Animal virology

NIS, BELGRADE - Four people have died after contracting the H1N1 virus and there are two more suspect cases of H1N1 infection in Serbia, epidemiologist Branislav Tiodorovic, acting director of the Public Health Institute in Nis, southern Serbia, told Tanjug Thursday.

Tiodorovic said Influenza A (H1N1) and A (H3N2) viruses had been confirmed present in the Nis area.

The first large-scale trial of an Ebola vaccine will begin in Guinea at the weekend, the World Health Organization said March 5, weeks after a similar test kicked off in neighbouring Liberia.
      

The World Health Organization has approved the first fast-track Ebola test that could help alleviate the situation in West Africa.

The desease has already killed 10,000 people.

The test has been developed by a US company, and despite not being as accurate as more detailed examinations, but is much easier and faster to execute, as reported by Reuters.

Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced the lifting of the 21:00-06:00 curfew and the opening of all borders, as the Ebola pandemic has settled down. The Liberian Minister of Health will take all necessary measures to prevent any further spread of the pandemic.

The US military plans to pull out most troops from West Africa that were deployed to help stem the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, the Pentagon said on Feb. 10, ending a five-month mission.
      

The number of people who have died from influenza-related complications rose to eight over the weekend, the Athens-Macedonia News Agency reported on Monday, without releasing any additional details.

A total of 30 people are currently in hospital being treated for the flu, with 15 of them in intensive care.

Human tests of two possible Ebola vaccines have proven safe and efficacy tests will begin within weeks in the three west African countries ravaged by the deadly virus, the World Health Organization said Jan. 9.
      

A health worker who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in Britain arrived at a London hospital from Scotland early on Tuesday for treatment after contracting the disease in West Africa.
   
The woman arrived at the capital's Royal Free hospital, Britain's designated Ebola treatment centre, in an ambulance accompanied by several police vehicles, a Reuters witness said.

A new test designed to rapidly diagnose Ebola virus infection is to be tried out at a treatment centre for the disease in Guinea,  international health charity The Wellcome Trust said on Nov. 27.
   

An experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe and triggered signs of immune protection in the first 20 volunteers to test it, U.S. researchers reported Nov. 26.