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Designing probiotics that ambush gut pathogens
Researchers in Australia are developing diversionary tactics to fool disease-causing bacteria in the gut.   view more (2009-09-08)

Bird flu claims critically endangered mammal
A far wider range of wildlife species could be at risk from bird flu, warns a biologist from the University of East Anglia.   view more (2005-08-30)

Advance in cholera bacteria points to new treatment and vaccine
Opening a new door to an effective vaccine and therapy for a disease that strikes thousands annually, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School discovered that the bacteria that causes the intestinal disease Cholera spreads in the environment in much the same way it infects humans.   view more (2005-12-08)

Bird flu study highlights need to vaccinate flocks effectively
Incomplete vaccination of poultry flocks could make the spread of deadly strains of avian flu such as H5N1 worse, scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick have found.   view more (2006-08-21)

Information on bird flu cases poorly recorded, scientists say
The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been detected in at least 55 countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa.   view more (2006-11-01)

New study supports action to tackle poor sanitation in developing countries
Improvements in sanitation and sewerage systems can have a dramatic effect on reducing cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases, research has shown.   view more (2007-11-09)

Map predicting spread of avian flu
The 2003 epidemic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Netherlands is the only recent epidemic of HPAI in the developed world.   view more (2007-04-19)

Study: Indirect transmission can trigger influenza outbreaks in birds
New data on the persistence of avian influenza viruses in the environment has allowed a team of University of Georgia researchers to create the first model that takes into account both direct and indirect transmission of the viruses among birds.   view more (2009-06-03)

WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets
Wildlife health experts from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) warn that efforts to control the spread of avian flu across Asia and beyond must focus on better management practices on farms and in markets.   view more (2005-08-15)

Arbor Vita rapid H5N1 flu diagnostic presented at ICEID meeting
Preliminary research from the Department of Respiratory Disease Research at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) suggests that a rapid antigen assay test developed by Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC) shows promise as a useful diagnostic for the detection of the avian influenza virus in humans. Researchers from NHRC reported their findings last week... view more... (2008-03-28)

Large avian flu outbreaks more likely to involve duck meat industry, experts find
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that 73% of avian flu outbreaks in the UK would not spread beyond the initial infected farm, but larger outbreaks are more likely to involve the duck meat industry.   view more (2007-10-25)

Less Virulent Strains of Avian Influenza Can Infect Humans
In findings with implications for pandemic influenza, a new study reports for the first time that a less-virulent strain of avian influenza virus can spread from poultry to humans.   view more (2005-09-14)

Targets identified for new cholera, diphtheria and typhoid drugs
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have identified dozens of new target proteins thought to be involved in the disease causing process in a range of bacterial infections. These proteins could make excellent targets for new treatments or vaccines against infections including cholera, diphtheria and typhoid, reports Professor Mark Pallen... view more... (2001-08-30)

Polarized light guides cholera-carrying midges that contaminate water supplies
Cholera is a major killer and since the first pandemic in the early 19th century it has claimed millions of lives. According to Amit Lerner from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, the lethal infection is harboured by an equally infamous insect: chironomids (midges).   view more (2008-10-31)

Climatic variations influence the emergence of cholera in Africa
In studies aiming to understand better the emergence and persistence of cholera in Africa, IRD and CNRS researchers showed the strong correlation that exists between outbreaks and the different parameters linked to climate changes in West Africa.   view more (2007-09-06)

Avian influenza virus in mammals spreads beyond the site of infection to other organ systems
Researchers at Erasmus Medical Center have demonstrated systemic spread of avian influenza virus in cats infected by respiratory, digestive, and cat-to-cat contact.   view more (2006-01-16)

Low-pathogenic forms of bird flu do cause illness among birds
Migratory swans carrying a mild form of avian influenza depart from The Netherlands more than a month after their healthy counterparts do.   view more (2007-01-31)

Does new swine flu virus kill by causing a 'cytokine storm'?
The swine flu outbreak that began in Mexico and continues to spread around the globe may be particularly dangerous for young, otherwise healthy adults because it contains genetic components of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which can induce a "cytokine storm," in which a patient's hyper-activated immune system causes potentially fatal... view more... (2009-05-06)

Avian flu threat: New approach needed
As the first globally co-ordinated plan for the planet's gravest health threats is hatched by government ministers from around the world this weekend, a new report sets out a 10-point plan for this new, globalised approach to infectious diseases such as avian flu.   view more (2008-10-23)

Avian Flu Research Sheds Light on Swine Flu Outbreak
A recent study by University of Maryland researchers examines the mechanisms underlying transmission of combined avian-human viruses and illustrates how virus outbreaks like that of the current swine flu come about.   view more (2009-04-30)
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