Article: 'Protecting virus' offers instant flu protection & converts flu infections into their own vaccines.

Article: Flu breakthrough waiting for pounds 5m; HEALTH: Scientist who created 'protecting virus' in cash.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  October 5, 2006 ;     259 words ......at Warwick University in Coventry, says he has created a protecting virus which slows the rate of infection to such an extent that...developed at the university proves effective in people. The protecting virus protects instantly, whereas protection generated by conventional...

Article: Yokohama student tests negative for A/H1N1 influenza virus: Health Ministry
Xinhua News Agency;  May 1, 2009 ;     146 words ......student tests negative for A/H1N1 influenza virus: Health Ministry TOKYO, May 1 (Xinhua...student was not infected with A/H1N1 influenza virus, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry...the first suspected case of A/H1N1 influenza virus in Japan. Tests showed that the student...

Article: Influenza virus envelope cholesterol is required for virus entry, infectivity.
Biotech Week;  January 21, 2004 ;     326 words ......21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Influenza virus envelope cholesterol is required for...depleted envelope cholesterol from influenza virus and significantly reduced virus infectivity...methyl-beta-cyclodextrin treatment. In the case of influenza virus, infectivity could be partially ...

Article: USC researchers uncover mechanism that allows influenza virus to evade the body's immune response.
Virus Weekly;  June 2, 2009 ;     537 words ......molecular mechanism that allows the influenza virus to evade the body's immune response...We have found a mechanism that the influenza virus uses to inhibit the body's immune...drug to enhance immunity and block influenza virus infection and replication. Several...

Article: Reassortment with avian influenza virus attenuates influenza virus.
Virus Weekly;  August 31, 2004 ;     417 words ......NewsRx.net) -- Reassortment with an avian influenza virus attenuates a human H9N2 influenza virus in a mammalian host. According to published...chicken eggs with an apathogenic avian influenza virus, A/Duck/Czechoslovakia/56 (Dk/Cz: H4N6...

Article: Influenza virus infection of neonatal rat brain described.
Virus Weekly;  November 23, 2004 ;     410 words ......describe wild-type and attenuated influenza virus infection of the neonatal rat brain...Journal of Neurovirology. Although influenza virus infection of humans has been associated...neurological syndromes, the pathogenesis of influenza virus associated central nervous system...

Article: The immune response to influenza virus isn't 'all good'.
Virus Weekly;  June 16, 2009 ;     276 words ......the virus that causes flu (influenza virus) are one of the top ten causes...States. Although infection with influenza virus can directly cause death, many deaths following infection with influenza virus occur because the individual...

Article: Influenza virus needs ubiquitin-vacuolar protein sorting, low pH for viral entry.
Anti-Infectives Week;  January 12, 2004 ;     397 words ......12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Influenza virus requires a functional ubiquitin-vacuolar...to a study from the United States, influenza virus enters cells by endocytosis, and requires...other viruses, such as retroviruses, influenza virus budding was not affected. The study...

Article: Swine influenza virus evolving; management may affect control.(Nutrition And Health/Swine)
Feedstuffs;  January 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Swine influenza virus has evolved from a seasonal disease caused...discussed diagnostic challenges of swine influenza virus infection. Complicating diagnostic evaluation of influenza virus infection is the increased diversity of...

Article: Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Effort Designed to Advance Preparedness
U.S. Newswire;  October 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ......have successfully reconstructed the influenza virus strain responsible for the 1918 pandemic...entitled "Characterization of the 1918 influenza virus polymerase genes" which describes the final three gene sequences of the 1918 influenza virus. The work reported in the Nature ...

Article: Neuraminidase underlies influenza virus, streptococcal synergism.
TB & Outbreaks Week;  April 29, 2003 ;     333 words ......29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Influenza virus neuraminidase underlies heightened...A lethal synergism exists between influenza virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae, accounting...Hospital assessed the role that the influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) has in priming...

Article: A pilot study of seroprevalence of influenza virus type A in Vellore, South India
Indian Journal of Medical Research;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Background & objectives: Influenza virus type A is active in many regions...the prevalence of antibodies to influenza virus type A in Vellore, south India. Methods: Antibodies to influenza virus type A (H1N1 and H3N2) were detected...

Article: Obio Pharmaceutical Announced New Antiviral Drug Discovery to Combat Influenza Virus.
Virus Weekly;  March 24, 2009 ;     622 words ......drug, TG21, against main strains of influenza virus (including avian and human influenza...effect towards a wide spectrum of influenza virus. Testing on chick embryo, chick, and...virus of animals challenged by Avian Influenza virus H5N1. TG21 possesses a complete safety...

Article: Protective CD4(+) and CD8(+) T Cells Against Influenza Virus Induced by Vaccination with Nucleoprotein DNA.
Vaccine Weekly;  September 7, 1998 ;     297 words ......and CD8(+) T Cells Against Influenza Virus Induced by Vaccination with...lymphocytes (CTL). Using an influenza virus model, we previously demonstrated...injection of DNA encoding influenza virus nucleoprotein (NP) induced...