Research from Washington National Primate Research Center Yields New Data on Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

2011 SEP 5 -- Fresh data on Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) are presented in the report "Macaque proteome response to highly pathogenic avian influenza and 1918 reassortant influenza virus infections." According to the authors of a study from Seattle, Washington, "The host proteome response and molecular mechanisms that drive disease in vivo during infection by a human isolate of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) and 1918 pandemic influenza virus remain poorly understood. This study presents a comprehensive characterization of the proteome response in cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) lung tissue over 7 days of infection with HPAI (the most virulent),...

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