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H5N1 strain from Alberta nurse resembles Chinese strain

(CBCNews) Canadian scientists studying H5N1 bird flu virus samples taken from an Alberta woman who died with the infection say that so far it seems to resemble a Chinese strain. Researchers at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory and Alberta’s provincial laboratory isolated samples of the virus and are working on sequencing it.

January 16, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, International, Public Health, and Research
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22 spotted deers die due to anthrax infection in Chhattisgarh zoo

(The Times Of India) A day after 22 spotted deer died at the Kanan Pendari Zoo Park in Chhattisgarh, investigations have revealed that the deaths were caused due to Anthrax bacterial infection. “Spotted deer died due Anthrax infection. Analysis of symptoms confirms that the animals were infected by bacteria called Bacillus anthracis”, Principal Chief Conservator Read More »

January 16, 2014
| Filed under South Asia, Agents & Toxins, Biosafety, and International
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Key difference discovered between our bodies’ fight against viruses and bacteria

(Medical News Today) Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a key difference in the biological mechanisms by which the immune system responds to viral and bacterial pathogens. The study, published in the journal Nature Immunology and led by Professor Uwe Vinkemeier in the University’s School of Life Sciences, centred on STAT1, a protein Read More »

January 15, 2014
| Filed under Europe, International, Public Health, and Research
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U.S. Army tested biological weapons in Okinawa | The Japan Times

January 15, 2014
| Filed under Biological Weapons and International
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National lab to study virus isolated from fatal H5N1 case in Alberta

(CTVNews) Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory has isolated live H5N1 virus from respiratory specimens taken from an Alberta woman who died recently from infection with that bird flu virus. The Winnipeg-based lab is working in collaboration with Alberta’s provincial laboratory to sequence the entire genome of the virus, which the woman is believed to have contracted Read More »