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, Cambodia    
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Information received on 18/04/2019 from Mr Phannara Tan, Director General, General Directorate of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Bangladesh    
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Information received on 17/04/2019 from Dr Hiresh Rajan Bhowmik, Director General, Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Dhaka, Bangladesh Summary Report type Immediate ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei    
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Information received on 17/04/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, ...

OIE: Equine influenza, Senegal    
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Information received on 16/04/2019 from Dr Mbargou Lo, Directeur des Services v閠閞inaires, Direction des Services v閠閞inaires, Minist鑢e de l'Elevage et des Productions animales, Dakar, Senegal ...

Klingen TR, et al. Structures and functions linked to genome-wide adaptation of human influenza A virus. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 18;9(1):6267.  Abstract  
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Human influenza A viruses elicit short-term respiratory infections with considerable mortality and morbidity. While H3N2 viruses circulate for more than 50 years, the recent introduction of pH1N1 viruses ...

Chan LLY, et al. Risk assessment of the tropism & pathogenesis of the highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H7N9 virus using ex vivo & in vitro cultures of human respiratory tract. J Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 18. pii: jiz165.  Abstract  
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)-H7N9 virus arising from low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI)-H7N9 virus with polybasic amino acid substitutions in the haemagglutinin was detected in 2017. We ...

Shan X, Lai S, Liao H, Li Z, Lan Y, Yang W. The epidemic potential of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in humans in mainland China: A two-stage risk analysis. PLoS One. 2019 Apr 19;14(4):e0215857.  Abstract  
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BACKGROUND: From 2013 to 2017, more than one thousand avian influenza A (H7N9) confirmed cases with hundreds of deaths were reported in mainland China. To identify priorities for epidemic prevention and ...

Di H, et al. Comparison of nucleic acid extraction methods for next-generation sequencing of avian influenza A virus from ferret respiratory samples. J Virol Methods. 2019 Apr 17.  Abstract  
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Influenza A virus is a negative-sense RNA virus with a segmented genome consisting of eight RNA segments. Avian influenza A virus (AIV) primarily infects avian hosts and sporadically infects mammals, which ...

Matsuda K, et al. Prolonged evolution of the memory B cell response induced by a replicating adenovirus-influenza H5 vaccine. Sci Immunol. 2019 Apr 19;4(34)..  Abstract  
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Induction of an antibody response capable of recognizing highly diverse strains is a major obstacle to the development of vaccines for viruses such as HIV and influenza. Here, we report the dynamics of ...