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: Guinea - Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Infection with H5N1), (non-poultry including wild birds)    
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General information Report type: immediate notification Started: 15 Apr 2023 Confirmed: 24 Apr 2023 Reported: 22 May 2023 Reason for notification: 1st occurrence in a zone or a compartment Manifestation ...

WOAH: Canada - influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Infection with H5N5), (non-poultry including wild birds)    
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Summary Report type: immediate notification Started: 4 Apr 2023 Confirmed: 19 May 2023 Reported: 24 May 2023 Reason for notification: unusual host species Causal agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Jiangxi province    
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Week 19 of 2023, China reported a human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) in Jiangxi province.

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Hunan province    
submitted by kickingbird at May, 5, 2023 from CNIC
China reported a human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) in Hunan province. A 10-year-old girl, onset of mild symptoms on 19th Oct 2022.

Kandeil A, Patton C, Jones JC, Jeevan T, Harringto. Rapid evolution of A(H5N1) influenza viruses after intercontinental spread to North America. Nat Commun. 2023 May 29;14(1):3082.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 20 hours ago from Nat Commun. 2023 May 29;14(1):3082
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b underwent an explosive geographic expansion in 2021 among wild birds and domestic poultry across Asia, Europe, and Africa. By the end ...

Meng B, Li H, Feng C, Guo W, Feng Y, Zhu D, Chen H. Emergence of a novel reassortant H3N6 canine influenza virus. Front Microbiol. 2023 May 11;14:1186869.  Abstract  
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Although the natural hosts of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are wild birds, multiple subtypes of AIVs have established epidemics in numerous mammals due to their cross-species spillover. Replication and ...

Nico Halwe, etc al. The bat-borne influenza A virus H9N2 exhibits a set of unexpected pre-pandemic features. Research Square.  Abstract  
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An Old-World bat H9N2 influenza A virus (IAV) identified in Egypt exhibits high replication and transmission potential in ferrets, efficient infection of human lung explant cultures and marked escape from ...

Schuele C, Schmeisser F, Orr M, Meseda CA, Vasudev. Neutralizing and protective murine monoclonal antibodies to the hemagglutinin of influenza H5 clades 2.3.2.1 and 2.3.4.4. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2023 May;17(5):e13.  Abstract  
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Background: Highly pathogenic avian H5 influenza viruses have spread and diversified genetically and antigenically into multiple clades and subclades. Most isolates of currently circulating H5 viruses ...

Liu Y, Wang Y, Wang Y, Mai H, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Ji. Phylogenetic analysis of HA and NA genes of influenza A viruses in immunosuppressed inpatients in Beijing during the 2018-2020 influenza seasons. Virol J. 2023 May 26;20(1):101.  Abstract  
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Background: Influenza A viruses have undergone rapid evolution with virulent; however, complete and comprehensive data on gene evolution and amino acid variation of HA and NA in immunosuppressed patients ...