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• Top Virologists claim H1N1 most likely produced in Lab

  
  The Betrayal — Authority: 454
  The Post & Email published BAXTER INTERNATIONAL ONLY LAB INVOLVED IN IDENTICAL RESEARCH by John Charlton (Nov. 25, 2009) — Two internationally recognized virologists have published evidence showing that the Swine Flu epidemic (H1N1 virus) most likely was created in a lab and released into the human ...
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• Clinical benefit of lentiviral gene therapy in two patients with a rare neurologic disease

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare neurologic disease caused by a defect in a gene required for normal ABCD1 transporter function. The lack of this function leads to progressive demyelination, severe neurologic disease and death in males, often in childhood. ALD disease progression can be controlled by ...
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• Study Demonstrates Hepatitis B Vaccination Confers Protection for More Than Two Decades

  
  MediNEWS.Direct! — Authority: 110
  Hepatitis B vaccine has an outstanding record of safety, and is considered one of the most effective childhood immunizations. Now, a recent study has revealed that the duration of vaccine protection in children and adults immunized with plasma-derived hepatitis B, lasts for at least 22 years, without requiring booster ...
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• Zinc and rhinovirus replication

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  Recently I began experiments to understand how zinc inhibits rhinovirus replication , and I promised to document my findings on the pages of this blog. Here are the results of the second plaque assay. In the last experiment I confirmed the finding that 0.1 mM ZnCl2 inhibits plaque formation by rhinovirus type 1A. ...
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• Virology Conferences 2010

  
  Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists — Authority: 136
  Details of conferences on virology from our comprehensive list at Microbiology Conferences 2010 January 2010 January 12 - 17, 2010 HIV Biology and Pathogenesis Santa Fe, NM, USA Further information The Keystone Symposia Meeting on HIV Biology and Pathogenesis emphasizes key aspects of HIV research including ...
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• Are viruses alive?

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  The question of whether viruses are living or not always provokes lively discussion. On TWiV 59 we decided to take an informal poll of our listeners on this issue. Let’s open up the poll to readers of virology blog.
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• Viruses and invasive species: I get sick, but you get sicker, sucker

  
  erv — Authority: 463
  Invasive species suck. Humans intentionally or unintentionally introduce some organism into a new environment... and shit hits the fan. Whether its zebra mussels in the Great Lakes or rabbits in Australia, invasive species wreak havoc on their new homes. There are lots of reasons for this, but there are only ...
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• TWiV 59: Dog bites virus

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  Hosts : Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , Gustavo Palacios , and Mady Hornig A TWiV panel of five considers the finding of Streptococcus pneumoniae in fatal H1N1 cases in Argentina, hysteria in the Ukraine over pandemic influenza, and human vaccinia infection after contact with a ...
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• Chandigarh to compile data of absentees due to swine flu

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Chandigarh, Nov 22 (IANS) The health department here has directed the school and college authorities to compile data of students who took off from the educational institutions due to swine flu, an official said Sunday.The decision has been taken in the wake of falling attendance in schools and colleges.“The district ...
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• 29 New Cases of H1N1 Flu Reported in Morocco

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  The number of people infected with influenza A/H1N1 virus in Morocco has reached 1101 after 29 new cases were reported, official source said. Among the recently infected we have 582 students, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said reassuring that the diagnosed cases are submitted to home therapy with regular monitoring ...
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• H1N1 vs Plague, You Loose The Final Solution Video

  
  Ahrcanum "ahR-Kah-noom" > secret secrets — Authority: 132
  As H1N1 Swine Flu cases and death numbers continue to rise, comes this video- The Final Solution.  Is the black plague coming? Lots of good conspiratorial stuff to turn your antenna.  Links provided at video source-   http://ukraineplague.blogspot.com/200… DEATHS AND INFECTED ...
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• Dog Flu

  
  Sound Medicine — Authority: 127
  Just as were beginning to get our heads around a swine flu epidemic, along comes another scourge: dog flu -- a contagious respiratory disease in dogs. There have been sizeable outbreaks across the United States in recent months, and the USDA just announced the first ever dog flu vaccine.Sound Medicines Dr. Kathy ...
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• Second H1N1 peak in US

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  As week 46 of 2009 comes to a close, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that influenza has peaked in the US. That conclusion is based on the agency’s influenza surveillance program, summarized in this figure: Does this mean that pandemic influenza is over? Absolutely not. This is just the ...
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• Ukraine Flu Shutdown Over as Flu Numbers Rise

  
  Ahrcanum "ahR-Kah-noom" > secret secrets — Authority: 132
  As the government on Nov. 19 announced an end to a three-week national shutdown of universities and schools, panic over the flu epidemic subsided somewhat in Ukraine. Health authorities said they doubted whether a new, deadly strain of the virus existed in Ukraine. They also said the fatality rate is in line with ...
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• Ukraine H1N1 Swine Flu Mutation or Plague?

  
  Ahrcanum "ahR-Kah-noom" > secret secrets — Authority: 132
  H1N1 Swine Flu is Mutating in the Ukraine, the The World Health Organization and others noted researchers have confirmed.  Do you really believe them? In an official statement, the WHO insists that there is no reason to be overly concerned by this mutation and that everyone should still run out and get injected ...
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• Raltegravir inhibits murine leukemia virus: implications for chronic fatigue syndrome?

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  The finding that a retrovirus, XMRV, is associated with chronic fatigue syndrome has lead to the suggestion that the disease might be treated with some of the antiviral drugs used to treat AIDS. The integrase inhibitor Raltegravir has been found to block the replication of murine leukemia virus, which is highly ...
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• Safety of influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  A number of readers have asked when we would have information about the safety of the influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine. The World Health Organization has just released briefing note #16 “ Safety of pandemic vaccines ” in which they summarize vaccination information from 16 countries in which 80 million doses of vaccine ...
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• Ostriches: Threat or menace?

  
  Mystery Rays from Outer Space — Authority: 119
  Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses possessing mammalian-type PB2-627 were detected during the Qinghai Lake outbreak in 2005 and spread to Europe and Africa. …  Here, we report that H5N1 avian influenza viruses possessing mammalian-type amino acids in PB2-627 or -701 are selected during replication in ostrich ...
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• Poliovirus on BBC radio

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  At the end of 1981, the year that I had shown that cloned poliovirus DNA is infectious , BBC Radio asked me to do an interview about the work. The name of the show was Science Now but I can’t recall who was the host. Whoever he was, he didn’t understand what I had done and got the science all wrong. Listen to ...
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• Novartis influenza A H1N1 vaccine clinical data

  
  virology blog — Authority: 468
  Although the influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine produced by Novartis, Fluvirin, was previously approved for use in the US , the clinical data supporting its safety and immunogenicity had not been released. The company has now issued a media release containing interim clinical data on the effects of the vaccine in humans. ...
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