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What is Swine Flu?
12 hours ago ago from Daily Health Tips And Health Services
Swine flu or swine influenza is a disease common in swine, with normal flu-like symptoms, but caused by any strain of the swine influenza virus (SIV virus endemic in pigs). Though rare in humans, individuals with greater exposure to swine could contract swine influenza if the swine are carrying the particular rare strain of the SIV that is capable of affecting humans. Even then, it is a rare occurrence for the strain to be able to pass from ...
Related contentAvian Influenza | Futuretech daily
5 hours ago ago from futuretechdaily
Global concern about the potential for pandemic avian influenza is rooted in the pathogenicity of avian influenza virus strains in humans and the lack of immunity to these highly mutable viruses in the general population. Avian influenza A (H5N1) re-emerged in 2003 with greater virulence and a wider host range than that seen following its 1997 debut. Although transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1) from animals to humans remains inefficient ...
Related contentInfluenza A virus subtype H1N1: Influenza A virus, Influenza, Influenza- like illness, Human flu, Flu season, Swine influenza, Avian influenza, Pandemic H1N1/ 09 virus, World Health Organization
16 hours ago ago from Chiamare - your source for important news and the latest information from all over the world
Product Description Influenza A (H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenzavirus A and the most common cause of influenza in humans. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a few per cent all human flu infections in 2004-2005. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs and in birds. In June 2009, World Health ...
Related contentCompound Found to Safely Counter Deadly Bird Flu
13 hours ago ago from Interesting finds
The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night. Now, however, a study published the week of Dec. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) suggests that a new compound, one on the threshold of final testing in humans, may be more potent and safer for treating bird flu than the antiviral drug best known by the trade name ...
Related contentHuman protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection found
16 hours ago ago from Newspost Online - Latest News of India, World, Business, Sports, Entertainment, Science, Health
A naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile and dengue virus, has been identified. A research team led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Stephen J. Elledge and his colleague, Abraham Brass, discovered that human cells respond to infection by the H1N1 influenza virus by ramping up production of proteins that have unexpectedly powerful antiviral ...
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