Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Nature: Dissemination, Divergence & Establishment of H7N9 In China

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# 9812   On a day that has hardly lacked for avian flu news (see APHIS: HPAI H5N2 Confirmed In Arkansas Turkey Flock   & WHO: Upda...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Nature: 100% Of Ebola Infected Macaques Recovered With ZMapp

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    # 9018     The wires are buzzing this afternoon with details on a freshly published study in the Journal Nature that loo...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Nature Comms: A Chimeric Bat Flu Study

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Credit CDC   # 8867   Two and a half years ago the influenza world was rocked by news of the detection of a new subtype of influe...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Vietnam Girds Against H7N9 As H5N1 Spreads

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Photo Credit – FAO     # 8331   Vietnam has dealt with the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus for more than a decade, winning temporary...
Monday, December 23, 2013

The Call For Urgent Talks On `GOF’ Research Projects

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BSL-4 Lab Worker - Photo Credit –USAMRIID     # 8101   It’s been more than two years since Dutch Virologist and flu researcher D...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Nature: Receptor Binding Of H7N9

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Flu Virus binding to Receptor Cells – Credit CDC   # 7909   For an influenza virus to infect a host, the virus must bind ( attach ...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Nature: Mapping The Spread & Risk Of H7N9 In China

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    # 7822   With H5N1 still in the wings, and the upstart H7N9 and MERS coronavirus making menacing overtures, infectious disease...
Sunday, September 08, 2013

Nature: Animal Testing Of Drug Combo Shows Potential For Treating MERS

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Coronavirus – Credit CDC PHIL     # 7743   One of the more worrisome aspects of the recent emergence of MERS coronavirus ha...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Nature: Genesis Of The H7N9 Virus

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Reassorted viruses can result when two different flu strains inhabit the same host ( human, swine, avian, or otherwise ) at the same ...
Friday, August 09, 2013

Nature: Limited Airborne Transmission Of H7N9 Between Ferrets

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Photo Credit Wikipedia   # 7556   Yesterday’s report on Omani camels carrying antibodies to the MERS Coronavirus (see Lancet: C...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

CIDRAP: Yesterday’s H7N9 Studies In Nature

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    # 7469     Last night, in Nature: H7N9 Pathogenesis and Transmissibility In Ferrets & Mice , we looked at the first of two...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Nature: H7N9 Pathogenesis and Transmissibility In Ferrets & Mice

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Ideally, the well-protected HCW ( Health Care Worker ) working in an H7N9 environment would be wearing an N95 mask , gloves , ...