… there has been almost no “seasonal flu” in recent months. the strains circulating last season and still occasionally found this season — H3N2 , other forms of H1N1 and influenza B — have all been outcompeted by the upstart H1N1. …
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H1N1 wanes, but third wave could emerge
Hong Kong lies in the south of China and is at the peak of a seasonal flu infection. The flu infection broke out among children in many schools. The authorities reported the death of a 3 year old girl due to human H3N2 flu . … The causes of death are being probed but the authorities said that boy was admitted to hospital with flu symptoms . Ever since its first outbreak in 2003, H5N1 virus has infected 372 people worldwide out of which 235 has died. …
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China Should Increase Vigilance Against Bird Flu, Says an Expert …
An international team of scientists has created a highly pathogenic laboratory hybrid of the H5N1 bird flu and human seasonal flu viruses by swapping just one gene, and propose that a similar genetic interaction could happen in nature between the current pandemic H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 avian flu strains, highlighting the importance of continued surveillance…
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Pandemic Hybrid Of Bird And Human Seasonal Flu Possible Say Scientists (Medical News Today)
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)
Feb 22, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Human seasonal flu strains that reassort with avian H5 influenza can produce a more pathogenic avian flu strain, highlighting the importance of virus genetic surveillance and the need to protect people who have close contact with birds, researchers reported today.
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Study yields highly pathogenic avian, human flu virus mix (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Using multiplexed specificity, the goal of Phase II is to classify the sub-type of influenza that is present in a sample, such as H3N2 (seasonal flu), H1N1 (swine flu), etc. Rapid sub-type classification of influenza strains at the …
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PositiveID Corporation Successfully Completes Phase I Development …
A few short years ago Amantadine was the preferred influenza antiviral. It was cheap, plentiful, and worked pretty well. But by late 2005 Amantadine began to lose its effectiveness against the H3N2 seasonal flu virus and some strains of …
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TCAD: A Triple Play Combination
Another influenza A strain known as A/Perth/16/2009 ( H3N2 )-like virus. An influenza B strain called B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus. I wonder if all our doctors agree with WHO on this? Did anyone ask your opinion of what the seasonal flu …
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Gleeman's Daily News—02/19/10 – News – emrupdate.com
The coming year’s seasonal flu vaccine in the northern hemisphere should include protection against three strains of flu, including the H1N1 virus, the World Health Organization recommended on Thursday.
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New Seasonal Flu Vaccine to Contain H1N1 Strain (Fox News)