News tagged with novel strain
Predicting hotspots for future flu outbreaks
(Medical Xpress)—This year's unusually long and rocky flu season would be nothing compared to the pandemic that could occur if bird flu became highly contagious among humans, which is why UCLA researchers and their colleagues ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 14, 2013 |
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Mining for new drugs in the ocean
Each time we use an antibiotic, the weaker strains of infection are killed off while the stronger, more virulent strains are left behind to multiply. In the past, this has not caused much concern, as there ...
Medications
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Medicinal toothbrush tree yields antibiotic to treat TB in new way
A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2013 |
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New data suggests HIV superinfection rate comparable to initial HIV infection
HIV superinfection, when a person with HIV could acquire a second, new strain of HIV, may occur as often as initial HIV infection in the general population in Uganda, a study suggests.
HIV & AIDS
Jun 07, 2012 |
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NSABB and H5N1 redactions: Biosecurity runs up against scientific endeavor
In response to recent actions of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which recommended that two scientific journals withhold crucial details in upcoming reports about experiments with a novel ...
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Jan 31, 2012 |
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Two die of A(H1N1) swine flu in Mexico: official
An outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu claimed the lives of two people -- 19 and 21 years old -- in Mexico's capital in the first weeks of the year, health authorities said Saturday.
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Jan 22, 2012 |
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CDC: 2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain
(AP) -- Health officials say a novel strain of swine flu has sickened two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana.
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Sep 02, 2011 |
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Single-dose H1N1 vaccine not reliable protection for pediatric liver-transplant patients
Researchers from Australia determined that pediatric liver transplant patients who received a single-dose of the H1N1 vaccine were not adequately protected against the virus compared to healthy children. This study appearing ...
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Jul 26, 2011 |
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Threat to United States from new European E. coli strain unclear
(Medical Xpress) -- Over the centuries, many unexpected things have come to the United States from Germany and caught on -- lager beer, sauerkraut, bratwurst and the Volkswagen Beetle are a few that come to mind -- but don't ...
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Jun 14, 2011 |
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