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NSABB: Studies show how H5N1 can jump natural barrier

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Thursday, 02 February 2012 13:02

Jan 31, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – The core of a US biosecurity advisory board's concern about two controversial, as-yet-unpublished studies on H5N1 viruses is that the studies have shown how to remove the apparent natural barrier that keeps the viruses from spreading efficiently in mammals, members of the board said in statements published today.

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Study suggests older adults may have little defense against swine H3N2 viruses

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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 11:38
Jan 27, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – Canadian researchers have reported a study in which both young children and middle-aged adults had little evidence of immune protection against swine-origin influenza H3N2 viruses like those that have been reported recently in a dozen US children.
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Bird flu deaths reported in Vietnam, Cambodia

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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 11:24
According to authorities in Vietnam and Cambodia, a Vietnamese duck farmer and a two-year-old Cambodian child died as a result of bird flu this month.
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Bird Flu Rears Its Ugly Head With Multiple Deaths in China

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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 11:16
China is reporting its second bird flu death in one month. A 39-year-old man was the second casualty from the deadly H5N1 strain in less than one month. The first victim, also 39-years-old and a bus driver died on December 31st.
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