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: Equine influenza, Senegal    
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Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 3 Date of start of the event 26/03/2019 Date of confirmation of the event 02/04/2019 Report date 24/05/2019 Date submitted to OIE 24/05/2019 Reason ...

OIE: Equine influenza, Italy    
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Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 1 Date of start of the event 04/02/2019 Date of confirmation of the event 15/02/2019 Report date 24/05/2019 Date submitted to OIE 24/05/2019 Reason ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei    
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Information received on 24/05/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Vietnam    
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Information received on 20/05/2019 from Dr Dong Pham Van, Director General, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hano?, Vietnam ...

Leung V, et al. Thermal Stabilization of Viral Vaccines in Low-Cost Sugar Films. Sci Rep. 2019 May 21;9(1):7631.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Sci Rep. 2019 May 21;9(1):7631
Most currently available vaccines, particularly live vaccines, require the cold chain, as vaccine efficacy can be significantly hampered if they are not stored in a temperature range of 2-8?°C at all times. ...

Yu Z, et al. PB2 and hemagglutinin mutations confer a virulent phenotype on an H1N2 avian influenza virus in mice. Arch Virol. 2019 May 20.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 days ago from Arch Virol. 2019 May 20
We previously obtained mouse-adapted variants of H1N2 avian influenza virus that contained PB2-L134H, PB2-I647L, PB2-D701N, HA-G228S, and M1-D231N mutations. Here, we analyzed the effects of these mutations ...

Murakami S, et al. Influenza D Virus Infection in Dromedary Camels, Ethiopia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jun;25(6):1224-1226.  Abstract  
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Influenza D virus has been found to cause respiratory diseases in livestock. We surveyed healthy dromedary camels in Ethiopia and found a high seroprevalence for this virus, in contrast to animals co-existing ...

Carvalho SB, et al. Membrane-based approach for the downstream processing of influenza virus-like particles. Biotechnol J. 2019 May 20:e201800570.  Abstract  
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Currently marketed influenza vaccines are only efficient against homologous viruses, thus requiring a seasonal update based on circulating subtypes. This constant reformulation adds several challenges ...

Nishizawa S, et al. Strong binding and off-on signaling functions of deep-red fluorescent TO-PRO-3 for influenza A virus RNA promoter region. Chembiochem. 2019 May 20..  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 4 days ago from Chembiochem. 2019 May 20.
Influenza A virus RNA promoter region has recently attracted much attention as RNA targets for the development of novel anti-influenza drugs. However, there are very limited reports on small RNA-binding ...