Sentences with phrase «common seasonal flu virus»

Canine H3N2 influenza virus is different than the human H3N2 influenza virus that is a common seasonal flu virus in people.

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The reality is that there are many more viruses and bacterial infections floating around in the winter months, such as the seasonal flu and the common...

To find out what impact this might have on a flu epidemic, Earn and his colleagues turned to a 1982 study which showed that ferrets, a common animal model for human flu, produced more seasonal flu virus if their fevers were lowered either with painkillers or by having their fur shaved off.

Standard testing failed to detect common, everyday viruses: influenza B, a cause of seasonal flu; parechovirus, a mild gastrointestinal and respiratory virus; herpes virus 1, responsible for cold sores in the mouth; and varicella - zoster virus, which causes chickenpox.

Novavax says that during Phase IIa of seasonal flu vaccine testing, which began in May, it was able in the majority of people tested to surpass the FDA's requirements for producing enough antibodies to protect the body from the H3N2, H1N1 and B viruses — all of which were common enough a year ago to be used to develop flu vaccines for the 2008 to 2009 flu season.

The common cold, including chest cold and head cold, and seasonal flu are caused by viruses.