Ducks, chickens, bits of DNA and warning signals of flu infection
Category: Bird flu
Ducks don't suffer from flu. Chickens do. Why?
Posted by revere at 3:27 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Bird flu:
Immunity and the 1918 and 2009 pandemics
Category: Bird flu
Why the 2009 pandemic virus is like the 1918 virus.
Posted by revere at 6:17 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Swine flu and bird flu and lessons learned and to be learned
Category: Swine flu
Just because swine flu came first doesn't mean bird flu is out of the picture.
Posted by revere at 6:38 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mutation found in swine flu virus; what does it mean?
Category: Swine flu
Dutch researchers find the mutation we thought meant human adaptation. Swine flu didn't read the literature and adapted anyway.
Posted by revere at 7:01 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Swine flu: the Flu Wiki
Category: Swine flu
A resource you should know about.
Posted by revere at 11:45 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The California swine flu cases
Category: Bird flu
A novel influenza virus in two California children gets CDC's attention.
Posted by revere at 6:48 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Important flu paper on immune response
Category: Bird flu
What does the immune system "see" in bird flu infections?
Posted by revere at 6:16 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Potential new antiviral: why the fanfare?
Category: Antivirals
Getting your attention with a press conference. Why?
Posted by revere at 6:41 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Egyptian toddler case conundrum
Category: Bird flu
Do cases in toddlers and none in adults signal a change in the virus?
Posted by revere at 6:52 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More on the science of the influenza "cytokine storm"
Category: Bird flu
New findings on what causes the runaway immune response in virulent flu viruses like the 1918 virus and bird flu.
Posted by revere at 6:36 AM • 45 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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