Sănătate

Structura 3D a virusului gripal. Proteinele hemaglutinina (HA) şi neuraminidaya (NA) sunt arătate pe suprafaţa particulei. RNA-urile virale care formează genomul sunt arătate ca bobine roşii în interiorul particulei şi răsucite pe Proteinele Ribonucleare (RNPs).

Virusul gripal A (H1N1) este un subtip de virus gripal A şi cauza celor mai multe gripe umane. Unele versiuni de H1N1 sunt endemice la oameni şi determină o mică parte din bolile asemănătoare gripei şi o mare parte din toate gripele sezoniere. Versiunile H1N1 au cauzat jumătate din toate infecţiile gripale umane în 2006.^[1] Alte versiuni ale lui H1N1 sunt endemice la porci (gripa porcină) şi la păsări (gripa aviară).

În iunie 2009, Organizaţia Mondială a Sănătăţii a declarat că gripa care se datorează unei noi tulpini a virusului original H1N1 a fost responsabilă de epidemia de gripă din 2009. Această tulpină este numită adesea "gripa porcină" de către media.

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Linkuri

• European Commission - Public Health EU Coordination on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009.
• Health-EU Portal EU work to prepare a global response to influenza A(H1N1).
• Influenza Research Database Database of influenza genomic sequences and related information.
• Centers For Disease Control and Prevention H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu).
• American Medical Association Physician Resources: Swine Flu
• Consultant Magazine H1N1 (Swine Flu) Center
• Pandemic Influenza: A Guide to Recent Institute of Medicine Studies and Workshops A collection of research papers and summaries of workshops by the Institute of Medicine on major policy issues related to pandemic influenza and other infectious disease threats.
• The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease Report commissioned by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, written by Richard Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg. An examination of what happened during and after the 1976 swine flu outbreak and lessons to help cope with similar situations in the future.

Netehnice

• Why Revive a Deadly Flu Virus? By Jamie Shreeve - January 2006 New York Times - Six-page human-interest story on the recreation of the deadly 1918 H1N1 flu virus
• BBC News - 1918 flu virus's secrets revealed Results from analyzing a recreated strain.
• Publicly available data
• Oral history by 1918 pandemic survivor

Tehnice

• Recent influenza A (H1N1) infections of pigs and turkeys in northern Europe
• Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Influenza A(H1N1) Associated With Mild Illness in a Nursing Home -- Maine
• H1N1-influenza as Lazarus: Genomic resurrection from the tomb of an unknown
• H1N1 Registry (ESICM - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine)