For effective control of an outbreak of influenza A at a long-term care facility, amantadine chemoprophylaxis should be started within 5 days of onset of the outbreak. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
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Exposure to cigarette smoke dampens the host response to infection by the influenza virus in mice, study findings reveal. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory), Cigarette smoke dampens host response to influenza infection, http://www.medwire-news.md/48/76378/Respiratory/Cigarette_smoke_dampens_host_response_to_influenza_infection.html, http://www.medworm.com/rss/medicalfeeds/infectiousdiseases/Influenza.xml, MedWorm: Influenza, ,
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Hypercytokinemia is gaining recognition as the mechanism of fatality from influenza. No work to date has addressed the role of high mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) in influenza, the parallel [...]
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Proposed lead molecules against Hemagglutinin of avian influenza virus (H5N1).
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Human infection with avian influenza H5N1 is an emerging infectious disease characterized by respiratory symptoms and a high fatality rate. Hemagglutinin and neuraminidase are the two surface proteins responsible for infection by influenza virus. Till date, neuraminidase has been the major target [...]
