Child infected with life-threatening hantavirus after being inside rodent-infested building
Humans become infected by inhaling dust that has mixed with saliva or urine of deer mice. The newly-infected girl had been in a rodent infested building, North Dakota officials said on Wednesday. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Grieving family warns others of rare but deadly hantavirus
As health officials in Saskatchewan issue their annual reminder about hantavirus, Julia McIsaac would like to spare other families the grief hers has experienced since her daughter died of the disease in June 2014. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
AIBS Report Documents Returns from Federally Funded Research
Federally funded biological research has a strong record of producing positive outcomes for the nation, according to a new report prepared by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). “Biological Innovation: Benefits of Federal Investments in Biology” highlights some of the innovations and technical advancements resulting from biology research.
“The contributions biological scientists make to our nation are astounding, said Robert Gropp, Interim Co-Executive Director of AIBS. “From research that saves lives to discoveries that create new jobs and economic opportunities, biology resear...
Source: Public Policy Reports - April 19, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Structure of a hantavirus protein as a promising model for drug design
There is no treatment for infection with the dangerous hantavirus. Scientists have now identified the three-dimensional structure of a hantavirus protein that is essential for replication of the virus. They have published their findings, providing a blueprint for the design of antiviral drugs. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 26, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Structure of a hantavirus protein as a promising model for drug design
(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) There is no treatment for infection with the dangerous hantavirus. Scientists at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) have now identified the three-dimensional structure of a hantavirus protein that is essential for replication of the virus. They have published their findings in the journal Cell Reports, providing a blueprint for the design of antiviral drugs. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 26, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Link between small mammals and evolution of hepatitis A virus to humans discovered
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are part of an international team led by the University of Bonn, Germany, who have found a link between the origin of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and small mammals. With the emergence of Ebola virus from bats and hantaviruses from rodents, investigators say identifying the other species infected with HAV provides novel insight into the evolution of HAV and how it spread to humans. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 3, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Hantaviruses are highly dependent on cell membrane cholesterol to infect humans
Hantaviruses use cholesterol in cell walls to gain access into cells and infect humans, according to laboratory research. Multiple genes involved in cholesterol sensing, regulation and production, including key components to a chemical pathway called SREBP (sterol response element binding protein), are critical to hantaviruses gaining entry, the researchers found. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Ecologist warns of bamboo fueling spread of hantavirus
The popularity of bamboo landscaping could increase the spread of hantavirus, researchers say, with the plant's prolific seed production creating a population boom among seed-eating deer mice that carry the disease. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 7, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
WSU ecologist warns of bamboo fueling spread of hantavirus
(Washington State University) Washington State University researchers say the popularity of bamboo landscaping could increase the spread of hantavirus, with the plant's prolific seed production creating a population boom among seed-eating deer mice that carry the disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 7, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
First evidence of Seoul hantavirus found in wild rat population in the Netherlands
Researchers report discovering the first evidence of Seoul hantavirus (SEOV) in the wild rat population in the Netherlands. The discovery comes on the heels of similar ones in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom in recent years, and has some researchers concerned about the potential spread of the virus to humans. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 12, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Cows with human chromosomes enlisted to fight hantavirus
Researchers have genetically engineered cows to produce human antibodies against the deadly hantavirus and possibly other diseases (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - November 26, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Human antibodies produced in DNA-vaccinated cows protect in lethal models of hantavirus
(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Scientists investigating the potentially deadly hantavirus have used a novel approach to developing protective antibodies against it. The research, published in Science Translational Medicine, used specially bred 'transchromosomal' cows engineered to produce fully human antibodies. Investigators immunized the cows with DNA vaccines targeting two types of hantaviruses, Andes and Sin Nombre. The team collected plasma from the cows, purified the human IgG antibodies, and tested the material, which had potent neutralizing activity against both hantaviruses. (Source: ...
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 26, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Hantavirus: Symptoms, Precautions and Prevention
Hantaviruses are a group of viruses that are carried by rodents. One of these, ‘Sin Nombre virus,’ is found in deer mice in North America. Sin Nombre virus is the cause of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in people. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - October 16, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: Health and Disability Source Type: news
NYC Rats Are Even Grosser Than You Thought
Rats are a part of daily life in New York as they scurry about subway tracks and garbage heaps. However, even though the creatures been neighbors of New Yorkers for centuries, researchers are still learning exactly how these rodents could affect the health of millions. In a recently released study from scientists at Columbia University, researchers confirmed the fears of every New Yorker. These ubiquitous pests are housing dangerous bacteria including E. Coli, Salmonella and viruses including the deadly Seoul Hantavirus. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Rats of New York and the diseases they carry
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) In the first study to look at would-be diseases carried by New York City rats, scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health identified bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, Salmonella, and C. difficile, that cause mild to life-threatening gastroenteritis in people; Seoul hantavirus, which causes Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever and kidney failure in humans; and the closest relative to human hepatitis C. Results appear in the journal mBio. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
