(Inderscience Publishers 20 May 2013) A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a report to be published in the International Journal Data Mining and Bioinformatics.
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(University of California – Davis 15 May 2013) Scientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1(2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the centralCalifornia coast a year after the human pandemic began.
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(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research and Switzerland’s Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial with their H1N1 influenza vaccine candidate based on Cytos’ proprietary bacteriophage Qbeta virus-like particle technology. In this first Phase 1 clinical trial, the safety and immunogenicity of this novel vaccine candidate and its potential to protect against H1N1 influenza infection will be evaluated.
(Science China Press 15 May 2013) The connection between human avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus infection and environmental sources of the virus were determined based on clinical data, epidemiology, and virological characteristics of the three early H7N9-infected cases in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. These H7N9 influenza virus sequences show genomic sequence diversity and key amino acid substitutions, including the novel mammalian-signature substitution Q226I, which is related to human adaptation.
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(NIH/National Institute of Mental Health 13 May 2013) Flu in pregnant mothers has been linked to a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child might develop bipolar disorder in adulthood. The findings add to mounting evidence of possible shared underlying causes and illness processes with schizophrenia, which some studies have also linked to prenatal exposure to influenza.
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 May 2013) An MIT study identifies influenza viruses circulating in pigs and birds that could pose a risk to humans.
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The Courier-Mail Brittany Vonow 15 May 2013
Trials of a new influenza vaccine have begun in Brisbane with researchers hopeful it will help more children effectively fight the illness.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 MAy 2013) An MIT study identifies influenza viruses circulating in pigs and birds that could pose a risk to humans.
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Sydney Morning Herald Natalie Bochenski 12 May 2013
Queensland scientists have taken a pre-emptive strike against the new H7N9 strain of bird flu.
They’ve modified the current influenza swab test to check for the virus.
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Posted in Clinical pathology, Influenza, Leadership / Management, Research
Tagged FSS in the News, H7N9, Pathology Queensland
ABC News 13 May 2013
Queensland scientists have developed a test for the new bird flu strain H7N9.
The test was developed by laboratory technicians at Pathology Queensland’s microbiology department in conjunction with the Queensland Paediatric Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
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Tagged FSS in the News, H7N9, Pathology Queensland
