The virus which is behind the incidence of common cold may actually protect against swine flu, a new study has revealed.
In the study, researchers found that that the percentage of throat swabs from French respiratory illnesses that tested positive for swine flu, fell in September, while at the same time rhinovirus, which causes colds, rose.
People at Risk from Swine Flu Should Avoid Hajj: Study
People at risk of suffering severe consequences from swine flu should postpone going to the hajj in 2009, according to a study released on Saturday.
People at risk of suffering severe consequences from swine flu should postpone going to the hajj in 2009, according to a study released on Saturday.
He believes rhinovirus may have blocked the spread of swine flu via a process called viral interference.
"We think that when you get one infection, it turns on your antiviral defenses, and excludes the other viruses," New Scientist quoted Ab Osterhaus at the University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, as saying.
Swine Flu Has Killed Nearly 4,000 in US: Estimates
Swine flu is thought to have killed nearly 4,000 people in the United States, including more than 500 children, health officials said after a new counting method yielded an estimate
Swine flu is thought to have killed nearly 4,000 people in the United States, including more than 500 children, health officials said after a new counting method yielded an estimate
In another study, Mia Brytting of the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control in Solna, reported a rise in rhinovirus coupled with a decrease in swine flu.
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Sanofi's Slow Gestation of the Swine Flu Vaccine
Laboratory workers stare at an incubator full of eggs where the next batch of H1N1 vaccine is slowly hatching: ground zero for Sanofi Pasteur's efforts to fulfill a US innoculation
Laboratory workers stare at an incubator full of eggs where the next batch of H1N1 vaccine is slowly hatching: ground zero for Sanofi Pasteur's efforts to fulfill a US innoculation
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Young People Most at Risk of Catching Swine Flu: Study Confirms
New data from Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu pandemic, has confirmed that young people are most at risk of catching the A(H1N1) virus but elderly patients are most at risk of dying from it.
New data from Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu pandemic, has confirmed that young people are most at risk of catching the A(H1N1) virus but elderly patients are most at risk of dying from it.
