«These characteristics fit with increased virulence of these emerging avian H7 viruses compared to that
of human influenza viruses,» says Dr. Kuiken.
Even a limited sampling (31 whole - genome sequences) revealed extensive reassortment between the human - origin swine viruses and other swine and
human influenza viruses over a 7 - year period.
It is feared that if the avian influenza virus combines with
a human influenza virus (in a bird or a human), the new subtype created could be both highly contagious and highly lethal in humans.
To do the study, the researchers first infected transgenic cell lines loaded with nonhuman primate versions of TRIM25 with
the human influenza A virus.
Experts have long worried that if
a human influenza virus and the H5N1 avian influenza strain now circulating across much of the globe were to combine their genes, the result could be a disaster — a lethal virus that spreads easily among people.
A new study predicts that swapping genes between the avian and
human influenza viruses may result in an even more dangerous flu.
The human influenza virus H1N1 that caused the 2009 flu pandemic, and H9N2, an avian influenza virus that is endemic in bird populations in Asia, are close cousins — close enough that they can swap genes if they find themselves in the same cell, resulting in new viruses that are a patchwork of the parent strains.
Duke researchers have devised a way to keep
the human influenza virus from mutating during production, generating a perfect match to the target vaccine in a shorter time frame.
Her first major discovery, in 2006, identified a loop in the nucleoprotein of the H1N1
human influenza virus.
If there's
a human influenza virus in New York, and you get coveted tickets to a Knicks game or a Lady Gaga concert, do you still go?
Diseases: Ferrets are susceptible to
the human influenza virus.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) monitors
the human influenza virus and updates how vaccines are produced to provide maximum protection.
«On rare occasions, dogs have been found to be infected with
human influenza A viruses,» says Landolt.
So is
the human influenza virus.
This virus is to be respected, as should be
the human influenza virus.
We're all familiar with
the human influenza virus that makes the rounds every winter.