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[ParticleView.com] Bird flu | ParticleView.com: For example, sharing the same water between various types of domesticated animals can determine animal-to-animal transmission and even more drastically animal-to-human transmission.Additionaly, even the common flu virus manifests a permanent antigenic shift. For this reason, the vaccines must be constantly updated to be able to fight-back the newest strains of the virus.

[World Health Organization] World Health Organization Still Assessing Bird Flu Threat | World ...: 3 rating is based on no or limited human-to-human transmission of the disease, Epstein said, adding health officials worldwide are studying whether human-to-human transmission is occurring. People living on the same farms in some areas of the world have come down with the disease, but it’s uncertain whether they picked up the illness from each other or from fowl on those same farms, Epstein explained.

[Stop Spam Tips] Pigeon virus 'poses no risk to people' | Stop Spam Tips: “It rarely transmits to humans, and when it does only causes mild illness … possibly a bit of conjunctivitis. “So it's in a different ballpark from avian flu.” APMV is usually transmitted between birds via their droppings or respiratory secretions.

[Heal Blog] Flu Shots Should Be Given This Year, regardless of Last Year's ...: Needless to say, a flu shot is important in preventing the occurrence of flu or influenza. Influenza viruses come in different strains but considering the previous epidemics and pandemics in the previous years, the most morbid strains are Influenza A (H3N2), Influenza A (H1N1) and Influenza B.  Influenca A (H5N1) or what is commonly known as Bird or Avian Flu is also being reported to be endemic in some Asian countries due to the flocking or migration of birds this season.

[Health Fillip] Flu | Health Fillip: Seasonal flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses occurring every year. It affects an average of 5% to 20% of the population by causing mild to severe illness and in some instances can lead to death.

[Science Codex - Science news, science articles, all day, every day] Persistent immunity: Wistar researchers find signals that preserve ...: "We know from humans that the absence or mutation of the TACI gene leads to common variable immunodeficiency disease (CVID) and these patients suffer from recurrent respiratory illnesses because of low amounts of certain antibodies in their bronchial secretions," said Amaya I. Wolf, Ph.D., the study's lead author and a postdoctoral fellow in the Erikson laboratory.

[ParticleView.com] Some useful information about bird flu | ParticleView.com: Until 1997, nobody knew that the virus can affect humans, but it has happened to those who have been in close contact with infected birds. Now, scientists are concerned about a possible mutation of the virus, making it more lethal and transmittable from human to human.

[ISCB - Computational Biology Focus] Researchers Find Signals that Preserve the Production of Anti-Viral ...: Drugs that induce targeted production of ASC survival factors, such as BLyS and APRIL or manipulation of their signals through TACI, their receptor, could theoretically help to maintain specific antibodies. While the seasonal flu is constantly mutating”•necessitating an annual vaccine ”•even weakly reactive antibodies could be protective if there are enough of them and if their production is sustained.

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: Will avian flu grow to be pandemic? | Syncmed.com: com: Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders The 2009 H1N1 pandemic taught us that while the flu season traditionally starts in October influenza is an unpredictable illness and can occur in the spring and summer months. up to 60 percent is partly due to a protein, also found in the strain of virus responsible for the 1918 pandemic flu outbreak, which causes a response in a healthy immune system known as a “cytokine storm”, often leading to respiratory failure and death.

[09 MAX Blog abercrombie and fitch] Compared to Bird Flu « 09 MAX Blog abercrombie and fitch: The bird flu virus is supposed to be really affecting the birds only. However, because of the nature of flu viruses that can be able to mutate and transfer from one species to the other.

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: How come there is not a vaccine for strep throat ...: Strep throat, also called acute streptococcal pharyngitis, is an infection with group A streptococcus bacteria that causes a sore throat. Plague, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Polio, Rabies, the respiratory system Syncytial Virus, Rheumatic Fever, Rotavirus Infection, Salmonella, Scabies, Schistosomiasis, Sepsis, arctic serious respiratory : trouble (SARS), Sexually fed Diseases, Swine Flu (H1N1), Tetanus (Lockjaw), Thrush, .

[Labspaces.net Latest News RSS News Feed] Persistent immunity: Researchers find signals that preserve anti-viral ...: Previous exposure to””or vaccination against””a similar strain provided many older Americans a resistance to the 2009 avian flu. Wistar Vaccine Center researchers are among a number of teams of scientists working toward a universal flu vaccine, one that would forgo the need for an annual flu shot.

[Drugs.com - Clinical Trials] Persistent Immunity: Wistar Researchers Find Signals that Preserve ...: “We are particularly interested in how our bodies generate antibodies against viruses and how we maintain anti-viral antibody secreting cells as a hedge against future infection from the same virus,” said Jan Erikson, Ph.D., senior author of the study, professor in Wistar's Immunology Program and a member of The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center. “Our study highlights how protein signals sustain the cells that make antibodies against viruses in perpetuity, which we believe is crucial knowledge for the development of vaccines for lasting protection against the flu, for example.”

[Strollerderby] Bird Flu Is Coming Back and Could Be Deadlier Than Ever ...: As you’re probably aware, “the virus can cause pneumonia, severe respiratory disease, and death.” Humans most susceptible to the virus are those who “have extensive contact with infected birds, often by working in poultry production.”

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