Pakistan J. Zool.‚ vol. 43 (5)‚ pp. 849-854‚ 2011. Comparative Efficacy of Various Antiviral Agents against Avian Influenza Virus (Type H7N3/Pakistan/2003) Tahir Mahmood Shaukat‚1 Muhammad Ashraf‚ 1 Muhammad Ovais Omer‚ 1 Muhammad Adil Rasheed‚ 1 Khushi Muhammad‚ 2 Tariq Mahmood Shaukat‚ 1 Muhammad Younus3 and Muhammad Khurram Shahzad4* 1 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology‚ University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences‚ Lahore‚ Pakistan 2 Department of Microbiology‚ University of
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Rubella Rubella is a An acute viral disease that causes fever and rash .Symptoms include Rash and fever for two to three days. Rubella is spread by contact with an infected person‚ through coughing and sneezing. Rubella vaccine (contained in MMR vaccine) can prevent this disease. If death occurs‚ it is within few days of onset of symptoms. Cowpox Cowpox is a skin disease caused by a virus known as the cowpox virus. Cowpox is transmitted by touch from infected animals to humans. Cowpox is similar
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Swine influenza‚ also called pig influenza‚ swine flu‚ hog flu and pig flu‚ is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that isendemic in pigs.[2] As of 2009‚ the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1‚ H1N2‚ H2N1‚ H3N1‚H3N2‚ and H2N3. Swine influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide
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------------------------------------------------- Swine influenza From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Swine flu) This article is about influenza viruses in pigs. For the 2009 outbreak‚ see 2009 flu pandemic. For the 2009 human virus‚ see Pandemic H1N1/09 virus. Influenza (Flu) | | Types | * Avian * A/H5N1 subtype * Canine * Equine * Swine * A/H1N1 subtype | Vaccines | * 2009 pandemic * Pandemrix * Fluzone * Influvac * Live
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Page 9 References Page 10-11 Appendices Page 12 Introduction Spanish flu in the year 1918 was a pandemic crisis that greatly affected everyone worldwide. To this day researchers are still studying the influenza pandemic and are working to counter future pandemics. When the Spanish flu came it created many negative impacts to the daily lives of the citizens and industries. Learning from the past‚ there are many recommendations that industries should implement
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new‚ the world has been suffering the nasty bugs for almost as long as people have been walking the earth. Influenza for example was recorded as far back as 412 B.C.‚ when a man named Hippocrates wrote of an uncontrollable outbreak of disease that had very similar symptoms as influenza .[2] This pandemic devastated an entire Athenian army‚ and has occurred every hundred years since. Influenza has been responsible for many deaths over the years. In the 1300s we discovered the Black Death‚ this disease
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devastating outbreak of an infectious disease in modern history occurred in 1918‚ when a highly virulent influenza A (H1N1) virus spread throughout the world and killed between 20 million to 40 million people. Additional epidemics occurred in 1957 (H2N2) and 1968 (H3N2)‚ both originating in Asia and each killing approximately 1 million people. (2) [pic] Picture 1. Countries Reporting Avian Influenza during 2004. (Information is from the World Organization of Animal Health). (3) Background In 2005
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2010 there was an outbreak of Influenza A H1N1‚ or colloquially known as ‘Swine Flu’. Influenza viruses belong to the family Orthomyxovirdae and are classified into three distinct types‚ influenza A‚ B and C. Only influenza viruses that are under the category A and B are communicable among humans and are responsible for most cases of the seasonal flu. Hemagglutin (H) and neuraminidase (N) are proteins found in Influenza A and are used to further define subtypes of influenza (such as H1N1 or H5N1 [bird
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HSC Biology 9.4 The Search for Better Health 9.4-6 You have been looking at the different types of diseases that affect the human body and the natural defence mechanisms that maintain health. In this last part of the module you will look at how increased understanding has led to the development of a wide range of strategies to prevent and control disease. In this part you will have the opportunity to: • discuss the role of quarantine in preventing the spread of disease and plants and animals
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Haemophilus influenza By Crystal Wade BL 202 A Dr. Kokan 11/10/2012 Haemophilus influenza is a gram negative rod shaped bacterium; it is a member of the pasteurellaceae family. It is aerobic but it can grow as a facultative anaerobe. From 1852 to 1933 H. influenza was thought to be the cause of influenza until its etiology was done and they discovered that it was really bacterial influenza that caused it. H. influenza does cause many other diseases. It states on Wikipedia that “H. influenza
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