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1 comment Yessi Pratiwi — February 13, 2008 / 11:25 pm
Influenza, also known as Flu, contagious infection primarily of the respiratory tract. It is caused by a virus transmitted from one person to another in droplets coughed or sneezed into the air, characterized by coldlike symptoms plus chills, fever, headaches, muscle aches, and fatigue. The influenza virus has a relatively simple structure. A lipid [...]
In Vietnam, an experiment has been conducted to use blood cells from two survived avian-flu patients to cure people of the infection. The keyword is to cure, instead of only reducing its severity. Antibodies made from the patients’ blood cells grown in the lab have cured mice infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus, suggesting [...]
As quoted by Reuters, Peramivir, a new anti-viral drug to treat both avian and human flu, will be tested across Asia next month. Developed by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (USA), Peramivir has boosted the survival rates of mice and ferrets infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. It is therefore expected as the next-line drug to fight [...]
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