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BFluenza: A Proteomic Database on Bird Flu.

Salahuddin P, Khan AU

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, also known as "bird flu" has been documented to cause an outbreak of respiratory diseases in humans. The unprecedented... Read More

Source: PubMed

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BFluenza: A Proteomic Database on Bird Flu.

Salahuddin P, Khan AU

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, also known as "bird flu" has been documented to cause an outbreak of respiratory diseases in humans. The unprecedented... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Development of an Antiviral Screening Protocol: One-Stone-Two-Birds.

Rumschlag-Booms E, Zhang H, Soejarto DD, Fong HH, Rong L

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612.

As prophylactic therapies and vaccines against viral infections continue to improve, drug resistant strains are continuing to arise; therefore it is i... Read More

Source: PubMed

Immunome Res    

Immunoinformatics analysis of H5N1 proteome for designing an epitope-derived vaccine and predicting the prevalence of pre-existing cellular-mediated immunity toward bird flu virus in Indonesian population.

Gustiananda M

Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jl. Diponegoro 69, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

The persistence of influenza A virus H5N1 among poultry in Indonesia, along with increasing numbers of human infections by this virus, point to risk o... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Wildl. Dis.    

Surveillance and Isolation of HPAI H5N1 from Wild Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata).

Lee DH, Park JK, Youn HN, Lee YN, Lim TH, Kim MS, Lee JB, Park SY, Choi IS, Song CS

Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-701, Republic of Korea.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus circulates among a variety of free-ranging wild birds and continually poses a threat to animal and... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

Adaptation of a duck influenza A virus in quail.

Yamada S, Shinya K, Takada A, Ito T, Suzuki T, Suzuki Y, Le QM, Ebina M, Kasai N, Kida H, Horimoto T, Rivailler P, Chen LM, Donis RO, Kawaoka Y

Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

Quails are thought to serve as intermediate hosts of influenza A viruses between aquatic birds and terrestrial birds, such as chickens, due to their h... Read More

Source: PubMed

Gac Med Mex    

[An unusual outbreak of histoplasmosis in residents of the state of Mexico].

Corcho-Berdugo A, Muńoz-Hernández B, Palma-Cortés G, Ramírez-Hernández A, Martínez-Rivera M, Frías-de León M, Reyes-Montes M, Martínez-Valadez E, Manjarrez-Zavala M, Alfaro-Ramos L, Higuera-Iglesias AL

Departamento de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), México, D.F. ahigeraigleias@yahoo.com.mx.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish whether there was a histoplasmosis outbreak among a group of residents of Naucalpan (State of Mexico... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Promising Lessons for Antiviral Therapy For Future Outbreaks.

Bavagnoli L, Maga G

Institute of Molecular Genetics, IGMCNR, via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy. maga@igm.cnr.it.

The influenza A virus is the main circulating influenza virus in the human population. It can cause disease also in birds and other mammals and is res... Read More

Source: PubMed

Wkly. Epidemiol. Rec.    

Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness.

... Read More

Source: PubMed

Wkly. Epidemiol. Rec.    

Recommended composition of influenza vaccines for use in the 2012 southern hemisphere influenza season.

... Read More

Source: PubMed

PLoS ONE    

Transmission dynamics of low pathogenicity avian influenza infections in Turkey flocks.

Comin A, Klinkenberg D, Marangon S, Toffan A, Stegeman A

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (PD), Italy.

Low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) viruses of H5 and H7 subtypes have the potential to mutate into highly pathogenic strains (HPAI), which can t... Read More

Source: PubMed

    

Development of an Antiviral Screening Protocol: One-Stone-Two-Birds.

Rumschlag-Booms E, Zhang H, Soejarto DD, Fong HH, Rong L

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612.

As prophylactic therapies and vaccines against viral infections continue to improve, drug resistant strains are continuing to arise; therefore it is i... Read More

Source: PubMed

Immunome Res    

Immunoinformatics analysis of H5N1 proteome for designing an epitope-derived vaccine and predicting the prevalence of pre-existing cellular-mediated immunity toward bird flu virus in Indonesian population.

Gustiananda M

Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jl. Diponegoro 69, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia.

The persistence of influenza A virus H5N1 among poultry in Indonesia, along with increasing numbers of human infections by this virus, point to risk o... Read More

Source: PubMed

J. Wildl. Dis.    

Surveillance and Isolation of HPAI H5N1 from Wild Mandarin Ducks (Aix galericulata).

Lee DH, Park JK, Youn HN, Lee YN, Lim TH, Kim MS, Lee JB, Park SY, Choi IS, Song CS

Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-701, Republic of Korea.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus circulates among a variety of free-ranging wild birds and continually poses a threat to animal and... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

Adaptation of a duck influenza A virus in quail.

Yamada S, Shinya K, Takada A, Ito T, Suzuki T, Suzuki Y, Le QM, Ebina M, Kasai N, Kida H, Horimoto T, Rivailler P, Chen LM, Donis RO, Kawaoka Y

Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

Quails are thought to serve as intermediate hosts of influenza A viruses between aquatic birds and terrestrial birds, such as chickens, due to their h... Read More

Source: PubMed

Gac Med Mex    

[An unusual outbreak of histoplasmosis in residents of the state of Mexico].

Corcho-Berdugo A, Muńoz-Hernández B, Palma-Cortés G, Ramírez-Hernández A, Martínez-Rivera M, Frías-de León M, Reyes-Montes M, Martínez-Valadez E, Manjarrez-Zavala M, Alfaro-Ramos L, Higuera-Iglesias AL

Departamento de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER), México, D.F. ahigeraigleias@yahoo.com.mx.

Objective: The aim of this study was to establish whether there was a histoplasmosis outbreak among a group of residents of Naucalpan (State of Mexico... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Nov 16  

The 2009 Influenza Pandemic: Promising Lessons for Antiviral Therapy For Future Outbreaks.

Bavagnoli L, Maga G

Institute of Molecular Genetics, IGMCNR, via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy. maga@igm.cnr.it.

The influenza A virus is the main circulating influenza virus in the human population. It can cause disease also in birds and other mammals and is res... Read More

Source: PubMed

Wkly. Epidemiol. Rec.    

Antigenic and genetic characteristics of zoonotic influenza viruses and development of candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness.

... Read More

Source: PubMed

Wkly. Epidemiol. Rec.    

Recommended composition of influenza vaccines for use in the 2012 southern hemisphere influenza season.

... Read More

Source: PubMed

PLoS ONE    

Transmission dynamics of low pathogenicity avian influenza infections in Turkey flocks.

Comin A, Klinkenberg D, Marangon S, Toffan A, Stegeman A

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (PD), Italy.

Low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) viruses of H5 and H7 subtypes have the potential to mutate into highly pathogenic strains (HPAI), which can t... Read More

Source: PubMed


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Posted by:  johnexo  Posted on: 02/15/2011
Symptoms of avian influenza in humans have ranged from typical human influenza-like symptoms [fever, cough, sore throat, and muscle aches] to eye infections, pneumonia, severe respiratory diseases (such as acute respiratory distress syndrome). http://www.biblehealth.com



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