Écrit par WHO | 05 Février 2014

4 February 2014 - On 28 January 2014, the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia announced an additional laboratory-confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.

The case is a 60-year-old man from Riyadh who became ill on 19 January and who had underlying medical conditions. He was hospitalized on 24 January and died on 28 January. Respiratory specimens...

Écrit par WHO | 04 Février 2014

3 February 2014 - The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China has notified WHO of nine additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, including one death.

 

Details of four cases notified on 1 February 2014 are as follows:

All four cases are male. The age range is 5 to 80 years old. Cases have been reported from...

Écrit par INRA | 04 Février 2014

Des scientifiques de l’Inra viennent de mettre en évidence un des gènes majeurs de la différenciation du sexe féminin: FOXL2. Non seulement ce gène active la différenciation de l’ovaire, mais en plus il bloque l’expression des gènes mâles au sein de l’ovaire en développement. Ces résultats publiés dans Current Biology le 30 janvier 2014 pourront contribuer à mieux...

Écrit par WHO | 03 Février 2014

1 February 2014 - On 30 January 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of seven additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus including one death.

Of these seven cases, four are male. The age range is 56 to 78 years old. The cases have been reported from Guangdong (1), Guangxi (1), Jiangsu (1)...