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.

Rao S, Moss A, Lamb M, Innis BL, Asturias EJ. Vital sign predictors of severe influenza among children in an emergent care setting. PLoS One. 2022 Aug 12;17(8):e0272029.  Abstract  
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Background: Decisions regarding the evaluation of children with influenza infection rely on the likelihood of severe disease. The role of early vital signs as predictors of severe influenza infection in ...

Zhang Y, Eskridge KM, Zhang S, Lu G. Identifying host-specific amino acid signatures for influenza A viruses using an adjusted entropy measure. BMC Bioinformatics. 2022 Aug 12;23(1):333.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from BMC Bioinformatics. 2022 Aug 12;23(1):333
Background: Influenza A viruses (IAV) exhibit vast genetic mutability and have great zoonotic potential to infect avian and mammalian hosts and are known to be responsible for a number of pandemics. A ...

Kirkeby C, Ward MP. A review of estimated transmission parameters for the spread of avian influenza viruses. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022 Aug 12.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 days ago from Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022 Aug 12
Avian influenza poses an increasing problem in Europe and around the world. Simulation models are a useful tool to predict the spatiotemporal risk of avian influenza spread, and evaluate appropriate control ...

European Food Safety Authority; European Centre fo. Avian influenza overview March - June 2022. EFSA J. 2022 Aug 6;20(8):e07415.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 4 days ago from EFSA J. 2022 Aug 6;20(8):e07415
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  
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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 ...