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, Chinese Taipei    
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Information received on 16/09/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Vietnam    
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Information received on 08/09/2019 from Dr Dong Pham Van, Director General, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hano?, Vietnam SummaryReport ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei    
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nformation received on 06/09/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive ...

OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Chile    
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 6, 2019 from OIE
Information received on 04/09/2019 from Dr Oscar Eduardo Videla Pérez, Jefe de División de Protección Pecuaria, Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Ministerio de Agricultura, Santiago, Chile Summary Report ...

Vijaykrishna D, Deng Y, Grau ML, et al. Emergence of Influenza A(H7N4) Virus, Cambodia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1988-1991.  Abstract  
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Active surveillance in high-risk sites in Cambodia has identified multiple low-pathogenicity influenza A(H7) viruses, mainly in ducks. None fall within the A/Anhui/1/2013(H7N9) lineage; however, some A(H7) ...

Zhou L, Li Q, Uyeki TM. Estimated Incubation Period and Serial Interval for Human-to-Human Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Transmission. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1982-1983.  Abstract  
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We estimated the incubation period and serial interval for human-to-human–transmitted avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection using case-patient clusters from epidemics in China during 2013–2017. The median ...

Chastagner A, Enouf V, Peroz D, et al. Bidirectional Human–Swine Transmission of Seasonal Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus in Pig Herd, France, 2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1940-1943.  Abstract  
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In 2018, a veterinarian became sick shortly after swabbing sows exhibiting respiratory syndrome on a farm in France. Epidemiologic data and genetic analyses revealed consecutive human-to-swine and swine-to-human ...

Wille M, Lisovski S, Risely A, et al. Serologic Evidence of Exposure to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5 Viruses in Migratory Shorebirds, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1903-1910.  Abstract  
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5Nx viruses of the goose/Guangdong/96 lineage continue to cause outbreaks in poultry and wild birds globally. Shorebirds, known reservoirs of avian influenza viruses, ...

Weese J, Anderson M, Berhane Y, et al. Emergence and Containment of Canine Influenza Virus A(H3N2), Ontario, Canada, 2017–2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1810-1816.  Abstract  
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Canine influenza virus (CIV) A(H3N2) was identified in 104 dogs in Ontario, Canada, during December 28, 2017–October 30, 2018, in distinct epidemiologic clusters. High morbidity rates occurred within groups ...