For the first time, researchers from the U.S. and abroad have identified the H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs in Korea. A highly infectious respiratory pathogen, the H3N1 influenza A virus ...

In patients with asthma, many disease components — such as airway hyperreactivity (AHR) — are thought to be driven by allergen-specific T helper 2 (T H 2) cells. Now, Dale Umetsu and colleagues have ...

Bhubaneswar: Virus profiling has helped doctors find the reason behind the prolonged cough and throat irritation prevalent among people across the state, particularly in the twin cities. Doctors from ...

H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs has been identified by scientists in South Korea – says a November 2006 issue of the Journal of clinical microbiology, following the findings of J.J. Shin ...

Patients with asthma, a major public health problem, are at high risk for serious disease from influenza virus infection, but the pathogenic mechanisms by which influenza A causes airway disease and ...

Swine flu or swine influenza is a communicable infection that usually affects pigs but can also be contracted by humans, resulting into human swine flu. It is a viral infection and is caused by type A ...

This season's influenza outbreak is shaping up to be one of the worst in years, with high levels of flu activity in 46 states, in part because the vaccine currently available is not a match to the ...

As if we humans don’t have enough to worry about with the soaring flu cases, our best friends on four legs are now ailing. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, canine influenza, ...

Get your flu shot, administration officials warned Wednesday–this year’s flu season is on track to reach or exceed the number of deaths, hospitalizations and infections seen in other bad influenza ...