Influenza

News Influenza

• Tactics of new Middle East virus suggest treating by altering lung cells' response to infection
  

  A new virus that causes severe breathing distress and kidney failure elicits a distinctive airway cell response to allow it to multiply. Scientists studying the Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, have discovered helpful details about its str more

• Pain reliever shows anti-viral activity against flu

  The over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug naproxen may also exhibit antiviral activity against influenza A virus, according to a team of French scientists. New influenza vaccines must be developed annually, because the surface proteins they target mutate rapidly, the way cars used to get a whole n more

• Higher indoor humidity inactivates flu virus particles

  Higher humidity levels indoors can significantly reduce the infectivity of influenza virus particles released by coughing, according to research published in PLOS ONE by John Noti and colleagues from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Preventio more

Publications Influenza

• Conserved epitopes dominate cross‐CD8+ T‐cell responses against influenza A H1N1 virus among Asian populations

  Summary Novel strains of influenza A viruses (IAVs) have emerged with high infectivity and/or pathogenicity in recent years, causing worldwide concern. T cells are correlated with protection in humans through cross‐reactive immunity against heterosubtypes of IAV. However, the different hierarchi more

• Multiple Estimates of Transmissibility for the 2009 Influenza Pandemic Based on Influenza-like-Illness Data from Small US Military Populations

  by Pete Riley, Michal Ben-Nun, Richard Armenta, Jon A. Linker, Angela A. Eick, Jose L. Sanchez, Dylan George, David P. Bacon, Steven Riley Rapidly characterizing the amplitude and variability in transmissibility of novel human influenza strains as they emerge is a key public health priority. Howe more

• Regional variation in mortality impact of the 2009 A(H1N1) influenza pandemic in China

  Background Laboratory‐confirmed deaths grossly underestimate influenza mortality burden, so that reliable burden estimates are derived from indirect statistical studies, which are scarce in low‐ and middle‐income settings. Objectives Here, we used statistical excess mortality models to es more

Market studies Influenza

• BIOQUAL, Inc. - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  BIOQUAL, Inc. (Bioqual) is a public traded, research, development and consulting company and is engaged in providing quality research, development and consulting services to Government and commercial contract clients. The company is accredited by the association for the assessment and accreditation more

• iBio, Inc. (NYSE ) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  iBio, Inc. (iBio, formerly iBioPharma, Inc.) is a biotechnology company, engaged in the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins based on its plant-based iBioLaunch platform technology, which is used in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. Its products include influenza vaccines, biodefenc more

• Influenza – Pipeline Review, H1 2012

  Introduction Global Markets Direct’s, 'Influenza - Pipeline Review, H1 2012', provides an overview of the Influenza therapeutic pipeline. This report provides information on the therapeutic development for Influenza, complete with latest updates, and special features on late-stage and discontinued more

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