The horse influenza viruses evolved
from avian influenza viruses, and the recent appearance of clinically significant canine influenza apparently resulted from a mutation of the equine H3N8 virus.
There's some controversy over where it originates from; some experts think it came from horse influenza and some think
from avian influenza.»
This protein can protect cultured human cells
from avian influenza viruses but is ineffective against strains that have acquired the ability to infect humans.
Daily supply of turkey meat continues plentiful after recovery one year ago from losses of three percent of the turkey population
from avian influenza.
Not exact matches
We're working hard to protect Australia's thriving agricultural industry
from a range of threats, including
avian influenza, Foot and Mouth Disease and depleted world bee populations.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York officials are banning all feathered fowl
from all fairs across the state this year, a reaction to the latest outbreak of
avian influenza.
«Officials of the state veterinary services took the sample of a bird's carcass to a research institute in Jos, where it was confirmed that the birds died
from the H5NI strains of the
Avian Influenza.
Livestock disease outbreaks can spread far and fast across the U.S..
From foot and mouth disease in cattle to
avian influenza, the illnesses can wreak havoc on animals, the industrial food system and the economy.
Related sites World Organization for Animal Health's
avian influenza page More about
avian influenza from the WHO
The H5N1
avian influenza strain developed strong resistance to oseltamivir, better known as Tamiflu, in two Vietnamese patients who died
from the virus early this year, according to a new study.
Genetic analysis shows that the virus is a mix of
avian and swine viruses
from North America, a swine flu strain usually seen in Asia, and a human
influenza strain.
It is a mixed - origin virus containing genes
from the Eurasian HPAI H5N8 and genes
from North American low pathogenic
avian influenza from wild birds.
► An unpublished report
from Italian police names Ilaria Capua, a prominent scientist who is now a member of the Italian Parliament, as part of «a criminal organization» that colluded to profit
from Italy's battle with
avian influenza, Laura Margottini reported in this week's Science.
A steep increase of human cases of
avian influenza A (H7N9) has been reported since the beginning of December 2016
from China.
The letter states that the pause potentially applies to six projects that range
from studying the ecology of
avian flu in live bird markets in Colombia to looking at drug - resistance mutations in seasonal
influenza strains.
Last week, two more problems came to light: a recent CDC shipment of flu samples contaminated with the deadly H5N1
avian influenza and the discovery of smallpox vials
from 1954 in a government lab at the National Institutes of Health.
The agency also pledged to immediately release newly generated flu sequence information
from now on — including data on the dangerous H5N1
avian influenza strain, should it arrive in the United States.
Two groups of scientists who carried out highly controversial studies with the
avian influenza virus H5N1 have reluctantly agreed to strike certain details
from manuscripts describing their work after having been asked to do so by a U.S. biosecurity council.
At the request of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, Science and Nature have agreed to strike key details
from papers in press describing how researchers made the deadly H5N1
avian influenza virus more transmissible between mammals.
They exposed plasma
from the samples to purified proteins of
avian influenza virus H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8 and H12 subtypes using two laboratory tests to see how many different viruses participants reacted to, and how strongly.
Avian flu (also «bird flu», «avian influenza», «bird influenza»), means «flu from viruses adapted to birds», but is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to both other flu subsets (such as H5N1 flu) or the viruses that cause them (such as H
Avian flu (also «bird flu», «
avian influenza», «bird influenza»), means «flu from viruses adapted to birds», but is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to both other flu subsets (such as H5N1 flu) or the viruses that cause them (such as H
avian influenza», «bird
influenza»), means «flu
from viruses adapted to birds», but is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to both other flu subsets (such as H5N1 flu) or the viruses that cause them (such as H5N1).
More than half of the new infectious diseases that plague humanity — including
avian influenza, West Nile virus, SARS, and even Ebola — originated
from animals.
The strain likely resulted
from a reshuffling of several
avian influenza viruses circulating in domestic ducks and chickens, Guan's group reported in 2013.
This image
from the work shows the binding of
avian - like glycan receptors (yellow spheres) to the 2013 H7N9
influenza virus hemagglutinin (in ribbon diagram).
He likens the virus to
avian influenza, which humans can contract
from birds but which is so poorly transmissible between people that it hasn't triggered an epidemic.
But Tompkins warns that repeated vaccinations with distinct hemagglutinins would probably be needed to protect birds
from the many strains of
avian influenza virus.
By identifying where waterfowl are in the valley, waterfowl biologists
from USGS are able to take samples
from the birds to look for prevalence of
avian influenza, helping to build pathogen risk models for the poultry industry in the region.
Crucially, the WHO says there is no evidence that the
avian influenza, a nasty strain known as H5N1, is spreading
from person to person.
Close disease surveillance and targeted use of anti-viral drugs could be enough to keep a small outbreak of
avian flu
from becoming the first
influenza pandemic in 36 years, according to a new...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 27, 2017 — Moderna Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company that is pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) Therapeutics ™ to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced positive interim data
from an ongoing Phase 1 study of mRNA - 1440, an mRNA infectious disease vaccine against
avian H10N8
influenza, demonstrating mRNA - 1440 induced high levels of immunogenicity, and was safe and well tolerated.
Three Emory scientists have signed a letter published last week in Nature and Science outlining proposed research on the H7N9
avian influenza virus. A strain of H7N9 transmitted
from poultry to humans was responsible for 43 deaths in China earlier this year, but so far, evidence shows that the virus does not transmit easily
from human to human.
The study, «Preferential Recognition of
Avian - Like Receptors in Human
Influenza A H7N9 Viruses,» received support
from the National Institutes for Health (R56 AI099275), the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, the Scripps Microarray Core Facility, the Centers for Disease Control and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.
This was demonstrated during recent outbreaks,
from SARS and MERS to
avian influenza, swine flu, Ebola, and Zika.
From WebMD: «Lauric acid is used for treating viral infections including
influenza (the flu); swine flu;
avian flu; the common cold; fever blisters, cold sores, and genital herpes caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV); genital warts caused by human papillomavirus (HPV); and HIV / AIDS.
An outbreak of
avian influenza in poultry farms meant the best way to keep your birds safe was to keep them at home, away
from other birds.
The report «Veterinary / Animal Vaccines Market Type (Porcine, Poultry, Companion Animal, Aquaculture), Disease (Porcine Parvovirus, Swine Pneumonia,
Avian Influenza, Rabies, Clostridial Diseases), Technology (Inactivated, Toxoid, Recombinant)- Global Forecast to 2022», The global veterinary vaccines market is expected to reach USD 8.66 Billion by 2022
from USD 6.50 Billion in 2017, at a CAGR of 5.9 % during the forecast period (2017 - 2022).
Wild birds worldwide carry
avian influenza viruses in their intestines, but usually do not get sick
from them.
According to the international Food and Agriculture Organization, transmission of
avian influenza to a cat
from a dead bird is extremely rare.
No evidence shows that cats play a sustained role in transmitting the virus, the AVMA reports, noting, «There have been no known cases of human
avian influenza [AI] resulting
from exposure to sick cats, and there have been no outbreaks of AI among domestic cat populations.»
Over 40 cats
from the Animal Care Centers of New York City (ACC) facility in Manhattan have tested positive for low pathogenic
avian influenza A, H7N2 (LPAI).
This canine virus likely arose through the direct transfer of an
avian influenza virus — possibly
from among viruses circulating in live bird markets — to dogs.
This started as the
avian influenza from Asia and had never been identified in the United States until recently.
This strain appears to be an
avian influenza cross over
from birds, whereas the H3N8 strain was a cross over
from the horse flu.
The H3N2 was initially identified in dogs in Asia, and it is suspected that it was transferred
from birds carrying the
avian influenza virus.