Category: News & Articles
... to become pregnant to participate in a study into the effect of influenza on pregnant women. With the flu season well and truly upon us, ... to become pregnant to participate in a study into the effect of influenza on pregnant women. The study, funded by the National Health ... why pregnant women are so vulnerable to viral infections like influenza. “Pregnant women tend to experience more severe bouts of ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... during "war time". I am exploring how infectious viruses including influenza infect and interact with human immune systems, and identifying novel prevention/treatment strategies against future influenza pandemics. Infections in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive ... Dr Alan Hsu is a post-doctoral researcher who focuses on the influenza virus infections and human innate immunity in asthma and ...
Category: Research
Research Elucidation of the association between Haemophilus influenza infection & neutrophilic asthma ...
Category: Research
... online community survey for early detection of seasonal and pandemic influenza and vaccine failure. ...
Category: General
... future epidemics. General Protecting Pregnant Women from Death during influenza epidemics ...
Category: News & Articles
... sniffle, however data from Flutracking.net, Australia’s online influenza-like illness surveillance system, raises questions about the ... sniffle, however data from Flutracking.net, Australia’s online influenza-like illness surveillance system, raises questions about the ... females do differ is in the timing of their illness throughout the influenza season. Females tended to get ill earlier in the season than ...
Category: News & Articles
The world’s fastest growing online influenza surveillance program is seeking more participants to register ... life-threatening disease. The world’s fastest growing online influenza surveillance program is seeking more participants to register ... 12,000 to 15,000 to further increase the accuracy of the community influenza snapshot. Flutracking coordinator Dr Craig Dalton* from Hunter ...
Category: News & Articles
... urged to join a growing national survey tracking critical data on influenza infection that alerts medical officials to large outbreaks of ... urged to join a growing national survey tracking critical data on influenza infection that alerts medical officials to large outbreaks of ... of Flutracking.net, compared with laboratory test results for influenza, and the influenza vaccine. “In 2007, for example, the flu ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... to them. I have a particular interest in the role of rhinovirus, influenza and other common respiratory viruses and how they effect the ... established an important role of innate epithelial cell responses to influenza and shown this to be impaired in chronic obstructive pulmonary ... the mechanisms behind the susceptibility of pregnant women to influenza and other viral infections and determined that a placental ...
Category: News & Articles
... from the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Health, maps influenza prevalence across Australia. Flutracking.net co-ordinator, Dr ... report. Dr Dalton said that while there has been a low level of influenza across the country so far, it is difficult to forecast the ... system designed to alert health officials to epidemic outbreaks of influenza and potentially life-threatening disease. Flutracking, ...
