ALAMEDA, Calif. — Alveo Technologies Inc. announces that it has demonstrated in silico that its rapid, hand-held, point of need molecular diagnostic for avian influenza can detect the H5N1 variant-based on sequences published from recent human infections in Colorado, as well as those found in infected cattle.
In July, the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data database released the genetic sequence of the H5N1 viruses that recently infected one of the dairy farm workers in Colorado. Notably, GISAID said that a “mammalian adaptation marker (E627K) was noted in one of the farm workers.” The method of transmission among. . .