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 ...

WOAH: Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Infection with H5N1) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-), China    
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General information Report type: immediate notification Reason for notification: recurrence of an eradicated disease Started on: 7 Jul 2022 Confirmed on: 22 Jul 2022 Reported on: 28 Jul 2022 Last occurrence: ...

China: Confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Sichuan province    
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 29, 2022 from CHP, HongKong S.A.R
Sichuan Province:A 1-year-old boy with onset on April 28, 2022

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) reported in Jiangxi province    
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 27, 2022 from CHP, Hong Kong S.A.R
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health of HongKong S.A.R is (June 27) closely monitoring a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in the Mainland, and again urged the public ...

China: Confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Hunan and Guizhou province    
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 9, 2022 from CHP, HongKong S.A.R
Hunan Province:A 5-year-old boy with onset on April 26, 2022.Guizhou Province:A 2-year-old boy with onset on May 8, 2022.

European Food Safety Authority; European Centre fo. Avian influenza overview March - June 2022. EFSA J. 2022 Aug 6;20(8):e07415.  Abstract  
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The 2021-2022 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic season is the largest epidemic so far observed in Europe, with a total of 2,398 outbreaks in poultry, 46 million birds culled in the affected ...

Dai M, Sun H, Zhao L, Wu Q, You B, Xu F, Liao J, Z. Duck CD8 + T Cell Response to H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Infection In Vivo and In Vitro. J Immunol. 2022 Aug 8:ji2101147.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from J Immunol. 2022 Aug 8:ji2101147
Domestic ducks are the important host for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) infection and epidemiology, but little is known about the duck T cell response to H5N1 AIV infection. In infection ...

Cheng HY, Fung E, Choi KC, Zou HJ, Chair SY. Early risk of acute myocardial infarction following hospitalization for severe influenza infection in the middle-aged population of Hong Kong. PLoS One. 2022 Aug 9;17(8):e0272661.  Abstract  
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Introduction: Despite evidence suggesting an association between influenza infection and increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the older adult population (aged 65 years or above), little ...

Lee SS, Viboud C, Petersen E. Understanding the rebound of influenza in the post COVID19 pandemic period holds important clues for epidemiology and control. Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 3:S1201-9712(22)00472-6.  Abstract  
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The COVID-19 pandemic has generated global perturbations in our daily lives that are unprecedented in scale. Since early 2020, changes in contact patterns and mobility have affected the regular seasonal ...

Azeem S, Guo B, Sun D, Killian ML, Baroch JA, Yoon. Evaluation of PCR-Based Hemagglutinin Subtyping as a Tool to aid in Surveillance of Avian Influenza viruses in Migratory Wild Birds. J Virol Methods. 2022 Aug 2:114594.  Abstract  
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The surveillance of migratory wild birds (MWBs) for avian influenza virus (AIV) allows detecting the emergence of highly pathogenic AIV that can infect domestic poultry and mammals, new subtypes, and antigenic/genetic ...