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butner blogspothttp://butnerblogspot.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/cdc-mating-h5n1-and-a-strain-of-human-flu/ [butner blogspot] All but one of the hybrids carried the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes - the H and N in a flu virus’s name of H5N1. The remaining one used the neuraminidase from the human virus, creating an H5N2 virus that grew virtually as well as the H5N1 virus and was almost as lethal in mice.

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uebhnb.blogr.com - Blog (RSS 2.0)http://uebhnb.blogr.com/stories/8087133/ [uebhnb.blogr.com - Blog (RSS 2.0)] Tamiflu may be weak defence as bird flu...: Using a technique called x-ray crystallography, the scientists looked at a mutation in the structure of N1 neuraminidase that has been observed in human cases of H5N1 and in seasonal flu. They found that when this mutation occurred, .

Untitledhttp://hlthenvt.tumblr.com/post/34797702 [Untitled] [bidr flu, pandemic, H5N1] Evolutionary History of H1N1 Influenza ...: Notably, of the two main antigenic proteins, the segment encoding the HA (hemagglutinin) is related to isolates circulating in a later time period, while the NA (neuraminidase) is related to earlier sampled isolates.

Bayuyudistira's Webloghttp://bayuyudistira.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/key-facts-about-avian-influenza-bird-flu-and-avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus/ [Bayuyudistira's Weblog] Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A ...: The H5N1 virus that has caused human illness and death in Asia is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, two antiviral medications commonly used for influenza. Two other antiviral medications, oseltamivir and zanamivir, would probably work to treat influenza caused by H5N1 virus, but additional studies still need to be done to demonstrate their effectiveness.

All Medicals Information dot com[All Medicals Information dot com] Questions about bird flu: The virus is called this way because of the two proteins that can be found on the surface of the virus: Hemagglutinin (HA) and Neuraminidase (NA). There are known 16 types of HA and 9 types of NA influenza viruses.

Bird Flu related bloghttp://bird-flu.everblogz.com/2008/03/29/reports-of-increasing-survival-in-the-patients-of-flu-of-birds-that-take-tamiflu/ [Bird Flu related blog] Reports of increasing survival in the patients of flu of birds ...: Influenza Antivirals H5N1 in the illness, animal model, international conference H in respiratory emanating from virus pollutions, Singapore, Sunday 2$a March 2008

Null Play[Null Play] Avian Influenza - Bird Flu FAQ: In the human body, this avian flu virus then undergoes an antigenic shift, combines with genetic material of a human strain of influenza virus and creates an entirely new strain of virus against which humans have little or no immunity. These genetic reassortments may also take place is the body of a third species (susceptible to both avian and human viruses) like the pig, where an avian influenza A virus and human influenza virus mix their genetic information and produce a new virus which might be able to infect humans.

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