Sentences with phrase «when avian influenza»

When Avian Influenza H7N2 infected cats in a New York City animal shelter, it was the first outbreak of its kind, and the first documented case of cat - to - cat transmission.

When Avian Influenza H7N2 infected cats in a New York City animal shelter last year, it was the first outbreak of its kind, and the first documented case of cat - to - cat transmission.

Not exact matches

The NSABB meeting was the latest step in a debate that began in late 2011, when two labs revealed they had engineered the potent H5N1 avian influenza to spread more easily among mammals.

When the researchers exposed chickens to lethal doses of the avian influenza virus and the Newcastle virus, birds inoculated with the recombinant vaccine produced antibodies against both viruses, offering protection against both diseases.

The flu incident occurred in March when a sample of a relatively benign avian flu was accidentally contaminated with a deadly influenza strain at a CDC lab before being sent out.

Shortridge is a professor emeritus at the University of Hong Kong, where he led investigations into the initial emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997, when it killed six of the 18 people it infected.

When hundreds of cats in the New York City Animal Care and Control shelters tested positive for avian influenza last year, everyone involved set their only goal — saving the cats» lives.

In a recent development, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was forced to admit that a patented liquid silver solution called Axen30TM when used as a surface disinfectant had the ability to kill multiple strains of MRSA plus additional deadly pathogens such as Avian Influenza A (Bird Flu), Human Corona virus (SARS), Feline Calicivirus (Norovirus), Rotavirus, Campylobacter jjejuni and Acinetobacter baumannii.