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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Sialidase fusion protein is reported to have great potential to combat seasonal and pandemic influenza, because it may prevent influenza virus infection by removing all sialic acid receptors from host ... Suwannakarn K, Payungporn S, Chieochansin T, Samra. Typing (A/B) and subtyping (H1/H3/H5) of influenza A viruses by multiplex real-time RT-PCR assays. J Virol Methods. 2008 Jun 30. Abstract
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In this study, a specific and sensitive one-step multiplex real-time RT-PCR was developed in two assays by using primers and a number of specific locked nucleic acid (LNA)-mediated TaqMan probes which ... Wang R, Song A, Levin J, Dennis D, Zhang NJ, Yoshi. Therapeutic potential of a fully human monoclonal antibody against influenza A virus M2 protein.. Antiviral Res. 2008 Jun 30. Abstract
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Influenza is one of the most prevalent viral diseases in humans. For some high-risk human populations, including the infant, the elderly, and the immunocompromised, who may not benefit from active immunization, ... Nolan TM, Richmond PC, Skeljo MV, Pearce G, Hartel. Phase I and II randomised trials of the safety and immunogenicity of a prototype adjuvanted inactivated split-virus influenza A (H5N1) vaccine in healthy adults. Vaccine. 2008 Jun 13.. Abstract
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OBJECTIVE: The primary objective was to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a prototype inactivated, split-virus H5N1 (avian influenza A) vaccine. A secondary objective was to assess the cross-reactivity ... Leuwerke B, Kitikoon P, Evans R, Thacker E. Comparison of three serological assays to determine the cross-reactivity of antibodies from eight genetically diverse U.S. Swine influenza viruses. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2008 Jul;20(4):426-32.. Abstract
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Swine influenza virus is an economically important pathogen to the U.S. swine industry. New influenza subtypes and isolates within subtypes with different genetic and antigenic makeup have recently emerged ... Smee DF, Bailey KW, Wong MH, O´Keefe BR, Gus. Treatment of influenza A (H1N1) virus infections in mice and ferrets with cyanovirin-N. Antiviral Res. 2008 Jul 1. Abstract
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Cyanovirin-N (CV-N), a protein derived from Nostoc ellipsosporum, neutralizes influenza virus infectivity by binding to specific high-mannose oligosaccharides (oligomannose-8 and -9) at glycosylation sites ... Ogata T, Yamazaki Y, Okabe N, Nakamura Y, Tashiro. Human H5N2 Avian Influenza Infection in Japan and the FactorsAssociated with High H5N2-Neutralizing Antibody Titer. J Epidemiol. 2008 Jul 7. Abstract
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Background: H5N2 avian influenza virus infection of humans has not been reported thus far. The first H5N2 avian influenza infection of poultry in Japan occurred in Ibaraki. Methods: The subjects were workers ... Alleva LM, Budd AC, Clark IA. Systemic Release of High Mobility Group Box 1 Protein during Severe Murine Influenza. J Immunol. 2008 Jul 15;181(2):1454-9. Abstract
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Hypercytokinemia is gaining recognition as the mechanism of fatality from influenza. No work to date has addressed the role of high mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) in influenza, the parallel being ... Yano H, Okitsu N, Hori T, Watanabe O, Kisu T, Hata. Detection of respiratory viruses in nasopharyngeal secretions and middle ear fluid from children with acute otitis media. ta Otolaryngol. 2008 Jun 13:1-6. Abstract
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Conclusions. Our results suggest that various respiratory viruses contribute to the pathogenesis of acute otitis media (AOM). Objective. AOM is one of the most common complications of viral upper respiratory ... William D. Rawlinson,etc.,al. Proficiency of Nucleic Acid Tests for Avian Influenza Viruses, Australasia. EID Volume 14, Number 7. Abstract
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An avian influenza quality assurance program was used to provide information for laboratories on the sensitivity and specificity of their avian influenza nucleic acid testing. Most laboratories were able ... Martin Beer,etc.,al. Experimental Infection of Cattle with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1). EID Volume 14, Number 7. Abstract
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Four calves were experimentally inoculated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/cat/Germany/R606/2006 (H5N1) isolated from a cat in 2006. All calves remained healthy, but several animals shed ... Carol Cardona, etc.,al. Risk for Avian Influenza Virus Exposure at Human–Wildlife Interface. EID Volume 14, Number 7. Abstract
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To assess risk for human exposure to avian influenza viruses (AIV), we sampled California wild birds and marine mammals during October 2005–August 2007and estimated human–wildlife contact. Waterfowl hunters ... Naksupan N, Sanguansermsri D, Wongvilairat R, Nium. Whole genome sequences of H5N1 influenza a virus isolated from a little grebe in Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2008 May. Abstract
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This is the first report of the whole genome sequence of influenza A virus in an aquatic resident bird of Thailand. It was categorized into genotype Z according to its characteristics of a 20 amino acid ... Tosh C, Nagarajan S, Behera P, Rajukumar K, Purohi. Genetic analysis of H9N2 avian influenza viruses isolated from India. Arch Virol. 2008 Jun 22.. Abstract
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H9N2 avian influenza viruses are endemic in domestic poultry in Asia and are grouped into three major sublineages represented by their prototype strains A/Duck/Hong Kong/Y280/97 (Y280-like), A/Quail/Hong ... Kayali G, Setterquist SF, Capuano AW, Myers KP, Gi. Testing human sera for antibodies against avian influenza viruses: Horse RBC hemagglutination inhibition vs. microneutralization assays. J Clin Virol. 2008 Jun 18. Abstract
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BACKGROUND: The hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay is a frequently used method to screen human sera for antibodies against influenza A viruses. Because HI has relatively poor sensitivity in detecting ... Chen HT, Zhang J, Sun DH, Ma LN, Liu XT, Cai XP, L. Development of reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification for rapid detection of H9 avian influenza virus. J Virol Methods. 2008 Jun 20. Abstract
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Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) is a unique gene amplification method that can be completed within 45min at 63 degrees C. In this study, RT-LAMP was used to develop ... Wu R, Sui ZW, Zhang HB, Chen QJ, Liang WW, Yang KL. Characterization of a pathogenic H9N2 influenza A virus isolated from central China in 2007. Arch Virol. 2008 Jun 24.. Abstract
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The entire genome of the A/Chicken/Hubei/C1/2007 (H9N2) virus, isolated from central China in 2007, was completely sequenced and phylogenetically analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that A/Chicken/Hubei/C1/2007 ... Lee CS, Kang BK, Kim HK, Park SJ, Park BK, Jung K,. Phylogenetic analysis of swine influenza viruses recently isolated in Korea. Virus Genes. 2008 Jun 24.. Abstract
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Several influenza A viral subtypes were isolated from pigs during a severe outbreak of respiratory disease in Korea during 2005 and 2006. They included a classical swine H1N1 subtype, two swine-human-avian ... Sawada T, Hashimoto T, Tokiwa H, Suzuki T, Nakano. Ab initio fragment molecular orbital studies of influenza virus hemagglutinin-sialosaccharide complexes toward chemical clarification about the virus host range determination. Glycoconj J. 2008 Jun 24.. Abstract
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