Health and Medicine Media

Previous infections of bird probably provide some immunity from the current pandemic of H1N1 influenza virus, according to a study by the Institute of Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla United States published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences’ (PNAS).

These findings may help alleviate some concerns that the H1N1 virus is so different varieties of seasonal flu that no prior population immunity.

The scientists, led by Bjoern Peters, used the database to compare what Epitope immunity markers of H1N1 influenza virus could be similar to the surface markers of previous seasonal flu strains.

The authors found that the defense system of human body recognized approximately 17 percent of the markers it shares with recent varieties of seasonal flu on the surface of the H1N1 virus.

Other immune cells called T cells, which can also detect virus-infected cells, recognized the 69 percent of the markers in the H1N1 virus.

According to the researchers say, such high recognition rates suggest that a pre-existing immunity in humans and animals could provide a barrier against pandemic varieties and help soften the impact of the spread of infection.

However, the authors conclude that although this may ‘help’ immune continuing need to contain unique markers carrying the H1N1 flu virus on its surface.

Random Posts

• Anorexia Nervosa
  Anorexia nervosa is a disease that belongs to the group of eating disorders. It affects mainly the female gender, because 9 out of 10 cases occur in women. It usually begins at puberty or during adole...
• Puncture wounds
  A puncture is a wound made by a pointed object such as a needle, a nail, knife or ice pick, to name a few. Injuries are more frequent. They have the characteristics of being deep and narrow, leading t...
• Physical Activity and Health
  Playing sports is beneficial to our health if we do it correctly and according to the physical condition according to our age and lifestyle. No doubt our bodily being is marked by our social being,...
• Variety Diet Pills
  To lose weight people will do many ways. Such as doing exercise, reduce the portion of their meal or take a diet method and take diet pills. For those who wishing to achieve the ideal weight with very...
• Handle Finances Easy with Health Insurance
  There are lots of things which are happening unexpectedly. Well, as you can see, many people are now making sure about their finances and as much as possible, they want to deal with right terms when i...
• Get Your Ideal Weight
  To achieve a healthy weight is important to change many things, that is, an important reason that a person has a certain weight for their style of life. So there are a number of factors that will dete...