Avian Influenza

July 26, 2011

Developing vaccines to combat diseases in animals

PoultryAndEggNews.com - Microbiologist Qingzhong Yu in the ARS Endemic Poultry Viral Disease Research Unit and his colleagues in the ARS Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit used reverse genetics technology to create a new vaccine that replaces a gene in the vaccine with a similar gene from the virulent NDV circulating in the environment today. http://www.poultryandeggnews.com/poultrytoday/news/20110721/238678.shtml

Posted by sball at 8:04 AM

Dangerous Progeny Can Result When Flu Strains 'Hook Up'

MedicalNewsToday.com - A new University of Maryland-led study finds that 'sex' between the virus responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic (H1N1) and a common type of avian flu virus (H9N2) can produce offspring - new combined flu viruses - with the potential for creating a new influenza pandemic... http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231099.php

Posted by sball at 8:02 AM

USAID-Sponsored Science Battles Avian Influenza

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Posted by sball at 7:53 AM