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(H7N7), Australia    
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Information received on 07/08/2020 from Dr Mark Schipp, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australian Government, Canberra, Australia Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N1), Vietnam    
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Information received on 07/08/2020 from Dr Dong Pham Van, Director General, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hano?, Vietnam ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Russia    
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Information received on 04/08/2020 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance , Ministry of Agriculture, Moscou, Russia Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H7N7), Australia    
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Summary Report type Immediate notification Date of start of the event 24/07/2020 Date of confirmation of the event 31/07/2020 Report date 31/07/2020 Date submitted to OIE 31/07/2020 Reason ...

Liu K, Gao R, Wang X, et al. Pathogenicity and transmissibility of clade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N6 in pigeons. Vet Microbiol. 2020;247:108776.  Abstract  
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Pigeons were previously thought to be resistant to H5 viruses and to play a minimal role in spreading these viruses. In this study, we evaluated the pathogenicity of two clade 2.3.4.4 H5N6 viruses in pigeons ...

Lycett SJ, Pohlmann A, Staubach C, et al. Genesis and spread of multiple reassortants during the 2016/2017 H5 avian influenza epidemic in Eurasia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020;202001813.  Abstract  
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the H5 A/goose/Guangdong/1/96 lineage can cause severe disease in poultry and wild birds, and occasionally in humans. In recent years, H5 HPAI viruses ...

Yu CM, Chen IC, Tung CP, et al. A panel of anti-influenza virus nucleoprotein antibodies selected from phage-displayed synthetic antibody libraries with rapid diagnostic capability to distinguish diverse influenza virus subtypes. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):13318.  Abstract  
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Immunoassays based on sandwich immuno-complexes of capture and detection antibodies simultaneously binding to the target analytes have been powerful technologies in molecular analyses. Recent developments ...

Diallo AA, Souley MM, Issa Ibrahim A, et al. Transboundary spread of equine influenza viruses (H3N8) in West and Central Africa: Molecular characterization of identified viruses during outbreaks in Niger and Senegal, in 2019. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020;10.1111/tbed.13779.  Abstract  
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Since November 2018, several countries in West and Central Africa have reported mortalities in donkeys and horses. Specifically, more than 66,000 horses and donkeys have succumbed to disease in Burkina ...

Yu L, Pan J, Cao G, et al. AIV polyantigen epitope expressed by recombinant baculovirus induces a systemic immune response in chicken and mouse models. Virol J. 2020;17(1):121.  Abstract  
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Background: The protective efficacy of avian influenza virus (AIV) vaccines is unsatisfactory due to the presence of various serotypes generated by genetic reassortment. Thus, immunization with a polyantigen ...