Pandemic flu on twitter

... on what to expect if the flu becomes a human pandemic. Tucson AZ (PRWEB) January 31, 2006 Consumers who are... http://t.co/Iqfmi8k3 To be able to view this link, please enable JavaScript in your Internet Link - Trackbacks

Pandemic: Swine Flu Plague...(ゲーム/アーケード) 価格：無料 概要：豚インフルエンザワクチンは現在は無料！ http://t.co/VbaoPUxS #iwire_appch Pandemic: Swine Flu Plague...(ゲーム/アーケード) 価格：無料 概要：豚インフルエンザワクチンは現在は無料！ http://t.co/VbaoPUxS #iwire_appch Link - Trackbacks

Pressure mounts with different flu virus | @scoopit http://t.co/9Ebeufs9 "The earliest start to the flu season in 10 years and the rise of a strain known to cause more severe illness is putting pressure on WA's already stretched health resources.  Experts have warned it could be a bad flu season this year, with flu notifications rising sharply and continuing to flood in. Around half of cases diagnosed so far are influenza A/H3N2 which is known to be more deadly and cause worse illness than other strains."   OK, now a good reason to stay away from WEST Australia, too!  Seriously, it's a good reminder that you don't need a pandemic flu strain to be in danger from the flu.   Vaccinate!! Link - Trackbacks

On reflection, scheduling a checkup during flu season while studying the 1918 Pandemic perhaps wasn't best idea. On reflection, scheduling a checkup during flu season while studying the 1918 Pandemic perhaps wasn't best idea. Link - Trackbacks

New Data Support Novavax's Pandemic Flu Vaccines http://t.co/XxSAOfmS New Data Support Novavax's Pandemic Flu Vaccines Drugs that raise the gastrointestinal pH may lead to an earlier release of duloxetine. Do not await acetaminophen assay results before initiating treat Link - Trackbacks

@SweetzSid 3 weeks ago, I asked you to retweet bird flu news "Bird Flu Pandemic May Be Closer than Thought http://t.co/gD6e0OOG" @SweetzSid 3 weeks ago, I asked you to retweet bird flu news "Bird Flu Pandemic May Be Closer than Thought http://t.co/gD6e0OOG" Link - Trackbacks

@AnonOpsSweden I asked you to retweet bird flu news "Deadly Bird Flu May Be Five Steps From Pandemic Potential http://t.co/SsMuO5p0" @AnonOpsSweden I asked you to retweet bird flu news "Deadly Bird Flu May Be Five Steps From Pandemic Potential http://t.co/SsMuO5p0" Link - Trackbacks

❑ Would you survive if there is a #flu #pandemic? http://t.co/flJSgKX7 ❑ Would you survive if there is a #flu #pandemic? http://t.co/flJSgKX7 Link - Trackbacks

Really interesting graphics MT @2011CensusInfo: Follow 1918’s flu pandemic through the generations http://t.co/WUW1jElp #ONScensus Really interesting graphics MT @2011CensusInfo: Follow 1918’s flu pandemic through the generations http://t.co/WUW1jElp #ONScensus Link - Trackbacks

It can ( and most likely will) happen again... Please also view at... http://t.co/TuKaWJSP Heather's video about the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 for History 102. Enjoy! Link - Trackbacks

Swine _Flu_ Pandemic. World Health Organization raises Swine _Flu_ level to 5: Pandemic Imminent .... Jun 27 (5).... http://t.co/TTZl6lQy To be able to view this link, please enable JavaScript in your Internet Link - Trackbacks

Is a pre-pandemic vaccination campaign a viable way to protect us from an H5N1 bird flu outbreak? http://t.co/CQoxHi27 #OneHealth Is a pre-pandemic vaccination campaign a viable way to protect us from an H5N1 bird flu outbreak? http://t.co/CQoxHi27 #OneHealth Link - Trackbacks

Interesting #sphsu_seminar today about public discourses around the H1N1 flu pandemic relevant to Shona's research @ http://t.co/8sFsM5JL Interesting #sphsu_seminar today about public discourses around the H1N1 flu pandemic relevant to Shona's research @ http://t.co/8sFsM5JL Link - Trackbacks

Q&A: How real is the threat of a global pandemic involving H5N1 or a related virus? http://t.co/ZTKhSB01 #influenza #flu Discovered via Trapit, the smartest way to follow any topic on the web. Learn More » Link - Trackbacks

Q&A: How real is the threat of a global pandemic involving H5N1 or a related virus? http://t.co/Z8otfKlI Very real. Link - Trackbacks

Stay healthy to prevent the flu: With this year shaping as possibly the worst flu season since the pandemic of 2... http://t.co/owR46gbG With this year shaping as possibly the worst flu season since the pandemic of 2009, authorities have issued important advice on how not to fall victim. Link - Trackbacks

Swine _Flu_ Pandemic. World Health Organization raises Swine _Flu_ level to 5: Pandemic Imminent .... Jun 27 (5).... http://t.co/e8xbKTn3 To be able to view this link, please enable JavaScript in your Internet Link - Trackbacks

Stay healthy to prevent the flu - The West Australian http://t.co/EqLO3LjL With this year shaping as possibly the worst flu season since the pandemic of 2009, authorities have issued important advice on how not to fall victim. Link - Trackbacks

Zombie Cover up!! http://t.co/s8GhcZEh http://biomorphers.webs.com/ Zombie Virus" Possible via Rabies-Flu Hybrid? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/1001027-rabies-influenza-zombie-virus-science/ Highly improbable genetic tweak could create mutant virus.. In the zombie flicks 28 Days Later and I Am Legend, an unstoppable viral plague sweeps across humanity, transforming people into mindless monsters with cannibalistic tendencies. Though dead humans can't come back to life, certain viruses can induce such aggressive, zombie-like behavior, scientists say in the new National Geographic Channel documentary The Truth Behind Zombies, premiering Saturday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. (National Geographic News is part of the National Geographic Society, which part-owns the National Geographic Channel.) For instance, rabies—a viral disease that infects the central nervous system—can drive people to be violently mad, according to Samita Andreansky, a virologist at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine in Florida who also appears in the documentary. Combine rabies with the ability of a flu virus to spread quickly through the air, and you might have the makings of a zombie apocalypse. Rabies Virus Mutation Possible? Unlike movie zombies, which become reanimated almost immediately after infection, the first signs a human has rabies—such as anxiety, confusion, hallucinations, and paralysis—don't typically appear for ten days to a year, as the virus incubates inside the body. Once rabies sets in, though, it's fatal within a week if left untreated. If the genetic code of the rabies virus experienced enough changes, or mutations, its incubation time could be reduced dramatically, scientists say. Many viruses have naturally high mutation rates and constantly change as a means of evading or bypassing the defenses of their hosts. There are various ways viral mutations can occur, for example through copying mistakes during gene replication or damage from ultraviolet light. (Related: "New, Fast-Evolving Rabies Virus Found—and Spreading.") "If a rabies virus can mutate fast enough, it could cause infection within an hour or a few hours. That's entirely plausible," Andreansky said. Airborne Rabies Would Create "Rage Virus" But for the rabies virus to trigger a zombie pandemic like in the movies, it would also have to be much more contagious. Humans typically catch rabies after being bitten by an infected animal, usually a dog—and the infection usually stops there. Thanks to pet vaccinations, people rarely contract rabies in the United States today, and even fewer people die from the disease. For example, in 2008 only two cases of human rabies infection were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (See pictures of infectious animals in National Geographic magazine.) A faster mode of transmission would be through the air, which is how the influenza virus spreads. "All rabies has to do is go airborne, and you have the rage virus" like in 28 Days Later, Max Mogk, head of the Zombie Research Society, says in the documentary. The international nonprofit is devoted to "raising the level of zombie scholarship in the Arts and Sciences," according to their website. To be transmitted by air, rabies would have to "borrow" traits from another virus, such as influenza. Different forms, or strains, of the same virus can swap pieces of genetic code through processes called reassortment or recombination, said Elankumaran Subbiah, a virologist at Virginia Tech who was not involved in the documentary. But unrelated viruses simply do not hybridize in nature, Subbiah told National Geographic News. Likewise, it's scientifically unheard of for two radically different viruses such as rabies and influenza to borrow traits, he said. "They're too different. They cannot share genetic information. Viruses assemble only parts that belong to them, and they don't mix and match from different families." (Take a quiz on infectious diseases.) Engineered Zombie Virus Possible? It's theoretically possible—though extremely difficult—to create a hybrid rabies-influenza virus using modern genetic-engineering techniques, the University of Miami's Andreansky said. "Sure, I could imagine a scenario where you mix rabies with a flu virus to get airborne transmission, a measles virus to get personality changes, the encephalitis virus to cook your brain with fever"—and thus increase aggression even further—"and throw in the ebola virus to cause you to bleed from your guts. Combine all these things, and you'll [get] something like a zombie virus," she said. "But [nature] doesn't allow all of these things to happen at the same time. ... You'd most likely get a dead virus." Link - Trackbacks

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