News tagged with h1n1 virus
Mutation identified that might allow H1N1 to spread more easily
In the fall of 1917, a new strain of influenza swirled around the globe. At first, it resembled a typical flu epidemic: Most deaths occurred among the elderly, while younger people recovered quickly. However, ...
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Mar 09, 2011 |
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Origins of the pandemic: Study reveals lessons of H1N1
As H1N1 'Swine Flu' returns to the national headlines a new research paper reveals the key lessons about the origins of the 2009 pandemic. The paper, published today in BioEssays, reveals how the pandemic challenges the tr ...
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Jan 13, 2011 |
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Extreme obesity associated with higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients
For those infected with the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus, extreme obesity was a powerful risk factor for death, according to an analysis of a public health surveillance database. In a study to be published in the ...
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Jan 05, 2011 |
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Broadening immune protection by supplementing the seasonal flu vaccine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supplementing seasonal flu vaccines with a viral protein that remains relatively constant may provide broader protection against emerging flu strains such as the 2009 H1N1 pandemic strain, ...
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Jan 04, 2011 |
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H1N1 flu virus used new biochemical trick to cause pandemic
(PhysOrg.com) -- The influenza virus, scientists well know, is a crafty, shape-shifting organism, constantly changing form to evade host immune systems and jump from one species, like birds, to another, mammals.
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Aug 05, 2010 |
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Hightlight: Influenza virus gaining power in pigs?
The June 18 issue of Science reports that by monitoring the swine at a Hong Kong slaughterhouse, researchers have found that the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus from 2009 has been reorganizing its genes in pigs for the past y ...
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Jun 17, 2010 |
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Biologists provide molecular explanation for the evolution of Tamiflu resistance
Biologists at the California Institute of Technology have pinpointed molecular changes that helped allow the global spread of resistance to the antiviral medication Tamiflu (oseltamivir) among strains of the seasonal H1N1 ...
Jun 03, 2010 |
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FDA approves swine flu test for permanent use
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the first diagnostic test for 2009 swine flu under its traditional approval system.
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May 24, 2010 |
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H1N1 influenza hits older children
Children hospitalized with pandemic H1N1 influenza in 2009 were older and more likely to have underlying medical conditions than children hospitalized with seasonal influenza during prior flu seasons, according to a study ...
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May 04, 2010 |
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Study finds surgical masks provided effective protection of health-care workers against H1N1
The effectiveness of ordinary surgical masks as opposed to respirators in protecting health care workers against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has been the subject of debate. An observational study published in the April ...
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Mar 25, 2010 |
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Mexico detects first mutation of swine flu
Mexican officials said Wednesday they have confirmed the first mutation of the A(H1N1) flu virus in a girl who survived the infection.
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Mar 03, 2010 |
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1918 and 2009 H1N1 flu probably not spread by birds
The two strains of the H1N1 influenza virus responsible for the 1918 and 2009 global flu pandemics do not cause disease in birds. The results of the study, published in the February issue of the Journal of General Virology, also s ...
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Jan 19, 2010 |
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Severity of H1N1 influenza linked to presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae
The presence of the Streptococcus pneumoniae in samples that can be easily obtained in clinics and emergency rooms may predict risk of severe disease in H1N1 pandemic influenza. Reports that H1N1 pandemic influenza in Arg ...
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Dec 31, 2009 |
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Researchers find human protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile and dengue virus.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Study reveals H1N1 unexpected weakness
The H1N1 influenza virus has been keeping a secret that may be the key to defeating it and other flu viruses as well.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 10, 2009 |
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