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Study finds H1N1 and H9N2 offspring can be more lethal

(CIDRAP News) – Chinese researchers who tested reassortants that combined the 2009 H1N1 virus with H9N2, a subtype that commonly circulates in birds, found that several were more pathogenic then the parent viruses, which they said could pose a pandemic threat.

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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death, pandemic drugs in drinking water, peramivir during H1N1, mass vaccine dispensing, HIV and H1N1 vaccine, anti-diarrhea drug

Mar 2, 2011

 

Egypt reports 3 H5N1 infections, 1 fatal

(CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed three more H5N1 avian influenza infections in Egypt, one of them fatal, that surfaced during the weeks surrounding the country's recent political upheaval.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in South Korea, H9N2 cases, global flu activity, flu in swine workers, measles alert

Feb 28, 2011

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Flu in Europe, peramivir contract, WHO on Cambodian H5N1 deaths, H5N1 on poultry farms

Feb 25, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Lab-acquired plague, XDR-TB in China, H5N1 outbreaks, foodborne investigation methods, high-dose flu vaccine

Feb 24, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 deaths in Cambodia, H5N1 poultry outbreaks, flu vaccine for seniors, universal flu vaccine trial, food safety funding, dengue vaccines

Feb 23, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Pandemrix and narcolepsy, flu evolution, pandemic's effect, H5N1 in India and Japan, food import safety, cholera in Haiti

Feb 18, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu in Japan, feline H1N1 case, pertussis in Michigan, hantavirus prediction from on high

Feb 15, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Poultry H5N1 outbreaks, flu in Europe, hospital TB exposure

 

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