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Researchers solve genetic puzzle of 1918 influenza pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 1918 influenza virus that killed more than 20 million...Science that the virus be known as Influenza A/South Carolina. Science is...hemagglutinin gene matches closest to swine influenza viruses, showing that this virus...

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Influenza specimen from 1918 found in frozen remains

WASHINGTON -- A specimen of the influenza virus that killed 21 million people in the 1918 worldwide epidemic has been recovered from the frozen remains of a flu victim buried...

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Flu season worse for the elderly, CDC says

...seniors hospitalized with lab-confirmed influenza A H3N2 jumped from 69.8 per 100...recently hospitalized with a case of influenza A H3N2 virus.Georgia and South Carolina...our guard up and we remind folks that influenza activity in South Carolina is still widespread...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-01-18/flu-season-worse-elderly-cdc
Avian flu virus a few mutations away from spreading easily, report says

The deadly avian influenza virus is as few as three mutations...about the mutations that caused the influenza A H5N1 strain to become more easily...stand-in animal model for humans in influenza studies."It is our hope that publication...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2012-06-21/avian-flu-virus-few-mutation
Flu cases already confirmed in South Carolina

...already has three lab-confirmed cases of influenza, the state Department of Health and...cases were in Beaufort County and were influenza A H1N1, the pandemic virus that first...each year. The lab had confirmed an influenza case the week before, and there have...

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Influenza cases on the rise

...the month, there have been a lot more influenza, both A and B strains, and respiratory...All of MCG's positive cases have been influenza B, which was showing up early in the...and statewide, although more cases of influenza A H3N2 have been recorded lately across...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2010-12-27/influenza-cases-rise
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CDC: Early in season, nationwide influenza cases still light

...but the pace could pick up soon. "Influenza activity is expected to increase during...outbreaks, but that's not uncommon." Influenza - also known as the flu - is a respiratory...very, very useful part in diagnosing influenza A, which is the prominent form of influenza...

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Flu season starts late but may be picking up, CDC says

...number of lab samples testing positive for influenza increased to 14.4 percent for the week...epidemiology and prevention branch in the Influenza Division of the National Center for Immunization...know that in cold, less humid times influenza viruses remain more viable for longer...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-02-24/flu-season-starts-late-may-b
VLP could make flu vaccine faster, better

...H1N1's spread The emergence of the novel influenza A H1N1 virus provided evidence of something...created with material from the avian influenza H5N1 virus, the vaccine created a powerful...to get a response. A normal seasonal influenza shot would contain about 15 micrograms...

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Researchers work to head off the flu

...director for laboratory science in the Influenza Division at CDC. "We knew it was a...University of Georgia-Emory University Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research...high-speed gene sequencing to track the influenza viruses circulating in the U.S. and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2010-10-19/researchers-work-head-flu
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