Sentences with phrase «on human influenza»

An analysis of 10 years» worth of data on human influenza B viruses has shed new light on the pathogen which can cause the seasonal flu.

Not exact matches

Team leader Sir John Skehel and his colleagues set their sights on the 1918 influenza virus, preserved in human bodies buried in the Alaskan permafrost.

The team focused on these antibodies, which together target the two types of influenza viruses that contain all strains known to cause disease in humans.

Aliases: Swine flu variant (the word variant applies to influenza A subtypes that usually only infect pigs if they go on to infect humans.)

The new flu, known as H7N9 avian influenza, latches onto sugars that coat bird cells — and it can cling to sugars on human cells too, Yuelong Shu of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention and colleagues...

«The influenza field is largely fixated on studying pandemic or potential pandemic viruses, but those viruses only infect a few dozen people every year whereas seasonal flu infects millions — and yet we don't study human influenzas closely enough.»

The paper focuses on two key molecular players in the story of influenza infection: a human protein called TRIM25, which was recently discovered to play an important role in the human immune response to flu infection; and a protein called NS1 present in all strains of the influenza A virus and shown to bind TRIM25 to keep it from doing its job.

Currently, seasonal flu vaccines are designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found on the surface of the influenza virus that enables the virus to enter a human cell and initiate infection.

To date, most studies have focused on the influenza A virus lineages because they are the more commonly circulating lineages in humans which have also caused occasional pandemics.

The support, announced here at the International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, far exceeds the $ 1.5 billion expected, according to a statement issued by European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection Markos Kyprianou.

The new flu, known as H7N9 avian influenza, latches onto sugars that coat bird cells — and it can cling to sugars on human cells too, Yuelong Shu of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention and colleagues report July 3 in Nature.

The three labs together identified several hundred human genes that influenza hijacks for its own benefit, but in most cases the groups each hit on different ones: Only about 30 genes overlap, an outcome that's «very surprising,» says Peter Palese, a virologist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, who co-authored the paper with Chanda.

A better strategy might be to focus on how human cells offer influenza a cozy home.

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.

The idea behind a â $ œHuman Vaccine Projectâ $ is to combine efforts at developing vaccines for major (but very different) diseases such as influenza, dengue, HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and malaria, with the rationale that what scientists working on those diseases have in common is the Ray Ban outlet challenge of working with the human immune system.

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.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is biopharmaceutical company that focuses on research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases including hepatitis A and B, seasonal influenza, H5N1 pandemic influenza and mumps, as well as animal rabies vaccine.

Canine influenza viruses (CIV) have never been proven to be transmissible to humans, but it's always best to err on the side of safety and take precautions to disinfect when caring for a sick pup, especially if there are other dogs in the house.

Depending on if your dog develops the mild or severe form of influenza, symptoms may mirror what humans experience — coughing, runny nose, loss of appetite, lethargyLacking enthusiasm.

A veterinarian might decide to run a rapid, «on - site» test, or immunoassay, to support a possible flu diagnosis, which reliably detects components of human influenza A in human respiratory secretions.

«On rare occasions, dogs have been found to be infected with human influenza A viruses,» says Landolt.

While humans can't contract canine influenza, we can carry the virus on our hands and clothing for up to 24 hours after handling an infected dog.

Humans can spread canine influenza on our hands and clothes and by transporting the virus on leashes, harnesses, food and water bowls and other infected objects.

The following information includes a basic primer on what they are and how to keep your pets safe as well as some basics on influenza that apply to both canine and human flu infections.

Vampyr is based on the 1918 London Spanish flu pandemic, with the influenza flu outbreak augmented by the struggles of a doctor turned vampire; the push and pull between upholding the Hippocratic Oath and fulfilling a growing hunger for human blood the central narrative mechanic and gameplay hook.