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 (H5N8), Germany    
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Information received on 25/01/2021 from Dr Dietrich Rassow, Director for Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Chief Veterinary Officer, Directorate of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Federal Ministry of ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Japan    
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Information received on 25/01/2021 from Dr Norio Kumagai, Director, Chief Veterinary Officer, Animal Health Division, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Ireland    
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Information received on 23/01/2021 from Dr Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin, Ireland SummaryReport typeFollow-up report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Israel    
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Information received on 25/01/2021 from Dr Tamir Goshen, Acting Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel SummaryReport typeFollow-up ...

Bantle CM, French CT, Cummings JE, Sadasivan S, Tr. Manganese exposure in juvenile C57BL/6 mice increases glial inflammatory responses in the substantia nigra following infection with H1N1 influenza virus. PLoS One. 2021 Jan 25;16(1):e0245171.  Abstract  
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Infection with Influenza A virus can lead to the development of encephalitis and subsequent neurological deficits ranging from headaches to neurodegeneration. Post-encephalitic parkinsonism has been reported ...

Brázda V, Porubiaková O, Cantara A, Bohálová N, Co. G-quadruplexes in H1N1 influenza genomes. BMC Genomics. 2021 Jan 23;22(1):77.  Abstract  
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Background: Influenza viruses are dangerous pathogens. Seventy-Seven genomes of recently emerged genotype 4 reassortant Eurasian avian-like H1N1 virus (G4-EA-H1N1) are currently available. We investigated ...

Reemers S, Verstegen I, Basten S, Hubers W, van de. A broad spectrum HVT-H5 avian influenza vector vaccine which induces a rapid onset of immunity. Vaccine. 2021 Jan 19:S0264-410X(21)00022-0.  Abstract  
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Current methods to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry rely on stamping out and preventive culling, which can lead to high economic losses and invoke ethical resistance. ...

Cao L, Lou J, Zhao S, Chan RWY, Chan M, Wu WKK, Ch. In silico prediction of influenza vaccine effectiveness by sequence analysis. Vaccine. 2021 Jan 19:S0264-410X(21)00006-2.  Abstract  
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The effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccines varies with the matching of vaccine strains to circulating strains. Based on the genetic distance of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase gene of the influenza ...

Zhang C, Cui H, Wang Z, Dong S, Zhang C, Li J, Men. Pathogenicity and transmissibility assessment of two strains of human influenza virus isolated in China in 2018. J Int Med Res. 2021 Jan;49(1):300060520982832.  Abstract  
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Objective: Influenza season occurs every year in China, but its presentation was unusual in the period from December 2017 to early 2018. During this period, influenza activity was increasing across the ...