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Eradivir, PNAS publication of EV25 research (IMAGE)
An Eradivir employee conducts research on the company’s EV25 influenza therapeutic. Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows EV25 acts faster and has a broader ...
The World Is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary
As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United ...
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Prospects for African swine fever virus(ASFV) research using Red river hog macrophage-derived cell lines (IMAGE)
Domestic pigs infected with ASFV exhibit symptoms, but Red river hogs infected with ASFV are asymptomatic. This may be related to the in vitro cell culture model showing that ASFV proliferation was ...
Q&A: A new medical AI model can help spot systemic disease by looking at a range of image types
Artificial intelligence is making impressive strides in its ability to read medical images. In a recent test in Britain's ...
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H5N1 bird flu virus in Canadian teenager displays mutations demonstrating virus’ risk
The H5N1 virus that infected a Canadian teen appears not to have spread, but it shows signs of mutation that makes flu ...
Map Shows States Where Bird Flu H5N1 Has Spread
Avian influenza H5N1 infection in humans has spread to seven U.S. states, growing from 46 cases last week to 52 cases this week.
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First case of avian influenza confirmed in Jackson County; what you need to know
The first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a backyard flock of geese and chickens in Jackson County, Oregon. This follows a series of bird flu cases detected ...
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Jackson County bird flu case impacts Wildlife Images
Digitally-colorized transmission electron microscopic image of Avian Influenza A H5N1 virus particles (seen in gold), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (seen in green). Photo ...
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3 people with H5N1 bird flu spent time in Oregon, but officials say there’s no public health risk
Washington public health officials were already investigating human cases of H5N1 bird flu. Several workers at a farm experiencing an avian influenza outbreak among chickens had tested positive ...
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Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries
Influenza viruses break into cells by attaching to a sugar called sialic acid. Viruses from birds and humans typically bind to different kinds of these sialic acid receptors. As a result ...
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Bird flu detected in pigs for first time as confirmed human cases double in two weeks
A pig was infected with bird flu in Oregon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday. It’s the first time bird flu, also known as the H5N1 virus, infected a pig in the United States ...
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Avian flu spreads to Utah dairies as APHIS rolls out new testing
Officials with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in eight commercial dairy ... biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of the virus from dairy ...