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 ...

US: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Wayne County Flock in Michigan    
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January 16, 2025Following an investigation by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has detected the presence ...

US: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Second Caroline County Farm in Maryland    
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An additional commercial broiler flock in Caroline County, MD within the initial control area of the first Caroline County positive farm announced on January 10, 2025, has tested presumptive positive for ...

US: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Queen Anne´s County in Maryland    
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The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced a second case in Maryland of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) of a commercial operation in Queen Anne’s County following routine sampling ...

China: Human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) and (H10N3) reported in Hubei province, Chongqing Municipality and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region    
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Avian influenza A(H9N2): Chongqing Municipality: An one-year-old girl with onset on December 13, 2024.Hubei Province: An eight-year-old girl with onset on November 27, 2024.Avian influenza A(H10N3):Guangxi ...

Teo QW, Wang Y, Lv H, Oade MS, Mao KJ, Tan TJC, Hu. Probing the functional constraints of influenza A virus NEP by deep mutational scanning. Cell Rep. 2025 Jan 14;44(1):115196.  Abstract  
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The influenza A virus nuclear export protein (NEP) is a multifunctional protein that is essential for the viral life cycle and has very high sequence conservation. However, since the open reading frame ...

Lambertucci, S.A., Santangeli, A. & Plaza, P.I. The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity. Nat. Rev. Biodivers. 1, 7–9 (2025).  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 16 hours ago from Nat. Rev. Biodivers. 1, 7–9 (2025)
The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is an emerging and unexpected threat to many wild animal species, which has implications for ecological processes, ecosystem services and conservation of threatened ...

Yang, L., Fan, M. Reaction–advection–diffusion model of highly pathogenic avian influenza with behavior of migratory wild birds. J. Math. Biol. 90, 18 (2025).  Abstract  
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Wild birds are one of the main natural reservoirs for avian influenza viruses, and their migratory behavior significantly influences the transmission of avian influenza. To better describe the migratory ...

Xue, Ruixue, Ma, Huiling, Jiang, Zixin, Xing, Linl. Diversity of the H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus in Shandong Province, China. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2025, 1432483.  Abstract  
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H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) is one of the main pathogens causing respiratory disease in chicken; however, differentiating this virus from infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and newcastle disease virus ...

Duong MH, Phan TNU, Nguyen TH, Ho NHN, Nguyen TN,. Human Infection with Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus, Vietnam, April 2024. Emerg Infect Dis. Feb 2025.  Abstract  
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In April 2024, Vietnam confirmed its first human case of influenza A(H9N2) in a 37-year-old man, marking a critical point in regional infectious disease monitoring and response. This case underscores the ...