Finally, the long wait for the H1N1 virus test results from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune is all set to be a thing of the past.
The Department of Neuro-Virology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) will soon establish a facility to test throat and nasal samples of suspected H1N1 flu patients.
Five new H1N1 influenza cases were reported on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 109. Of these five cases, two each were reported from Bangalore and Mumbai, while the fifth case was reported from Delhi. Authorities said that out of the two cases in Bangalore, one is that of a 38year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter who had reached India from US on June 25.
Ranchi Veterinary College under Birsa Agriculture University (BAU), Ranchi, has issued public notices asking farmers across the state to get their cattle vaccinated against swine fever after deaths of pigs were reported from Jharkhand and Bihar.
Three persons of a US-based non-resident Nepali family, who landed in Kathmandu recently, have been detected with H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), which has caused a global pandemic.
New Delhi: With 11 new cases reported in the country, the total number of H1N1 influenza cases touched 104 on Monday. Of the 11 new cases are reported, four are from Chennai, three from Kerela, two from Delhi and one each from Bangalore and Punjab.
Rich nations want to own vaccines developed and developing countries failed to reach an agreement on the exchange of virus samples and vaccines of pandemic flu at a recent World Health Organization (who) meeting . The agreement was debated at the Intergovernmental Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Geneva on May 15. It was to guarantee supply of influenza vaccines to
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Swine Flu Primer
What is H1N1? It's a virus which has gene segments from the swine, avian and human flu virus. Scientists have christened it influenza-a (h1n1) virus, commonly known as swine flu.
What's A Pandemic? An epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through human populations across a large region. On June 11, the who declared h1n1 a pandemic.
NEW DELHI: There has been a steady increase in A (H1N1) influenza cases in the country with the number touching 93 as four more suspected patients tested positive.
