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 (H5N1), Mali    
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General information Report type: Immediate notification Date of start of the event: 12 Mar 2021 Date of confirmation of the event: 1 Apr 2021 Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of the disease in the ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1), Hungary    
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Summary Report type: Immediate notification Report ID: 149523 Date of start of the event: 9 Apr 2021 Date of confirmation of the event: 12 Apr 2021 Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (Infection with H5N6) (non-poultry including wild birds), China    
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Summary Report type: Immediate notification Started: 7 Apr 2021 Confirmed: 11 Apr 2021 Reported: 14 Apr 2021 Reason for notification: New strain in a zone or a compartment Causal agent: Highly pathogenic ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (Infection with H5N5) (non-poultry including wild birds), Russia    
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Summary Report type: immediate notification Started: 30 Mar 2021 Confirmed: 31 Mar 2021 Reported: 14 Apr 2021 Reason for notification: recurrence Last occurrence: 17 Mar 2021 Causal agent: Highly pathogenic ...

Nolan KE, Baer LA, Karekar P, Nelson AM, Stanford. Metabolic shifts modulate lung injury caused by infection with H1N1 influenza A virus. Virology. 2021 Apr 6;559:111-119.  Abstract  
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Influenza A virus (IAV) infection alters lung epithelial cell metabolism in vitro by promoting a glycolytic shift. We hypothesized that this shift benefits the virus rather than the host and that inhibition ...

Qi Y, Guo W, Liu C, Li W, Gu Y, Li S, Chen X. Seroprevalence of influenza A (H9N2) virus infection among humans in China: A meta-analysis. Microb Pathog. 2021 Apr 14:104881.  Abstract  
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Herein, we conducted a meta-analysis aimed at comprehensively assessing avian influenza A (H9N2) virus infection seroprevalence and infection-related risk factors among humans in China. We reviewed published ...

Nenasheva VV, Nikitenko NA, Stepanenko EA, Makarov. Human TRIM14 protects transgenic mice from influenza A viral infection without activation of other innate immunity pathways. Genes Immun. 2021 Apr 16.  Abstract  
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TRIM14 is an important component of innate immunity that defends organism from various viruses. It was shown that TRIM14 restricted influenza A virus (IAV) infection in cell cultures in an interferon-independent ...

Uprety T, Sreenivasan CC, Bhattarai S, Wang D, Kau. Isolation and development of bovine primary respiratory cells as model to study influenza D virus infection. Virology. 2021 Apr 11;559:89-99.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Virology. 2021 Apr 11;559:89-99
Influenza D virus (IDV) is a novel type of influenza virus that infects and causes respiratory illness in bovines. Lack of host-specific in vitro model that can recapitulate morphology and physiology of ...

Wang Y, Zhang X, Bi K, Diao H. Critical role of microRNAs in host and influenza A (H1N1) virus interactions. Life Sci. 2021 Apr 13:119484.  Abstract  
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As a type of non-coding RNA, microRNAs are considered to be a new regulator in viral infections. Influenza A (H1N1) virus infection is a serious threat to human health. There is growing evidence supporting ...