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By Region: Asia/Pacific

Hendra Virus Facts

(Medical News Today) University of Queensland researchers have produced batches of a monoclonal antibody, which may offer hope as a potential therapeutic for Hendra virus infection in humans. The batches have been developed in UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).

July 15, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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MicroKit Simplifies Infectious Disease Detection

(Wall Street Journal) Infectious diseases, such as the H1N1 influenza strain, have wrought havoc not only on human populations in recent years but increasingly on critical bits of economic infrastructure such as transport systems and hospitals. Efforts to contain the spread of the viruses are often hampered by the time and complicated processes involved in Read More »

July 13, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Biotechnology, and Countermeasures
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Fears for 23 people after Hendra virus goes undetected for two weeks

(The Australian) BIOSECURITY authorities fear the deadly Hendra virus may have been spreading from a southeast Queensland property for two weeks before it was finally detected at the weekend. Biosecurity Queensland has quarantined the property at Mount Alford, 50km southwest of Brisbane, marking the third confirmed outbreak of the bat-borne disease in Queensland and northern Read More »

July 5, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Public Health
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Rinderpest, Scourge of Cattle, Is Vanquished

(New York Times) On Tuesday in a ceremony in Rome, the United Nations is officially declaring that for only the second time in history, a disease has been wiped off the face of the earth. The disease is rinderpest. Everyone has heard of smallpox. Very few have heard of the runner-up. That’s because rinderpest is Read More »

June 29, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agriculture, International, and Public Health
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Universal Detection Technology Wins Tender for Biological Weapon Detection Equipment From the Singapore Civil Defense Force

(Press Release) LOS ANGELES, CA-Universal Detection Technology, a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies that protect against biological, chemical, and radiological threats, announced today that is has won a tender for Biological Weapon Detection Equipment from the Singapore Civil Defense Force. The tender included equipment for the detection of Anthrax, Ricin, Botulinum, Y. Pestis (Plague) and Read More »