... Terrence Tumpey at the CDC to test in mice the strength of the antibodies derived from the 1918 survivors.
"Our findings show that survivors of the pandemic have highly effective, virus neutralizing ...
Scientists say victims of the 1918 flu virus that killed 50m still have protection, which may help in new bird flu treatments.
... after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system....
... and throat.
In a quest to obtain all scientific publications reporting on the pathology and bacteriology of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, Dr. Taubenberger and NIAID co-author David Morens, M.D ...
... which gave them partial but long-lasting protection.
"Those born after 1890 were young adults in 1918. They did not have the innate immunity of children and as they weren't exposed to the pre-1890 ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ninety years after the sweeping destruction of the 1918 flu pandemic, researchers at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt have recovered antibodies to the virus — ...
... genes that helped underpin the extraordinary virulence of the 1918 virus. Writing today in the Proceedings of the National ... 1918 flu victims often revealed fluid-filled lungs severely damaged by massive ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia.
... - Strep infections and not the flu virus itself may have killed most people during the 1918 influenza pandemic, which suggests some of the most dire predictions about a new pandemic may be exaggerated ...
... and 7 post-infection were subjected to pathological, viral and microarray analysis. Although the 1918 ressortant strains were found to be highly virulent, they were outmatched by H5N1's rapid onset, ...
... the recent avian strain known in the scientific community as H5N1, with genetic ressortants of the 1918 virus -- source of the most severe influenza pandemic in recorded history. H5N1 was found to ...
... Spain, with the flu peaking in October to November 1918.
The study, carried out by a team from INSERM, the French ... the 14 European countries studied during the 1918-1919 pandemic, with 1.98 million ...
... is a typical zoonotic agent. While swine flu was first recognized as a disease in 1918, there also were reports of the influenza occurring in the Midwest in 1930.
For the study, the researchers used ...
ATLANTA (AP) -- The new swine flu virus lacks genes that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly, a U.S. health official said Friday....
... are linked in an endless effort to take the lead from the other.
While the dynasty founded by the virus of 1918 shows little evidence of being overthrown, the NIAID authors note that there may be ...
