Public Release: 19-Oct-2017 Cell Press Human infections with the H7N9 avian flu virus were first reported in China in March 2013. As of October 5th, a total of 1,562 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported to the World Health Organization,… Read More ›
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H7N9 influenza is both lethal and transmissible in animal model for flu
Public Release: 19-Oct-2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. — In 2013, an influenza virus that had never before been detected began circulating among poultry in China. It caused several waves of human infection and in late 2016, the number… Read More ›
Evidence of probable transmission of bird flu virus between two unrelated individuals
Public Release: 18-Nov-2015 Hospital acquired (nosocomial) infection most likely route of transmission, say researchers BMJ Previous reports of person to person transmissions have all occurred in family clusters, suggesting that either common exposures or genetic susceptibility might contribute to… Read More ›
Study maps travel of H7 influenza genes
Public Release: 21-Jan-2015 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Influenza has a long history of being one of the most deadly diseases to afflict humanity, but what exactly makes it so dangerous? Certainly one reason is that influenza viruses have… Read More ›
Tracing evolution of chicken flu virus yields insight into origins of deadly H7N9 strain
Public Release: 29-Dec-2014 Scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and China Agricultural University identify the changes in H9N2 flu virus in chickens that could signal emergence of viruses with potential to trigger a pandemic
