The case, if confirmed, would be Guangdong province's first human H7N9 infection.
A study on aerosol transmission of the novel H7N9 virus in ferrets found evidence of limited spread at levels more robust than avian influenza viruses, but less than seasonal flu and the 2009 H1N1 virus, researchers reported yesterday.
The group, from Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, published its findings in Nature.
A report from the Yale University Law School says the United Nations is legally and morally obligated to compensate Haiti for the cholera epidemic caused by UN peacekeepers.
The first patient in a three-person family cluster of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, apparently caught the virus from some unknown source while in the hospital, according to a report in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. The cases occurred in February and March.
Vaccination rates among US kindergarteners remain at high levels, with coverage near or exceeding the Healthy People 2020 target rate of 95% in most states, and exemption rates are holding steady, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.
A virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine for H7N9 avian flu protected mice against the virus in a challenge trial, Novavax Inc. reported in a Jul 26 article in Vaccine.
Indiana and Ohio each reported a new variant H3N2 influenza (H3N2v) case last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly FluView update.
Lab tests show that H7N9 easily infects human lung tissues and cells.
China announced a new H7N9 infection in a 61-year-old woman from Hebei province who is in critical condition.
Chinese researchers found a human H7N9 strain to be highly airborne transmissible in ferrets.
