Showing posts with label Pathogenesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pathogenesis. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

PNAS: MERS Pneumonia In A Macaque Model

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Photo Credit Wikipedia   # 7805     Two weeks ago, in Nature: Animal Testing Of Drug Combo Shows Potential For Treating MERS...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

The Cytokine Storm Revisited

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Credit CDC     # 7577   Cytokines are a category of signaling molecules that are used extensively in cellular communication. Th...
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 , ...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Gastrointestinal Bird Flu Infection In Cats

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      # 5969       An intriguing study from the Journal of Virology this morning that looks at an unusual route of infection  ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

PLoS One: Viremia In The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza

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    # 5868     Today, a fascinating study  that associates viremia , and a specific mutation ( D222G/N) in the 2009 H1N1 virus, ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

mBio: Lethal Synergism of H1N1 Pandemic Influenza & Bacterial Pneumonia

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      CDC PHIL - Photomicrograph of Streptococcus (Diplococcus) pneumoniae bacteria   # 5856     While the vast majority...
Sunday, December 05, 2010

H1N1 & The Non-Protective Antibody Response

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      # 5117     Normally, with seasonal influenza, it is the elderly and frail that make up 90% of the hospitalizations and dea...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Study: Receptor Binding Changes With H1N1 D222G Mutation

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      # 4909     Although it’s nestled behind a pay wall at the Journal of Virology , the abstract from a study published ahead ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Study: What Makes Avian Flu So Deadly

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      # 4830     Avian flu, particularly H5N1, has our attention because unlike regular influenza, it has a very high mortality ...