As the autumn's cool weather settles in, so does flu season—bringing with it the familiar experiences of sniffles, fever and ...

Overview of the process of obtaining genomic diversity of influenza virus in a population replicated from a single particle. (a) MDCK cells were infected with influenza vi ...

Bird flu is spreading again as water fowl migrate. In poultry, cases are spiking earlier than expected, so some state ...

Proteins and genetic material from H5N1 influenza viruses have been found in pasteurized milk in the United States, but a study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital shows those inactive viral ...

The adsorption of avian influenza virus (AIV) initiates the viral lifecycle, determining host tropism and pathogenicity. In addition to the classical AIV receptor, auxiliary receptors also play ...

In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes The bird flu virus that has beset ...

The preserved lung of an 18-year-old Swiss man has been used to create the full genome of the 1918 "Spanish flu," the first complete influenza A genome with a precise date from Europe. It offers new ...

Some people may already have a tiny bit of protection against H5N1 bird flu. Several recent studies have found that those who caught seasonal flus or received flu vaccinations have low levels of ...

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H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. But last year ...

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. But last year ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. They accumulate small genetic changes on a regular basis, necessitating yearly updates to the flu vaccines because the prior year’s strain may not look much like ...