Evolutionary Biology Battles the Flu
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 19:14
in Health & Medicine
As headlines continue to warn of a looming H1N1 influenza pandemic, biologists at the Yale University School of Medicine are applying evolutionary theory to fundamental questions in epidemiology. In a paper published Monday in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers Eunha Shim and Alison Galvani applied population genetics to the issue of containment of H5N1 influenza A virus - aka bird flu. Since the first confirmed case of H5N1 transmission to humans in 1997, epidemiologists have been watching the virus with growing concern. read more
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