Fluish Dynamics

As pandemics go, H1N1 fits into the category of a fairly manageable one (there is a vaccine, after all). Yet, the public perception of the illness is disturbingly inaccurate, thanks to its scary portrayal in the media. Paddling upstream against the current of misinformation about this important public health matter is the Influenza Research Database, which deals with research data and serves scientists in the field with timely information and computing utilities. The primary focus is on search/analysis tools, including a considerable amount of sequence information and protein structure data, a workbench for collecting online data (login required), and numerous standard sequence analysis tools. Links to influenza news sources round out the offerings.

[www.fludb.org]