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Is there any Effective Vaccine against Swine Flu?
The influenza viruses have a unique ability to undergo modifications in their protein structure when they come in contact with: medicines, or vaccines, or with other similar viruses from different animals. While there are vaccines that have been developed to prevent the occurrence of seasonal influenza they are not effective against the novel H1N1 influenza due to its difference in the protein structure. Mixing of the protein structure in the pigs has created a newer variety of virus that needs to be studied to develop a vaccine for it.
Efforts are made to develop a new vaccine within the next few months. However, the steps involved in the production of the vaccine and amount of time required for mass production may hinder the effective supply of these vaccines all over the world.
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Latest News On Swine Flu
A mum whose toddler and unborn child were killed by swine flu has given birth to a daughter. Gemma Ameen, 29, has named the baby Lian. She was born four weeks early weighing 5lb 1oz. In December 2010, Lana, three, died within 48 hours of developing symptoms.
A total of six lives were saved by Sweden's massive swine flu vaccination programme, according to a new report, despite 60 percent of the Swedish population getting vaccinated. In Sweden, 60 percent of the population was vaccinated against the swine flu in ...
A paper published Tuesday by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control suggests a new swine flu virus has the potential to cause an outbreak. The A(H3N2)v swine flu strain that has infected at least 18 Americans since Sept. 2010 has shown ...
AIDS, Ebola, avian flu, swine flu. All threatening diseases stemming from terrifying viruses that spread quickly and have infected hundreds of millions of people around the world. All started in animals, mutated, jumped to humans and became pandemics.
Thirty-three cases of narcolepsy have been reported in Skåne after Sweden's massive vaccination campaign against swine flu in 2009. The southern region has been unusually hard struck by the vaccine Pandemrix's side effects. Relative to population size ...
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