Initial laboratory testing in 2009-2010 found blacklegged ticks infected with POW virus in parts of north-central, east-central, and southeastern Minnesota, areas highly endemic for other tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease.
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Measles case confirmed at University of Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio News - 0 views
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The U of M requires students to be vaccinated before they can enroll.
Fish diseases: Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia: Minnesota DNR - 0 views
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A Cornell University research team’s recent finding of traces of the Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHS) in fish inhabiting Wisconsin and Michigan waters of Lake Superior
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So far the virus has not been detected in the inland waters of Minnesota.
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If you would like to find out the most recent VHS infected sites call the DNR Pathology Lab at 651-259-5096.
First Death in Minnesota from Powassan Virus - 0 views
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Locally, Powassan infected ticks have been found in Houston County
The Quest to End the Flu - Carl Zimmer - The Atlantic - 0 views
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Fauci is more excited about something called a recombinant protein vaccine, which does not rely on growing viruses, even though it is cell-based. At Protein Sciences, a small Connecticut biotech firm, researchers isolate the gene for the flu virus’s surface proteins and insert it into an entirely different species of virus, called a baculovirus. The baculovirus infects insect cells and causes them to make huge amounts of the surface proteins, which the company uses to make Flublok, the only recombinant protein flu vaccine currently available.
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The researchers have tried various methods, including the same one used to make Flublok—insect cells churning out surface proteins.
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“The eggs should be long gone,” grumbles Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
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