Sentences with phrase «of swine influenza»

The vaccine helps pork producers protect their herds from the pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) strain of Swine Influenza Virus (SIV).

However, the role of local, regional, and global swine - flows in the ecology and evolution of swine influenza viruses remains unclear.

The 2009 A / H1N1 was also a derivative of two different strains of swine influenza — one that had been circulating in Europe and Asia and another that was circulating in the Americas, especially North America.

Nelson and her colleagues found that flu in pigs «follows long - distance swine movements from the southern U.S. to the Midwest,» with most of the human - origin H1N1 arriving at Midwest hog farms coming from the Southeast, and most of the swine - origin H1N2 coming from the south - central U.S. And that means the Midwest, as the final destination for many of these pigs, is «likely to provide a reservoir for multiple genetically distinct variants to co-circulate and exchange segments via re-assortment because of the continual importation of swine influenza viruses from other regions,» the researchers noted.

The lines show the path of swine influenza H1N2 along common hog routes over time.

Not exact matches

Great article and good to see common sense prevails in respect of swine or any influenza.

Ghana will today [Friday] take delivery of the anti-viral agents Tamiflu from the World Health Organization, as part of measures to combat the threat posed by the 2009 H1N1 strain of influenza, also known as swine flu.

About four students of the school have died from the Influenza H1N1 also known as swine flu in the last two weeks.

The swelling circles represent the amount of human - origin influenza in swine population, «with the viral populations increasing first in Oklahoma and then in Minnesota and Iowa,» as pigs move from the south - central to the Midwest.

«Understanding the importance of long - distance pig transportation in the evolution and spatial dissemination of the influenza virus in swine may inform future strategies for the surveillance and control of influenza,» Nelson and her colleagues concluded in their paper.

Also, since the article was written, there has been significant progress on the implementation of a national influenza surveillance program in swine.

There are a relatively limited number of documented cases of zoonotic [human - communicable] swine influenza in the literature.

Noting the «relative lack of surveillance for swine influenza viruses,» the authors suggest, «this virus might have been circulating undetected among swine herds somewhere in the world.»

The show includes reassortment of the H1N1 / 2009 influenza virus in swine, ocean noise, the physics of old violins, and more.

The new study examined the effects of three types of influenza A — H1N1, the strain behind 2009's swine flu outbreak; H7N7, a dangerous strain that only rarely infects people; and H3N2, the strain behind much of the 2017 — 2018 flu season misery (SN: 2/17/18, p. 12).

«We found that the vaccines produced against the swine flu pandemic in 2009 were very effective in both preventing influenza infection and reducing the chances of hospital admission due to flu.

«Influenza viruses are always doing unpredictable and surprising things, although isolation of this virus from turkeys may not be that surprising, because the swine characteristics of this virus — this may sound funny to say — can have the capacity to infect turkeys,» said CDC's Butler.

Novartis announced in a press statement today that it has made the first batch of vaccine against the A (H1N1) influenza virus causing the swine flu pandemic.

Dr. Evans No we are saying that this particular virus based on what we are seeing clinical expression at this point and time, the introduction of the virus into the pig herd, the pigs have responded in the same way that they have responded to every other swine virus, or circulating influenza virus.

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.

Although the world's attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped up in many East Asian countries — and some variants in circulation may outfox the seasonal vaccine in use.

One of the most baffling features of the swine flu outbreak is that, unlike seasonal influenza, severe disease largely does not occur in the elderly.

Question: And is this the first known case in the world of the countries that are experiencing outbreak of human swine influenza where you've seen the flu infect a pig?

All influenza viruses ultimately come from birds, and the paper begins the somewhat operatic and knotty story of this outbreak's origins with an H1N1 first isolated in swine in 1930, which itself was a close relative of the virus that caused the 1918 pandemic in humans.

It's been well researched, by studies, by world organizations, by the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, other organizations that have all unanimously come to the conclusion that consumption of pork is not a risk factor for transmission of influenza virus from swine to human.

Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the strain has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of H1N1 influenza.

And of particular concern is the fact that pig cells are uniquely receptive to influenza viruses from swine, humans, and birds, making swine a dangerous «mixing vessel» for new variants.

But a new report from Hong Kong, which conducts the world's most comprehensive surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs, has described the first instance of a swine virus picking up a gene from the novel H1N1 circulating in humans.

Through a process called recombination, which had not previously been seen in influenza viruses, parts of the human and swine virus genes had joined together to create a totally new antigen, one that human immune systems were unprepared for (Science, 11 May, p. 1041).

A baby from San Luis Potosí in north - central Mexico was likely infected with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus on 24 February, making this the earliest case of swine flu yet detected.

CDC researchers took ferrets never infected with an influenza virus and injected them with this year's vaccine, which has an H1N1 component of human, not swine, origin.

Although SARS is his claim to fame, Guan has spent most of his career studying influenza after earning a Ph.D. in swine flu under eminent flu expert Robert Webster of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Pathogenicity and transmissibility of North American triple reassortant swine influenza A viruses in ferrets.

Protection of mice against lethal challenge with 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus by 1918 - like and classical swine H1N1 based vaccines

Diversity of Influenza Viruses in Swine and the Emergence of a Novel Human Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1)

To capture the early spatial patterns of a newly emergent virus in swine populations prior to extensive geographical mixing, this study focused on an H1 influenza virus that was introduced twice from humans into swine around 2003.

Our collaborative influenza projects: 1) characterizing the temporal and spatial evolutionary dynamics of the IAV and IBV circulating globally in humans and wild birds, 2) identifying the IAV genotypes circulating in pigs at county fairs (swine - human interface) to determine if fairs produce novel reassortants or enable zoonosis / reverse zoonosis, 3) determining if specific internal gene segment constellations enhance viral fitness, 4) detecting epistatic interactions between gene segments, and 5) assessing the impact of inter-hemispheric migration of viruses / gene segments.

He is working on the prediction and validation of conserved T cell epitopes from prevalent swine influenza viruses.

Added swine flu concern There are even more questions to be answered this year, thanks to the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, commonly referred to as swine flu.

Although respirator use made sense at the beginning of the swine flu pandemic, it now appears that H1N1 behaves similarly to seasonal influenza, Dr. Rupp says, so «it does nt make much sense to be using different precautions for seasonal flu than we use for H1N1.»

Kitikoon P, Nilubol D, Vincent A, Yu S, Erickson B, Janke B, Hoover T, Sornsen S, Thacker E. Immune response and effect of maternal antibody interference on vaccination with a bivalent swine influenza vaccine.

The dominant share of this segment can be attributed to the increasing porcine population, growing awareness about animal vaccination, and outbreaks of porcine diseases such as PRRS (Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome), swine influenza, and Auzeszkys Disease (AD).

H1N1 Gamma, H1N2 Delta - 1, H3N2 Cluster - IV - A and H3N2 Cluster - IV - B are some of the most prevalent strains of influenza A virus in swine (IAV - S) that can impact U.S. farms today.

Optimal use of vaccines for control of influenza A virus in swine.

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).

Well, people were already pretty scared of the recent swine flu outbreaks in 2009 and vets and vaccine manufacturers were eager to prey on pet owners» fears and cash in when canine influenza (dog flu) hit at the same time.

The researchers themselves even recognize the link between vaccines and disease, saying that «Cases of GBS after rabies and swine influenza vaccines also have been reported.»

This information provides only a small look at some of the advantages and results you'll see from a vaccine that offers cross-protection against different swine influenza strains.

(21) Dr Ronald Schultz is quoted in Vet Med Today: «Immune - mediated disease has developed in human beings following vaccination, as was seen with cases of Guillain - Barre syndrome following swine flu vaccinations, and rheumatoid arthritis following influenza vaccination».

Commenting on the current developments regarding the swine influenza outbreak, Dr. Ghassan Aïdi, President of the International Hotel & Restaurant Association «IH&RA» informs on the importance of the safety and well - being of the hospitality industry and confirms that the IH&RA is working closely together with the Tourism Emergency Response Network «TERN» partners, the United Nation World Tourism Organization «UNWTO», the World Health Organization «WHO» and sharing views on the matter on continuous basis.