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   its mutating to mammals

Genes make H7N9 nimble killer, study finds
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They also found that H7N9 changed rapidly after finding a new host. In some cases mutations that helped it survive better in mammals ...

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Kilt2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: December 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 7414	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kilt2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Serious News - H7N9 mutated Posted: January 08 2015 at 4:48pm
	its mutating to mammals Genes make H7N9 nimble killer, study finds South China Morning Post (subscription)-5 hours ago They also found that H7N9 changed rapidly after finding a new host. In some cases mutations that helped it survive better in mammals ...
	And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Kilt2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: December 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 7414	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kilt2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 19 2015 at 5:05pm
	Two die of H7N9 bird flu in China's Fujian: Xinhua Reuters-16 Jan 2015Share SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Two people in China's coastal Fujian province have died of H7N9 avian flu, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, ... H7N9 bird flu kills two people in China; Taiwan battles worst H5N2 ... The Japan Times-17 Jan 2015
	And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

CRS, DrPH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Expert Level Adviser Joined: January 20 2014 Location: Arizona Status: Offline Points: 26660	Post Options Post Reply Quote CRS, DrPH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 20 2015 at 9:29am
	Not mutated, but reasserted. Once again, the Chinese Chicken Death-Star strikes! Live poultry markets are a source of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus. On February 21, 2014, a poultry farmer infected with H7N9 virus was identified in Jilin, China, and H7N9 and H9N2 viruses were isolated from the patient's farm. Reassortment between these subtype viruses generated five genotypes, one of which caused the human infection. The date of H7N9 virus introduction to the farm is estimated to be between August 21, 2013 (95% confidence interval [CI] June 6, 2013-October 6, 2013) and September 25, 2013 (95% CI May 28, 2013-January 4, 2014), suggesting that the most likely source of virus introduction was the first batch of poultry purchased in August 2013. The reassortment event that led to the human virus may have occurred between January 2, 2014 (95% CI November 8, 2013-February 12, 2014) and February 12, 2014 (95% CI January 19, 2014-February 18, 2014). Our findings demonstrate that poultry farms could be a source of reassortment between H7N9 virus and H9N2 virus as well as human infection, which emphasizes the importance to public health of active avian influenza surveillance at poultry farms. Live poultry markets are a source of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus. On February 21, 2014, a poultry farmer infected with H7N9 virus was identified in Jilin, China, and H7N9 and H9N2 viruses were isolated from the patient's farm. Reassortment between these subtype viruses generated five genotypes, one of which caused the human infection. The date of H7N9 virus introduction to the farm is estimated to be between August 21, 2013 (95% confidence interval [CI] June 6, 2013-October 6, 2013) and September 25, 2013 (95% CI May 28, 2013-January 4, 2014), suggesting that the most likely source of virus introduction was the first batch of poultry purchased in August 2013. The reassortment event that led to the human virus may have occurred between January 2, 2014 (95% CI November 8, 2013-February 12, 2014) and February 12, 2014 (95% CI January 19, 2014-February 18, 2014). Our findings demonstrate that poultry farms could be a source of reassortment between H7N9 virus and H9N2 virus as well as human infection, which emphasizes the importance to public health of active avian influenza surveillance at poultry farms. Live poultry markets are a source of human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus. On February 21, 2014, a poultry farmer infected with H7N9 virus was identified in Jilin, China, and H7N9 and H9N2 viruses were isolated from the patient's farm. Reassortment between these subtype viruses generated five genotypes, one of which caused the human infection. The date of H7N9 virus introduction to the farm is estimated to be between August 21, 2013 (95% confidence interval [CI] June 6, 2013-October 6, 2013) and September 25, 2013 (95% CI May 28, 2013-January 4, 2014), suggesting that the most likely source of virus introduction was the first batch of poultry purchased in August 2013. The reassortment event that led to the human virus may have occurred between January 2, 2014 (95% CI November 8, 2013-February 12, 2014) and February 12, 2014 (95% CI January 19, 2014-February 18, 2014). Our findings demonstrate that poultry farms could be a source of reassortment between H7N9 virus and H9N2 virus as well as human infection, which emphasizes the importance to public health of active avian influenza surveillance at poultry farms.
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jacksdad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Executive Admin Joined: September 08 2007 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 47251	Post Options Post Reply Quote jacksdad Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: January 20 2015 at 9:53am
	The Chinese Chicken Death Star - worst name for a fast food franchise ever, but I hear their buffalo wings are to die for.
	"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.

jacksdad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Executive Admin Joined: September 08 2007 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 47251	Post Options Post Reply Quote jacksdad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 20 2015 at 10:04am
	Sorry... This is along the lines of one of your recent posts, Chuck. Inherently dangerous conditions prevalent in raising animals for food and poor biosecurity will most likely spawn the next pandemic strain. If it doesn't get out of a GOF lab first, that is.
	"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.

Kilt2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: December 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 7414	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kilt2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 21 2015 at 4:45pm
	China is a bubble and its now over and with deflation and deleveraging we get a depression then we get a world war laugh it up
	And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Prairie one Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Prairie one Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 22 2015 at 12:30am
	OMG... still going on and on... Seems I remember you promising you'd let this drop after none of your imminent warnings of a burst have come true.

Kilt2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: December 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 7414	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kilt2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 22 2015 at 3:43am
	Its happening as we speak wake up and smell the coffee Q&A: Why China's stock market plunged 8% USA TODAY-19 Jan 2015Share Chinese stocks plunged Monday after the country's securities regulator rapped three major brokerages for continuing to lend money for stock ... China's stock market is tanking, and curbs on borrowed money are ... Quartz-19 Jan 2015 Q&A: Why China's stock market plunged 8 percent U.S. News & World Report-18 Jan 2015
	And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Kilt2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: December 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 7414	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kilt2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 22 2015 at 10:40pm
	H7N9 strain mutated from chicken flu virus Digital Journal-8 hours agoShare Beijing - Scientists have demonstrated how changes in a flu virus common to Chinese poultry farms triggered the rise of the novel avianH7N9 influenza A virus ..
	And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

arirish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215	Post Options Post Reply Quote arirish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 23 2015 at 7:39am
	Possibility of H7N9 mass outbreak small, Chinese expert says China Daily/Asia News NetworkFriday, Jan 23, 2015 China will likely see more sporadic cases of infection by the H7N9 avian flu during its high season, which runs through winter to spring, but the chances of a mass outbreak remain quite slim, said a top expert. Hou Yunde, a virologist and an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, made the remarks as the latest human infection of H7N9 avian flu was reported in Shandong province on Tuesday. The victim was a 60-year-old farmer in Linyi who was infected while working in neighbouring Jiangsu province. He was taken to a hospital on Jan 7 and died 10 days later. Several provinces in southern and eastern China have reported human infections by the virus, including 12 in Guangdong and 15 in Fujian, statistics from health authorities showed. The H7N9 strain of bird flu was recognised in March 2013 and so far has infected nearly 500 people in the country, Hou said. Roughly 39 per cent of the human cases have ended in death. The virus infects birds and humans, but infected birds show no symptoms, which makes intervention and prevention of human infection even more difficult, he noted. "The coordination and information exchange must be strengthened when it comes to prevention of human infections," Hou said. "Management of the live poultry market should not only consider economic factors but also epidemic control," he said, adding that the live poultry trade remained open in many parts of China despite the high bird flu season. Live poultry markets are a source of human infection for H7N9, and this emphasizes the importance of active surveillance at poultry farms, said Shu Yuelong, director of the Chinese National Influenza Center. The latest finding has been published in the online journal Scientific Reports, which is owned by the journal Nature. Closure of live poultry markets helps prevent the virus from jumping from birds to humans, Hou said. He urged people to shift to processed poultry consumption. Since early January, China has banned imports of US poultry products－mostly processed－to curb bird flu. However, Hou said that's not scientifically supported. Since 2013, H7N9 has become the dominant virus affecting birds and people in China, and it has so far been limited to the country, he added. http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/possibility-h7n9-mass-outbreak-small-chinese-expert-says
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Kilt2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Adviser Group Joined: December 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 7414	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kilt2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 23 2015 at 4:06pm
	Two more human H7N9 cases in Guangdong Xinhua-1 hour agoShare GUANGZHOU, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Province reported another two human cases of H7N9 avian flu, local authorities ... Hong Kong reports 12th imported H7N9 avian influenza case Outbreak News Today-5 hours ago
	And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

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