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 (H5N8), France    
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Information received on 22/01/2021 from Dr Loic Evain, Directeur Général adjoint, CVO, Direction générale de l'alimentation, Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation, Paris, France SummaryReport ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Germany    
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Information received on 22/01/2021 from Dr Dietrich Rassow, Director for Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Chief Veterinary Officer, Directorate of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Federal Ministry of ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), Germany    
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Information received on 22/01/2021 from Dr Dietrich Rassow, Director for Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Chief Veterinary Officer, Directorate of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Federal Ministry of ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5) (non-poultry including wild birds), Belgium    
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Information received on 22/01/2021 from Dr Herman Claeys, Chef du Service Politique sanitaire : Animaux et Végétaux, Directorat-général Animaux, Végétaux et Alimentation, Service Public Fédéral Santé publique, ...

Reemers S, Verstegen I, Basten S, Hubers W, van de. A broad spectrum HVT-H5 avian influenza vector vaccine which induces a rapid onset of immunity. Vaccine. 2021 Jan 19:S0264-410X(21)00022-0.  Abstract  
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Current methods to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry rely on stamping out and preventive culling, which can lead to high economic losses and invoke ethical resistance. ...

Cao L, Lou J, Zhao S, Chan RWY, Chan M, Wu WKK, Ch. In silico prediction of influenza vaccine effectiveness by sequence analysis. Vaccine. 2021 Jan 19:S0264-410X(21)00006-2.  Abstract  
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The effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccines varies with the matching of vaccine strains to circulating strains. Based on the genetic distance of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase gene of the influenza ...

Zhang C, Cui H, Wang Z, Dong S, Zhang C, Li J, Men. Pathogenicity and transmissibility assessment of two strains of human influenza virus isolated in China in 2018. J Int Med Res. 2021 Jan;49(1):300060520982832.  Abstract  
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Objective: Influenza season occurs every year in China, but its presentation was unusual in the period from December 2017 to early 2018. During this period, influenza activity was increasing across the ...

Garrido-Mantilla J, Sanhueza J, Alvarez J, Culhane. Impact of nurse sows on influenza A virus transmission in pigs under field conditions. Prev Vet Med. 2021 Jan 5;188:105257.  Abstract  
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Piglets prior to weaning play a central role in maintaining influenza infections in breeding herds and the use of nurse sows is a common practice to adopt piglets that fall behind and that otherwise would ...

Lorbach JN, Fitzgerald T, Nolan C, Nolting JM, Tre. Gaps in Serologic Immunity against Contemporary Swine-Origin Influenza A Viruses among Healthy Individuals in the United States. Viruses. 2021 Jan 18;13(1):E127.  Abstract  
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Influenza A Viruses (IAV) in domestic swine (IAV-S) are associated with sporadic zoonotic transmission at the human-animal interface. Previous pandemic IAVs originated from animals, which emphasizes the ...