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Pathogen Alert: H7N9 Avian Influenza Human Infections in China

(GlobalBiodefense) The World Health Organization (WHO) has received notification of three cases of human infection with influenza A (H7N9), previously unknown to infect humans. The cases were laboratory confirmed on March 29 in China and reported to the WHO by the China Health and Family Planning Commission on March 31, 2013. Two of the cases  Read More »

NIH-Supported Researchers Identify New Class of Malaria Compounds

(GlobalBiodefense) A group of researchers from 16 institutions around the world has identified a new class of anti-malarial compounds that target multiple stages of the malaria parasite’s life cycle. These compounds could potentially be developed into drugs that treat and prevent malaria infection. Known as 4-(1H)-quinolone-3-diarylethers, the candidate anti-malarials are derived from a compound called  Read More »

New foot-and-mouth vaccine signals huge advance in global disease control

(MedicalXpress) They have used a new method to produce a vaccine that doesn’t rely on inactivating the live, infectious virus which causes the disease – and is therefore much safer to produce. Instead the vaccine consists of empty virus shells that have been produced synthetically, and are designed to produce an immune response that protects  Read More »

First human deaths from lesser-known bird flu strain H7N9

(Globe&Mail) Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain, and Chinese authorities said Sunday that it wasn’t clear how they were infected, but that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission. A third person, a woman in the nearby province of Anhui,  Read More »

Livestock-to-Human MRSA Transmission Confirmed

(FoodSafetyNews) Using whole genome sequencing, scientists have found conclusive evidence that a type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that caused human infections in Denmark came from livestock – adding to concerns that food animals are a significant MRSA reservoir for human infections. While previous research has suggested that MRSA transfers from animals to humans, including  Read More »

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