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Poultry chain potentially linked to increased H5N1 transmission

(Healio) There are four key stages within the poultry chain that may increase risk for transmission of the influenza A(H5N1) virus, according to findings published online. Diana Bell, PhD, of the University of East Anglia in Norfolk, United Kingdom, and colleagues adopted a system widely used in the food production industry, known as Hazard Analysis  Read More »

Scripps Research Institute scientists reveal how deadly Ebola virus assembles

(e!ScienceNews) Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered the molecular mechanism by which the deadly Ebola virus assembles, providing potential new drug targets. Surprisingly, the study showed that the same molecule that assembles and releases new viruses also rearranges itself into different shapes, with each shape controlling a different step of the virus’s  Read More »

Central Asia’s First Biothreat Research Lab to Play Threat-Reduction Role

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) A state-of-the-art medical research laboratory is under construction in a suburb of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s business capital, using U.S. funds aimed at helping reorient former biological weapons-related research under the Soviet Union to peaceful public health uses, according to officials involved with the project. When it opens in 2015, the Central Reference Laboratory is expected  Read More »

Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – update

(WHO) The National Health and Family Planning Commission, China notified WHO of a new laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. This is the first new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus since 20 July 2013. The patient is a 51-year-old woman from Huizhou, Guangdong Province. She became  Read More »

Handle with care

(Nature) The H7N9 avian flu virus first reported in China in March has so far infected at least 134 people, and killed 43 of them. Thankfully, there are no signs yet that it can easily be transmitted between people — instead it is sporadically being caught by humans through contact with chickens and other fowl.  Read More »

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