Media comparisons to the pandemic of 1957 (H2N2, severe) and 1968 ( H3N2 , moderate) are overwrought. Typically new emergent flu viruses “replace” seasonal ones in their first years and become milder over the first four years. …
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The others are H1N2 and H3N2 . Within H1N1, two strains of virus circulate in humans: a seasonal form and the pandemic form of influenza known as swine flu, which has sickened millions and killed thousands of people since it first …
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Pandemic Flu, Like Seasonal H1N1, Shows Signs Of Resisting Tamiflu …
If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug stockpiled for use against it. Researchers at Ohio State University have traced the evolutionary history of the seasonal H1N1 influenza virus, which first infected humans during …
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Pandemic Flu, Like Seasonal H1N1, Shows Signs Of Resisting Tamiflu (Medical News Today)
It is one of three seasonal influenza A viruses that commonly infect humans. The others are H1N2 and H3N2 . Within H1N1, two strains of virus circulate in humans: a seasonal form and the pandemic form of influenza known as swine flu, …
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Pandemic flu virus may become resistant to Tamiflu | Buzz 7
It is one of three seasonal influenza A viruses that commonly infect humans. The others are H1N2 and H3N2 . Within H1N1, two strains of virus circulate in humans: a seasonal form and the pandemic form of influenza , known as swine flu, …
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Swine flu may become resistant to Tamiflu
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday recommended that the H1N1 (swine flu) strain be added to next year’s seasonal flu vaccine, “putting an end to separate shots deployed against the pandemic,” Bloomberg reports. The FDA committee voted unanimously to make the H1N1 strain one of the three strains included in the shot, according to the news service. “The panel’s recommendations …
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FDA Recommends H1N1 For Inclusion In Next Year’s Flu Vaccine (Medical News Today)
Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of H1N1, according to a new study.
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Virus hybridization could create pandemic bird flu (Science Daily)
Genetic interactions between avian flu virus and human seasonal flu viruses can potentially create hybrid strains, combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of swine flu, according to a new study.
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Human, bird flu virus interaction can create more virulent strains (Sify News)
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Genetic interactions between avian flu virus and human seasonal flu viruses can potentially create hybrid strains, combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of swine flu, according to a new study.
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Human, bird flu virus interaction can create more virulent strains (MalaysiaNews.net)
Feb 22, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) vaccines committee voted today to follow the World Health Organization’s advice and fold the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine into the seasonal flu vaccine for next season.
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FDA selects pandemic H1N1 for 2010-11 seasonal flu vaccine (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)