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Sorry to miss yesterday and Sunday; there weren't many updates Sunday, and yesterday I was learning more about HIV and aging, as well as skin issues with HIV. (Including nasty photos! Oh, the things you get used to, working in medicine.)
Today's US case-count is 403 in 38 states, with 1 death (same as before, in a toddler who had been to/was from? Mexico and died in Texas.) Worldwide it's 1124 as of 6:30 GMT today. (For some reason, I can't load the WHO site to get updated numbers.)
Revere looks at where we are, and where it could be going. The key point is that flu season in the southern hemisphere is about to take off, so there's a possibility that H1N1 is going to be competing with the H3N2 virus circulating there. It's time for watchful waiting, to see which virus reigns supreme. (Sorry.)
Virology blog teaches about viral reproduction. Step 1: attachment. Viruses completely lack reproductive capabilities, so they have to hijack the host's apparatus. Kind of like sneaking in to use your office's copy machine because you haven't got one. First, they have to get inside the cell to do it. All viruses have different specific proteins to do it with (I think), but the mechanism is *basically* the same.
The Institute for Southern Studies takes a look at the relationship between NC-based Smithfield Farms' giant hog factories and H1N1. The currently-circulating virus bears a genetic relationship to a 1998 outbreak at a Smithfield hog factory. (Obligatory note: macro-scale animal farming is BAD, mmm-kay?)
Today's US case-count is 403 in 38 states, with 1 death (same as before, in a toddler who had been to/was from? Mexico and died in Texas.) Worldwide it's 1124 as of 6:30 GMT today. (For some reason, I can't load the WHO site to get updated numbers.)
Revere looks at where we are, and where it could be going. The key point is that flu season in the southern hemisphere is about to take off, so there's a possibility that H1N1 is going to be competing with the H3N2 virus circulating there. It's time for watchful waiting, to see which virus reigns supreme. (Sorry.)
Virology blog teaches about viral reproduction. Step 1: attachment. Viruses completely lack reproductive capabilities, so they have to hijack the host's apparatus. Kind of like sneaking in to use your office's copy machine because you haven't got one. First, they have to get inside the cell to do it. All viruses have different specific proteins to do it with (I think), but the mechanism is *basically* the same.
The Institute for Southern Studies takes a look at the relationship between NC-based Smithfield Farms' giant hog factories and H1N1. The currently-circulating virus bears a genetic relationship to a 1998 outbreak at a Smithfield hog factory. (Obligatory note: macro-scale animal farming is BAD, mmm-kay?)
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:08 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 09:36 pm (UTC)From:The patient had underlying conditions that made her more vulnerable, based on the 30-second NPR top of the hour news segment.
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Date: 2009-05-06 11:54 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 10:34 pm (UTC)From:These reports are interesting - thank you for posting them.