WHO launches new global influenza strategy    
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WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in British Columbia, January 11, 2025    
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, in two premises, both in commercial poultry.The CFIA ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in Ontario, January 10, 2025    
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in Wellington County, Ontario, in commercial poultry.The CFIA has advised the World Organisation ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in British Columbia, January 5, 2025    
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, in commercial poultry.The CFIA has advised the World ...

US: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dorchester County in Maryland    
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(January 20, 2025)-The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced the first presumptive positive case of H5 avian influenza in a commercial broiler farm in Dorchester County. This is the fourth case ...

Sheikh, M.O.B., Rashid, P.M.A., Rahim, Z.H. et al. Molecular characterization and genetic analysis of highly pathogenic H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in seagulls from Dukan Lake, Iraq. Virus Genes (2025).  Abstract  
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Avian influenza virus (AIV) remains a significant global threat, with periodic reemergence in Iraq. This study marks the first molecular characterization of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ...

Good MR, Suja D, Guthmiller JJ. The sweet side of H5N1 influenza virus infection. PLoS Pathog 21(1): e1012847.  Abstract  
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H5Nx viruses remain a threat to human health. Over the past few years, the H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b has rapidly spread to 6 continents, leading to massive avian and mammalian host deaths. In late March 2024, ...

Zhang M, Zeng Z, Chen X, Wang G, Cai X, Hu Z, Gu M. Phosphorylation of PA at serine 225 enhances viral fitness of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in mice. Vet Microbiol. 2025 Jan 20;302:110400.  Abstract  
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Currently, there is increasing spillover of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (AIV) to mammals, raising a concern of pandemic threat about this virus. Although the function of PA protein of ...

Song H, Hao T, Han P, Wang H, Zhang X, Li X, Wang. Receptor binding, structure, and tissue tropism of cattle-infecting H5N1 avian influenza virus hemagglutinin. Cell. 2025 Jan 22:S0092-8674(25)00048-0.  Abstract  
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The ongoing circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) viruses, particularly clade 2.3.4.4b strains, poses a significant threat to animal and public health. Recent outbreaks in cattle ...

Sun R, Feng X, Huang J, Zheng F, Xie R, Zhang C, Z. Characterization of novel highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) clade 2.3.4.4b virus in wild birds, East China, 2024. Virol Sin. 2025 Jan 21:S1995-820X(25)00002-1.  Abstract  
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Highlights?We reported a novel H5N6 HPAIV belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b in wild birds in eastern China.?The novel H5N6 HPAIV most likely descended from clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 virus in Japan.?The novel H5N6 ...