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PubMed Articles
Although intestinal flora are crucial in maintaining immune homeostasis of the intestine, the role of intestinal flora in immune responses at other mucosal surfaces remains less clear. Here, we show t...
Receptor binding by a ferret-transmissible H5 avian influenza virus.
Cell-surface-receptor binding by influenza viruses is a key determinant of their transmissibility, both from avian and animal species to humans as well as from human to human. Highly pathogenic avian...
Global concerns regarding novel influenza A (H7N9) virus infections.
Human infection with a novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus.
Infection of poultry with influenza A subtype H7 viruses occurs worldwide, but the introduction of this subtype to humans in Asia has not been observed previously. In March 2013, three urban residents...
Recently, a novel reassortant virus, influenza A(H3N2)v [A(H3N2)v], was identified as the causative pathogen in 307 human cases of influenza in the United States. A(H3N2)v contains the matrix gene fro...
SUMMARY It is unknown which intervention strategies are used or effective to increase influenza vaccine uptake by healthcare workers (HCWs) in acute hospitals in England. We undertook a survey in acut...
Introduction: The aims of this study were to understand the geographic extent, risk factors, and attack rate of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus (pH1N1) infection in Shandong Province China and to eluci...
BACKGROUND: No studies on the risk factors of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in China have been reported. We aimed to investigate the risk factors for severe manifestations of 2009 pandemic H1N1 inf...
Collagen-cellulose composite thin films that mimic soft-tissue and allow stem-cell orientation.
Mechanical properties of collagen films are less than ideal for biomaterial development towards musculoskeletal repair or cardiovascular applications. Herein, we present a collagen-cellulose composite...
A specific and sensitive two-step TaqMan real-time PCR has been developed for rapid diagnosis of caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV) infection by using a set of specific primers and a TaqMan p...
News Articles
VACCINES Synthetic Generation of Influenza Vaccine Viruses for Rapid Response to Pandemics
New SARS-Like Coronavirus Suspected at New York Hospital
LONG BEACH, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/18/13 -- AvianFluTalk.com, an online discussion forum created in 2005 to track the potential threat of an avian flu pandemic, has been the venue for a serious di...
IF A new and deadly strain of influenza were to arise, putting together a vaccine against it in the least possible time would be a priority. To test how quickly that could be done a group of researche...
First influenza vaccine brought to clinical testing
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial wi...
A*STAR, Cytos Biotechnology provide update on Phase 1 clinical trial of H1N1 influenza vaccine
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial with their...
Cytos und A*STAR beginnen mit Phase-I-Test von H1N1-Grippe-Impfstoff-Kandidat
Singapur/Schlieren (awp) - Die Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapur und Cytos Biotechnology haben mit Tests in einer klinischen Phase-I-Studie für einen H1N1-Grippe-Impf.....
Sinovac to Host Conference Call to Report First Quarter 2013 Unaudited Financial Results
BEIJING, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVA), a leading provider of vaccines in China, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the...
Influenza: marketing vaccine by marketing disease
Promotion of influenza vaccines is one of the most visible and aggressive public health policies today. Twenty years ago, in 1990, 32 million doses of influenza vaccine were available in the United......
A*STAR and Cytos Bring Singapore's First Influenza Vaccine to Clinical Testing
SINGAPORE and ZURICH, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy vol...
Discovery Of H1N1 In Marine Mammals
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 (2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a year after the human pandemic began, accord...
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The International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR), based in Bethesda, Md., is a non-profit organization devoted to interferon, cytokine and chemokine r...
Taiga Biotechnologies, Inc. is a biotech company based in Aurora, CO. The companyâs mission is to develop novel approaches to complex diseases, including cancers, immunodefic...
Mollen Immunization Clinics is one of the largest and most trusted providers of immunizations in the United States. Mollen conducts a network of seasonal flu shot clinics at drug...
Okairos is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, developing genetic vaccines for major infectious diseases - including malaria, hepatitis C, influenza, respiratory syncytial...
PaxVax is a privately held company established in 2007 to develop and commercialize innovative and socially responsible vaccines against infectious diseases. PaxVax has a clinical...
Gemmus is a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative pharmaceutical products for the treatment of infectious diseases by modulating the host r...
Visterra discovers and develops novel drugs for the prevention and treatment of major diseases. The companyâs proprietary platform generates unique structural information tha...
Visterra discovers and develops novel drugs for the prevention and treatment of major diseases. The companyâs proprietary platform generates unique structural information tha...
PaxVax is a privately held company committed to developing better vaccines to better the world. Established in 2007, PaxVax has a clinical-stage product portfolio, including a cho...
NanoViricides, Inc. (www.nanoviricides.com) is a development stage company that is creating special purpose nanomaterials for viral therapy. The Company's novel nanoviricid...
Clinical Trials
Improving the Immune System With Human IL-7 Vaccine in Older Subjects Who Have Had Chemotherapy
Background: - Drugs given to treat cancer (chemotherapy) can weaken the human immune system. But it can also become weaker because of aging. Interleukin (IL)-7, a molecule produced natura...
The hypothesis for this trial is that the incidence of a pre-defined composite of common systemic hypersensitivity adverse events for Flublok recipients is non-inferior to that reported fo...
Influenza Vaccine in Lung Transplant Patients
Research Question: How do antibody and T cell responses following influenza vaccine compare among lung transplant patients, patients waiting for lung transplantation and healthy individua...
Prevention of Respiratory Infections and MAnagement Among Children (PRIMAKid)
The PRIMAKid trial is a general practice based double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial on the effectiveness and costs of combined influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in pre-sch...
Endothelial Modulation for Angiogenic Therapy
Coronary artery disease is the single most important killer of Canadians. Despite major advances in therapy, there is still a significant proportion of patients identified with the disease...
FLU-VACS Comparative Study in Adults
The purpose of this study is to compare 2 licensed flu vaccines to each other and to placebo (inactive substance). The study will be conducted among healthy adult participants aged 18-49 y...
This study is evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of GSK Biologicals' Hib-MenCY-TT vaccine compared to a control group receiving licensed Hib conjugate vaccine, each administered at 2...
Immune Response to Influenza Vaccine in HIV-Infected Individuals
This study will evaluate how HIV infection, including CD4 cell count and viral load, affects the patient's ability to produce antibodies in response to vaccination with the influenza (flu)...
This investigation is a sub-study of the 6-year multinational ESPRIT (Evaluation of Subcutaneous Proleukin in a Randomized International Trial) protocol. It will compare the effectiveness...
Influenza Vaccine in HIV Infection: Immune Response and Effect on Viral Load
This 2-part study will examine 1) the immune response to influenza (flu) vaccine in HIV-infected patients, and 2) the effect of flu vaccine on HIV viral loads. Earlier studies have shown t...
Videos
Symptoms of H1N1 (Swine Flu)
In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee, with CDC's Influenza Division, describes the symptoms of swine flu and warning signs to look for that indicate the need for ur...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Sus Scrofa
A species of SWINE, in the family Suidae, comprising a number of subspecies including the domestic pig Sus scrofa domestica.
Brucella Suis
A species of gram-negative bacteria, primarily infecting SWINE, but it can also infect humans, DOGS, and HARES.
Taenia Solium
Species of tapeworm in the genus TAENIA, that infects swine. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of cured or undercooked pork.
Leptospira Interrogans Serovar Pomona
A serovar of the bacterial species LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS, whose primary hosts include CATTLE and SWINE.
Haemophilus Parasuis
A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus HAEMOPHILUS found, in the normal upper respiratory tract of SWINE.
