suggests that viral polymerase may provide a new therapeutic target for host-adapted avian influenza. The related report by Gabriel et al, "Spread of Infection and Lymphocyte Depletion in Mice Depends on ...
Genetic evidence for avian influenza movement from Asia to North America via wild birds
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Oct 27, 2008 |
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Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic ...
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New host species for avian influenza identified
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May 11, 2007 |
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An eight-year surveillance study, which included more than 36,000 wild migratory birds tested for low pathogenic avian influenza, details new data on host species, prevalence, and temporal and geographical variation of avian ...
Bird flu virus strain found in Maryland
Sep 12, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say an H5N1 avian influenza virus found earlier this month in Maryland is a low pathogenic subtype and poses no threat to humans.
Avian flu vaccine developed for poultry
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Dec 07, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they've developed the first egg-injected vaccine to protect chickens against the avian influenza virus.
North American birds in avian flu study
Oct 23, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they've found the common wood duck and laughing gull are susceptible to the H5N1 avian influenza virus and could transmit the disease.
New study tracks the spread of bird flu between farms
Apr 04, 2007 |
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A new way of understanding how highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) spreads among farm birds is published today in PLoS ONE. The study could help analyse the success of different control measures in the event of future ...
U.S. poultry industry to test chickens
Jan 06, 2006 |
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The U.S commercial chicken industry is taking steps to ensure the public that its chickens are safe to eat.
Migratory birds: Innocent scapegoats for the dispersal of the H5N1 virus
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Mar 26, 2007 |
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A review to be published shortly in the British Ornithologists' Union's journal, Ibis, critically examines the arguments concerning the role of migratory birds in the global dispersal of the highly pathogenic ...
Avian influenza on people's minds
Jun 11, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Food Policy Institute at the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station have conducted a nationwide survey of public knowledge, attitudes, intentions and behaviors related to the threat of highly ...
Detecting transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Recent outbreaks of emerging diseases such as SARS and H5N1 avian influenza have underlined the fact that animal pathogens may acquire the ability to spread efficiently in humans – but as yet have not.
Disease-causing Escherichia coli: 'I will survive'
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Strains of Escherichia coli bacteria that cause food poisoning have been shown to have marked differences in the numbers of genes they carry compared to laboratory strains of E. coli. Some of these genes may enable them t ...
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