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West Nile Virus - Articles
Researcher uses federal grant to investigate West Nile Virus
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Health: Hearsay & Headlines
Posted
Mon 11 Jan 2010 12:00am
of Health to continue her research on West Nile virus, which is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.
West Nile virus causes either a mild illness characterized by short-term flu-like..., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Specifically, this grant will focus on studies aimed at understanding how West Nile virus manipulates and commandeers
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Live-Attenuated West Nile Virus Vaccines with Improved Immune Responses
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nih.gov
Posted
Sun 03 May 2009 5:00pm
Description of Invention:
West Nile virus (WNV), the etiologic agent of West Nile virus fever and encephalitis, is an emerging human and veterinary pathogen... these vaccines of homologous WN NS proteins.
FDA’s technology that is available for licensing comprises live attenuated West Nile viruses that are not chimeric, but instead have one
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Did you read about West Nile Virus?
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Sonzy
Posted
Mon 01 Jun 2009 12:00am
A couple of days before the newspapers came out with a cause for new worry in the name of West Nile Virus. Many of us had not even heard of such a virus. The newspaper report was that of a crow in Illinois which was tested positive of this virus and how the virus could infect all beings through mosquito bite. Birds are the friendly carriers
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TWiV 62: Persistence of West Nile virus
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Vincent Racaniello
Posted
Sun 13 Dec 2009 12:00am
for this episode:
HIV vaccine failure probably caused by adenovirus vector used
Persistence of West Nile virus in kidneys for years (JID and ProMedMail) (thanks, Lenn!)
Adaptive...
On episode #62 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, and Alan discuss STEP HIV-1 vaccine failure caused by the adenovirus vector, presence of West Nile
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Immunogenic West Nile Virus-Like Particles
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nih.gov
Posted
Sun 10 May 2009 5:00pm
Description of Invention:
Currently, no specific vaccine or therapy for West Nile Virus (WNV) is available for human use; a killed-virus vaccine and booster... with the potential for immunogenicity of live-attenuated virus. VLPs have been used in approved vaccine for humans, including human papilloma virus (HPV). Generating VLPs for West Nile Virus
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CDPH REPORTS FIRST HUMAN WEST NILE VIRUS CASES OF 2010
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CA Dept of Public Health
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Fri 30 Jul 2010 11:59am
Two women in Stanislaus County are the first confirmed human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in California this year. The women were identified after they donated blood and routine testing performed by the blood bank confirmed WNV infection.
"With the first confirmed human illnesses from West Nile virus this year, we are intensifying our
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CDPH REPORTS FIRST HUMAN WEST NILE VIRUS FATALITY OF 2010
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CA Dept of Public Health
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Thu 16 Sep 2010 7:48am
Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health announced today that West Nile virus (WNV) has claimed the life of an elderly woman in Fresno County. She is the first death this year in California from complications associated with the virus.
"This unfortunate death reminds us that we must take precautions to protect
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