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 ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei    
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Information received on 29/11/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive ...

OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Nigeria    
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Information received on 27/11/2019 from Dr Olaniran Alabi, Director, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, ABUJA, Nigeria ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N2), Chinese Taipei    
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Information received on 22/11/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N2), Chinese Taipei    
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 22, 2019 from OIE
Information received on 20/11/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, ...

Pascua PNQ, et al. Influenza B viruses from different genetic backgrounds are variably impaired by neuraminidase inhibitor resistance-associated substitutions. Antiviral Res. 2019 Nov 29:104669..  Abstract  
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Identifying evolutionary routes to antiviral resistance among influenza viruses informs molecular-based resistance surveillance and clinical decisions. To improve antiviral management and understand whether ...

Imai M, et al. Influenza A variants with reduced susceptibility to baloxavir isolated from Japanese patients are fit and transmit through respiratory droplets. Nat Microbiol. 2019 Nov 25..  Abstract  
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Here we report the isolation of the influenza A/H1N1 2009 pandemic (A/H1N1pdm) and A/H3N2 viruses carrying an I38T mutation in the polymerase acidic protein-a mutation that confers reduced susceptibility ...

Bogdanow B, et al. The dynamic proteome of influenza A virus infection identifies M segment splicing as a host range determinant. Nat Commun. 2019 Dec 4;10(1):5518.  Abstract  
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Pandemic influenza A virus (IAV) outbreaks occur when strains from animal reservoirs acquire the ability to infect and spread among humans. The molecular basis of this species barrier is incompletely understood. ...

Chiapponi C, et al. Detection of a New Genetic Cluster of Influenza D Virus in Italian Cattle. Viruses. 2019 Nov 30;11(12)..  Abstract  
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Influenza D virus (IDV) has been increasingly reported all over the world. Cattle are considered the major viral reservoir. Based on the hemagglutinin-esterase (HEF) gene, three main genetic and antigenic ...

Zhong G, et al. Mutations in the NA-like protein of bat influenza H18N11 virus enhance virus replication in mammalian cells, mice, and ferrets. J Virol. 2019 Dec 4.  Abstract  
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To characterize bat influenza H18N11 virus, we propagated a reverse genetics-generated H18N11 virus in MDCK II cells and detected two adapting mutations in the neuraminidase (NA)-like protein (NA-F144C ...