Avian Flu Diary

Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

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Friday, April 10, 2015

J. Virology: Genetics, Receptor Binding & Virulence (in Mice) Of Avian H10N8

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Flu Virus binding to Receptor Cells – Credit CDC # 9924 With all of the attention being given to the H7 and H5 avian flu strai...

Friday, March 27, 2015

A Genetic Predisposition To Severe Flu Infection

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Photo Credit – CDC PHIL # 9874 Influenza can produce a wide spectrum of illness, ranging from mild or even asymptomatic pr...

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

PNAS: Immune Response To H7N9 Varies Across Ethnicities

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# 8135 The 1918 H1N1 pandemic – which is estimated to have killed roughly 2% of those infected in Europe and North America – wr...

Friday, June 29, 2012

Researchers Discover New Flu Gene

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# 6409 A reoccurring theme in this blog is just how much we have yet to learn about how our immune systems, influenza virus...

Monday, March 26, 2012

Luck Of The Draw

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Photo Credit – CDC PHIL # 6242 While it may seem curious to some, your humble flu blogger here at AFD has never ...

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