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 ...

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) reported in Sichuan province    
submitted by kickingbird at 7 days ago from CNIC
Week 21 of 2023, China reported a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Sichuan province.

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)    
submitted by kickingbird at 10 days ago from WOAH
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    
submitted by kickingbird at May, 20, 2023 from CNIC
Week 19 of 2023, China reported a human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) in Jiangxi province.

Stevens L, de Buyl S, Mognetti BM. The sliding motility of the bacilliform virions of Influenza A viruses. Soft Matter. 2023 Jun 6.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 18 hours ago from Soft Matter. 2023 Jun 6
Influenza A virus (IAV) infection relies on the action of the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) membrane proteins. The HA ligands anchor the IAV virion to the cell's surface by binding the sialic ...

Park J, Joo H, Maskery BA, Zviedrite N, Uzicanin A. Productivity costs associated with reactive school closures related to influenza or influenza-like illness in the United States from 2011 to 2019. PLoS One. 2023 Jun 6;18(6):e0286734.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 18 hours ago from PLoS One. 2023 Jun 6;18(6):e0286734
Introduction: Schools close in reaction to seasonal influenza outbreaks and, on occasion, pandemic influenza. The unintended costs of reactive school closures associated with influenza or influenza-like ...

Yehia N, Rabie N, Adel A, Mossad Z, Nagshabandi MK. Differential replication characteristic of reassortant avian influenza A viruses H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4b in Madin-Darby canine kidney cell. Poult Sci. 2023 Mar 29;102(7):102685.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 4 days ago from Poult Sci. 2023 Mar 29;102(7):102685
Late in 2016, multiple reassortant highly pathogenic (HP) avian influenza virus (AIVs) H5N8 was detected. AIVs infect different isolated hosts with a specific viral tropism. In the current study, the whole ...

Zhang J, Nian X, Liu B, Zhang Z, Zhao W, Han X, Ma. Development of MDCK-based quadrivalent split seasonal influenza virus vaccine with high safety and immunoprotection: A preclinical study. Antiviral Res. 2023 Jun 1:105639.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 4 days ago from Antiviral Res. 2023 Jun 1:105639
Vaccination remains the best prevention strategy against influenza. The MDCK-based influenza vaccine prompted the development of innovative cell culture manufacturing processes. In the present study, we ...

Wang B, Huang Y, Hu B, Zhang H, Han S, Yang Z, Su. Characterization of a reassortant H11N9 subtype avian influenza virus isolated from spot-billed duck in China. Virus Genes. 2023 Jun 2.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 5 days ago from Virus Genes. 2023 Jun 2
H11N9 viruses in wild birds might have provided the NA gene of human H7N9 virus in early 2013 in China, which evolved with highly pathogenic strains in 2017 and caused severe fatalities. To investigate ...