By 2008, however, the H3N2 seasonal flu had become 100% resistant to Amantadine, and the novel H1N1 of 2009 is resistant as well. Amantadine is still effective for seasonal H1N1, although that strain has rarely been seen since last …
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[Avian Flu Diary] Putting Flu Viruses In A Bind | Influenza Virus …
… associated with mild avian flu infections in humans, and in tests conducted on baby piglets in Thailand last May (see Casting Viruses Before Swine), conjunctivitis was one of the commonly observed symptoms with the novel H1N1 virus. … University of Hong Kong researchers compared the ability of swine flu H1N1 and the seasonal H1N1 and H3N2 flu viruses to replicate in cells and tissue samples from the human upper and lower respiratory tract and in the cells lining the …
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I Only Have Eyes For Flu
VIENNA, Austria, January 14 /PRNewswire/ — – By Starting the Phase II Study for deltaFLU, AVIR Green Hills AG has Accomplished yet Another Milestone in the Development of this Novel Influenza Vaccine.
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Start of Phase II Study for Intranasal, Seasonal Influenza Vaccine deltaFLU (ITNews)
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… View Original Article …
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A TIME'S MEMORY: Sick of Swine Flu? Here Comes H3N2
There are 3 kinds of seasonal flu : seasonal H3N2 , type B & H1N1, so I’m presuming you mean the seasonal H1N1 flu . Having had seasonal H1N1 flu won’t provide you with antibody protection against the novel H1N1 virus. Although closely related , they aren’t quite the same. … The “ flu -like” symptoms are just the immune system doing what it does and are no different from what the immune response does with an actual flu infection except for the severity & duration. …
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Does The Seasonal Flu Help Fight Against Swine Flu Then The …
Pediatrics and Epidemiologist in the Influenza Research Center at Baylor. Recently I talked with him about the second threat of H3N2 coming while H1N1 cases are doubling each week; why the novel H1N1 virus is hitting the young and …