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Definitions
- Antibiotic resistance
- Bird flu
- Climate change & insect-borne disease
- Genomics
- Malaria
- Nanotechnology for health
- Tuberculosis
A list of terms related to Bird flu.
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Galactose
A type of sugar and part of the system that helps the H5N1 virus enter the cells they infect: the influenza virus's haemagglutinin protein attaches to galactose molecules on the surface of the cells it seeks to infect.
Galactose
A type of sugar and part of the system that helps the H5N1 virus enter the cells they infect: the influenza virus's haemagglutinin protein attaches to galactose molecules on the surface of the cells it seeks to infect.
Genotype Z
Since 2002, the dominant form of the H5N1 virus in Asia. See Bird flu 'could pose global threat to humans'.
GlaxoSmithKline
A large multinational pharmaceutical company, headquartered in the United Kingdom. GlaxoSmithKline is involved in the production of an H5N1 vaccine, and produces anti-flu drug zanamivir under the tradename Relenza. www.gsk.com
GSK
See GlaxoSmithKline.
GSK
See GlaxoSmithKline.
