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CDC's new Influenza tracking prototype honored with SAS Enterprise Intelligence Award 15 May 2008 04:45 GMT
... Enterprise Intelligence Award Seasonal flu and potentially Avian flu could be tracked more effectively with ... for the District of Columbia (CSOSA), the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and Protech's solution for ...
Not If, But When: Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic 13 May 2008 04:53 GMT
... to 500,000 Americans (including about 8,000 in Wisconsin) could die. Millions more would have the ... a type of avian influenza, commonly called "bird flu." The most recent avian influenza virus that ... health emergencies," he says. "With the latest avian flu, there have already been 235 confirmed deaths ...
Mutations that help bird flu virus turn virulent for humans found 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
... Nov 16 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have identified two genetic mutations that appear ... to be involved in turning a deadly bird flu virus into a contiguous human one. The H5N1 strain has surface proteins that allow it ...
Crying wolf over bioterrorism 13 May 2008 00:46 GMT
... such new diseases as SARS and the H5N1 avian flu, it isn't Mother Nature only that worries ... and pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and lead author of a 2005 article ...
Study finds 2 mutations that help H5N1 infect humans 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
... Study finds 2 mutations that help H5N1 infect humans Nov 21, 2006 (CIDRAP News) ... influenza A viruses recognize different host-cell receptors. Avian flu viruses prefer a cell receptor molecule consisting ... article isYoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Tokyo. In a ...

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Study: Poultry most likely to bring H5N1 to Americas 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
... in migratory birds. Once on this continent, avian flu is likely to spread to migratory birds ... School of Public Health, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and the ... H5N1 isolates against migratory routes revealed that bird flu arrived in Turkey, the first European-region country ...
H5N1 mutation that could help spark pandemic identified 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
... H5N1 mutation that could help spark pandemic identified ... research team led by the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW-Madison) has identified a key ...