Via The Age, excerpt :
" Bird flu has been detected at two locations northwest of Melbourne.
The Department of Primary Industries has quarantined two commercial duck farms operated by the same owner, after birds at both properties tested positive to low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).
DPI Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Andrew Cameron, on Friday said analytical tests carried out at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory at Geelong, Victoria, had given a positive response to low pathogenic H5 subtype avian influenza virus, prompting authorities to act immediately.
The cases were detected during routine testing for other conditions."
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Australia : Mossies released to combat dengue fever
Via The Age :
" Cairns will be under the microscope from today .. when mosquitoes infected by a bacterium to help prevent dengue fever are released into the community.
It acts as a vaccine for mosquitoes .. which could in turn stop the disease spreading in humans.
The University of Queensland's Professor Scott O'Neill says the 12-week field trial could save tens of thousands of lives .. and the project's had a lot of global interest."
" Cairns will be under the microscope from today .. when mosquitoes infected by a bacterium to help prevent dengue fever are released into the community.
It acts as a vaccine for mosquitoes .. which could in turn stop the disease spreading in humans.
The University of Queensland's Professor Scott O'Neill says the 12-week field trial could save tens of thousands of lives .. and the project's had a lot of global interest."
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Australia : Swine flu concerns in north Queensland
Via The Age, swine flu is picking in some parts of Australia :
" Health authorities in north Queensland are concerned over a recent spate of swine flu cases.
Four people have been admitted to the Cairns Base Hospital's intensive care unit since June, including three local transmissions in recent weeks.
In the most serious case, a 39-year-old north Queensland man was transferred to Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital for specialised treatment and is in a critical but stable condition.
Two others, both men in their 50s, remain in Cairns Base Hospital.
Queensland Health Infectious disease expert Dr Enzo Binotto said while the H1N1 pandemic was over, recent hospitalisations were a reminder for those at risk of developing complications to stay vigilant."
" Health authorities in north Queensland are concerned over a recent spate of swine flu cases.
Four people have been admitted to the Cairns Base Hospital's intensive care unit since June, including three local transmissions in recent weeks.
In the most serious case, a 39-year-old north Queensland man was transferred to Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital for specialised treatment and is in a critical but stable condition.
Two others, both men in their 50s, remain in Cairns Base Hospital.
Queensland Health Infectious disease expert Dr Enzo Binotto said while the H1N1 pandemic was over, recent hospitalisations were a reminder for those at risk of developing complications to stay vigilant."
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Melbourne : Scientist's malaria breakthrough
From The Age :
" Melbourne scientists have worked out how to stop the malaria parasite from infecting red blood cells — a key step that promises new treatments for a disease that kills about a million people globally each year.
Currently anti-malarials stop the development of the parasite once it is inside the red blood cell. But significantly, this new technique, outlined today in the US journal Blood, is used before the deadly parasite enters red blood cells.
"For one reason or another this approach hasn't been pursued much," said James Beeson, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Parkville.
"The general approach is to target pathways that an organism needs to survive."
But Dr Beeson and colleagues Michelle Boyle and Jack Richards from the institute's infection and immunity division took a different approach. The team identified carbohydrate molecules similar to the blood-thinning drug heparin, used to treat clotting disorders, which stop parasites from invading red blood cells."
" Melbourne scientists have worked out how to stop the malaria parasite from infecting red blood cells — a key step that promises new treatments for a disease that kills about a million people globally each year.
Currently anti-malarials stop the development of the parasite once it is inside the red blood cell. But significantly, this new technique, outlined today in the US journal Blood, is used before the deadly parasite enters red blood cells.
"For one reason or another this approach hasn't been pursued much," said James Beeson, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Parkville.
"The general approach is to target pathways that an organism needs to survive."
But Dr Beeson and colleagues Michelle Boyle and Jack Richards from the institute's infection and immunity division took a different approach. The team identified carbohydrate molecules similar to the blood-thinning drug heparin, used to treat clotting disorders, which stop parasites from invading red blood cells."
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