Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Information and Articles

Avian influenza is threatening to reach pandemic proportions. Life Pharmacy provides information about the outbreak of avian influenza including information about the strain of bird flu that can affect humans, different types of influenza viruses and how you can prevent and treat avian influenza with a new product called Tamiflu.

Oseltamivir Bird Flu Treatment - Tamiflu is an oral anti-influenza drug manufactured by Roche that could be effective in the treatment and post-contact prevention of avian influenza. Tamiflu can be expected to be active against any influenza virus neuraminidase enzyme subtype, including the H5N1 strain. This strain is associated with the recent outbreak of avian influenza in Asia.

Avian Flu - Although avian flu officially has taken fewer than 100 human lives so far, most experts believe that H5N1 is on the verge of acquiring the new genes or amino acids that would enable it to travel at pandemic velocity across a densely urbanized world, with the potential to cause as many as 20 million deaths.

Avian Influenza Viruses - a brief summary of the three main subtypes of avaian inflenza viruses.

Avian Influenza - Avian Influenza is an infection caused by avian influenza (bird flu) viruses. Avian Influenza does not usually infect humans, but several cases of human infection with bird flu viruses have occurred since 1997. Studies suggest that the prescription medicines approved for human flu viruses would work in preventing bird flu infection in humans.

Tamiflu Bird Flu Treatment - Tamiflu works against the bird flu virus H5N1 strain (the most lethal strain). Tamiflu is effective against both avian and human forms of the virus.