Zhao ZM, Shortridge KF, Garcia M, Guan Y, Wan XF. Genotypic diversity of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. J Gen Virol. 2008 Sep;89(Pt 9):2182-93. Abstract
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Besides enormous economic losses to the poultry industry, recent H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) originating in eastern Asia have posed serious threats to public health. Up to April ... Kalyan Das, Li-Chung Ma, Rong Xiao,etc.,al. Structural basis for suppression of a host antiviral response by influenza A virus. pnas.0805213105. Abstract
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Influenza A viruses are responsible for seasonal epidemics and high mortality pandemics. A major function of the viral NS1A protein, a virulence factor, is the inhibition of the production of IFN-β mRNA ... Yu H, Gao Z, Feng Z, Shu Y, Xiang N, et al.. Clinical Characteristics of 26 Human Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in China. PLoS ONE 3(8): e2985. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.000. Abstract
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While human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection continue to increase globally, available clinical data on H5N1 cases are limited. We conducted a retrospective ... Newman AP, Reisdorf E, Beinemann J, Uyeki TM, Bali. Human Case of Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Triple Reassortant Virus Infection, Wisconsin. Emerg Infect Dis, 2008 Sep edition. Abstract
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Zoonotic infections with swine influenza A viruses are reported sporadically. Triple reassortant swine influenza viruses have been isolated from pigs in the United States since 1998. We report a human ... Morens DM, Taubenberger JK, Fauci AS.. Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. J Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 18. Abstract
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Background.; Despite the availability of published data on 4 pandemics that have occurred over the past 120 years, there is little modern information on the causes of death associated with influenza pandemics. ... Gillim-Ross L, Santos C, Chen Z, Aspelund A, Yang. Avian Influenza H6 Viruses Productively Infect and Cause Illness in Mice and Ferrets. J Virol. 2008 Aug 20. Abstract
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Influenza pandemic preparedness has focused on influenza H5 and H7 subtype influenza viruses. However, it is not possible to predict with certainty, which subtype of avian influenza (AI) will cause the ... Xu X, Zhu X, Dwek RA, Stevens J, Wilson IA. Structural characterization of the 1918 influenza H1N1 neuraminidase. J Virol. 2008 Aug 20. Abstract
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Influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) plays a crucial role in facilitating the spread of newly synthesized virus in the host and is an important target for controlling disease progression. The NA crystal ... Justin D. Brown, etc.,al. Experimental infections of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses by intranasal inoculation of virus and ingestion of virus-infected chicken meat. Aug Avian Pathol. Abstract
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The present study investigated the susceptibility of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) exposed to two strains of Asian lineage H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus by evenly separating six ... Vong S, Ly S, Mardy S, Holl D, Buchy P. Environmental Contamination during Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Outbreaks, Cambodia, 2006. Emerg Infect Dis,2008 Aug. Abstract
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To determine potential risk for bird-to-human transmission during influenza A virus (H5N1) outbreaks among backyard poultry in rural Cambodia, we collected environmental specimens. Viral RNA was detected ... GUU TS, Dong L, Wittung-Stafshede P, Tao YJ, et al. Mapping the domain structure of the influenza A virus polymerase acidic protein (PA) and its interaction with the basic protein 1 (PB1) subunit.. Virology. 2008 Jul 25. Abstract
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The influenza A virus polymerase consists of three subunits (PA, PB1, and PB2) necessary for viral RNA synthesis. The heterotrimeric polymerase complex forms through PA interacting with PB1 and PB1 interacting ... Kalthoff D, Breithaupt A, Teifke JP, Globig A, Har. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Experimentally Infected Adult Mute Swans. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug. Full Text
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Adult, healthy mute swans were experimentally infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/Cygnus cygnus/Germany/R65/2006 subtype H5N1. Immunologically naive birds died, whereas animals with ... Lee CW, Jung K, Jadhao SJ, Suarez DL. Evaluation of chicken-origin (DF-1) and quail-origin (QT-6) fibroblast cell lines for replication of avian influenza viruses. J Virol Methods. 2008 Jul 15. Abstract
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Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are isolated routinely and propagated in specific pathogen free embryonated chicken eggs (ECE) and mammalian origin Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cell line. Continuous ... Pereda AJ, Uhart M, Perez AA, Zaccagnini ME, La Sa. Avian influenza virus isolated in wild waterfowl in Argentina: Evidence of a potentially unique phylogenetic lineage in South America. Virology. 2008 Jul 14. Abstract
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Avian influenza (AI) viruses have been sporadically isolated in South America. The most recent reports are from an outbreak in commercial poultry in Chile in 2002 and its putative ancestor from a wild ... Jia N, Wang SX, Liu YX, Zhang PH, Zuo SQ, Lin-Zhan. Increased sensitivity for detecting avian influenza-specific antibodies by a modified hemagglutination inhibition assay using horse erythrocytes. J Virol Methods. 2008 Jul 14.. Abstract
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The hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay is a widely used serological method to measure the levels of protective antibody responses against influenza viruses. However, the traditional HI assay which ... Angeline PC. Lim,etc.,al. Epitope characterization of the protective monoclonal antibody VN04-2 shows broadly neutralizing activity against highly pathogenic H5N1. Virology Journal 2008, 5:80. Abstract
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The monoclonal antibody VN04-2 was previously shown to protect mice against lethal A/Vietnam/1203/04 H5N1 virus challenge when administered pre- and post-infection. In this study, we characterized the ... Kenji Tsukamoto, Hisayoshi Ashizawa, Koji Nakanish. Subtyping of H1 to H15 Hemagglutinin Genes of Avian Influenza Virus by RT-PCR Assay and Molecular Determination of the Pathogenic Potential. J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.02386-07. Abstract
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Serious concern about the worldwide transmission of the Asian H5N1 highly pathogenic (HP) avian influenza (AI) virus by migratory birds surrounds the importance of the AI global surveillance in wild aquatic ... S. Ayyalasomayajula,etc.,al. A Network Model of H5N1 Avian Influenza Transmission Dynamics in Domestic Cats. Zoonoses and Public Health. Abstract
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Naturally occurring cases of influenza in cats owing to the H5N1 strain have been reported in several countries. A cat reservoir of H5N1 in the United States could provide an environment for zoonotic disease ... Lipatov AS, Kwon YK, Sarmento LV, Lager KM, Spackm. Domestic Pigs Have Low Susceptibility to H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses. PLoS Pathog 4(7): e1000102. doi:10.1371/journal.pp. Abstract
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Genetic reassortment of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAI) with currently circulating human influenza A strains is one possibility that could lead to efficient human-to-human transmissibility. ... Lee SM, Cheung CY, Nicholls JM, Hui KP, Leung CY,. Hyperinduction of Cyclooxygenase-2-Mediated Proinflammatory Cascade: A Mechanism for the Pathogenesis of Avian Influenza H5N1 Infection. J Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 9. Abstract
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The mechanism for the pathogenesis of H5N1 infection in humans remains unclear. This study reveals that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) was strongly induced in H5N1-infected macrophages in vitro and in epithelial ... Hong Zhang. Concerns of using sialidase fusion protein as an experimental drug to combat seasonal and pandemic influenza. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2008 62(2):2. Abstract
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