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Charting HIV's rapidly changing journey in the body
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 12, 2008 |
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HIV is so deadly largely because it evolves so rapidly. With a single virus as the origin of an infection, most patients will quickly come to harbor thousands of different versions of HIV, all a little bit different and all ...
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Catching the common cold virus genome
Mar 16, 2009 |
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A new study by Brigham Young University researchers on the virus behind nearly half of all cold infections explains how and where evolution occurs in the rhinovirus genome and what this means for possible vaccines.
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.
Cyber exploring the 'ecosystems' of influenzas
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Predicting the infection patterns of influenzas requires tracking both the ecology and the evolution of the fast-morphing viruses that cause them, said a Duke University researcher who enlists computers to model such changes.
Study uncovers cause of flu epidemics
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Mar 04, 2008 |
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The exchange of genetic material between two closely related strains of the influenza A virus may have caused the 1947 and 1951 human flu epidemics, according to biologists. The findings could help explain why some strains ...
New model may help scientists better predict and prevent influenza outbreaks
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Each year, the influenza virus evolves. And each year, public health officials try to predict what the new strain will be and how it will affect the population in order to best combat it.
Researchers identify key step bird flu virus takes to spread readily in humans
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly ...
Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Research reveals further progress toward AIDS vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PHILADELPHIA) Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease.
Flu virus trots globe during off season
Sep 20, 2007 |
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The influenza A virus does not lie dormant during summer but migrates globally and mixes with other viral strains before returning to the Northern Hemisphere as a genetically different virus, according to biologists who say ...
Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic' mutations
Aug 30, 2008 |
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Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential. The research could hold ...
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