Influenza A (H1N1) Blog

Posts Tagged ‘H1N1’

1. February 9, 2010

   Diversity of the Influenza and the rearrangement

   One of the most important characteristics to be considered about the Influenza, in the preparation for pandemics, is the rearrangement. A mixture of genes of two or more different viruses is able to generate a new variety. Such as the new Influenza A (H1N1).
   Although the mutations have an important role in the diversity of the [...]

2. January 17, 2010

   Flu and art

   Despite the negative image we have about the flu, nothing prevents it from having a certain beauty. This is how the English artist Luke Jerran transforms the way how we see the Influenza. With his glass sculptures, the virus gains an incredible and realistic beauty, once their size is smaller than the length of [...]

3. September 20, 2009

   How do we name Influenza A?

   Where do the name H1N1 and all the other names come from? What determines the number of H and N?
   Established by WHO in1980 [1], the nomenclature of Influenza A consists of: type of host, in case the virus has not been isolated from humans; geographical region of origin; number of lineage; year of isolation and; [...]

4. September 9, 2009

   Prior immunity and flu

   I received a comment from Paulo Amaral with amazing questions, leading me to advance this post. As follows, you can find the questions and the answer explaining what is relevant:
   Would the annual vaccination against flu be liable for the low number of reports in elders?
   What is the efficacy of the vaccine produced by mettles of [...]