DAY EB, Zeng W, Doherty PC, Jackson DC, et al. The Context of Epitope Presentation Can Influence Functional Quality of Recalled Influenza A Virus-Specific Memory CD8+ T Cells. J Immunol. 2007 Aug 15;179(4):2187-94. Abstract
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Lipopeptide constructs offer a novel strategy for eliciting effective cellular and humoral immunity by directly targeting the vaccine Ag to dendritic cells. Importantly, it is not known how closely immunity ... MOCHALOVA L, Kurova V, Shtyrya Y, Korchagina E, et. Oligosaccharide specificity of influenza H1N1 virus neuraminidases. Arch Virol. 2007 Aug 6. Abstract
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A fluorescent neuraminidase (NA) assay has been developed; 20 samples in five replicates could be analyzed at the same time, allowing us to study the kinetics of the enzyme-substrate interaction. The specificities ... Markel HM, Lipman HB, Navarro JA, et al.. Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented by US Cities During the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic. JAMA. 2007;298:597. Abstract
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Context A critical question in pandemic influenza planning is the role nonpharmaceutical interventions might play in delaying the temporal effects of a pandemic, reducing the overall and peak attack ... PANTIN-JACKWOOD MJ, Suarez DL, Spackman E, Swayne. Age at infection affects the pathogenicity of Asian highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses in ducks. Virus Res. 2007 Jul 19. Abstract
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The Asian highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses have changed from producing no disease or mild respiratory infections in ducks to some strains causing systemic disease and death. Differences ... OWEN RE, Yamada E, Thompson CI, Phillipson LJ, et. Alterations in receptor binding properties of recent human influenza H3N2 viruses are associated with reduced natural killer cell lysis of infected cells. J Virol. 2007 Aug 1. Abstract
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Natural killer cell (NK) recognition of influenza virus infected cells involves HA binding to sialic acid (SA) on activating NK receptors. SA also acts as a receptor for the binding of influenza virus ... SHI Wei-feng; YANG Na-na; CHEN Dong; JIN Xu;. An X Genotype H5N1 Virus was Identified in Shandong in 2004. Life Science Research. Full Text
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A / Duck / Shandong / 093 / 2004 was reported to be a reassorted H5N1 avian influenza virus.A phylogenetic study of it was conducted to identify its genotype.A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of eight separate ... Leekah S, Zitterkopf NL, Espy MR, et al.. Duration of Influenza A Virus Shedding in Hospitalized Patients and Implications for Infection Control. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007 Sep;28(9). Abstract
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OBJECTIVE. To assess the duration of shedding of influenza A virus detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cell culture among patients hospitalized with influenza A ... SHARPE M, Lynch D, Topham S, Major D, et al.. Protection of mice from H5N1 influenza challenge by prophylactic DNA vaccination using particle mediated epidermal delivery. Vaccine. 2007 Aug 21;25(34):6392-8. Abstract
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Mice were vaccinated with a DNA plasmid encoding the haemagglutinin (HA) antigen of H5N1 influenza A/Vietnam/1194/2004 by particle mediated epidermal delivery (PMEDtrade mark). Vaccination led to potent ... XU KM, Smith GJ, Bahl J, Duan L, et al. The genesis and evolution of H9N2 influenza viruses in poultry from southern China, 2000 to 2005. J Virol. 2007 Jul 25. Abstract
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H9N2 influenza viruses have become established in terrestrial poultry in recent two decades in different Asian countries. Our previous study demonstrated that quail harbor increasing diversity of novel ... Weber TP, Stilianakis NI. Ecologic Immunology of Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Migratory Birds. Emerg Infect Dis 2007 Aug. Abstract
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AbstractThe claim that migratory birds are responsible for the long-distance spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of subtype H5N1 rests on the assumption that infected wild birds can remain ... D. J. Hulse-Post, J. Franks, K. Boyd, R. Salomon,. Molecular Changes in the Polymerase Genes (PA and PB1) Associated with High Pathogenicity of H5N1 Influenza Virus in Mallard Ducks. J. Virol. 2007 81: 8515-8524. Abstract
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The highly pathogenic (HP) influenza viruses H5 and H7 are usually nonpathogenic in mallard ducks. However, the currently circulating HP H5N1 viruses acquired a different phenotype and are able to cause ... David J. Vigerust, Kimberly B. Ulett, Kelli L. Boy. N-Linked Glycosylation Attenuates H3N2 Influenza Viruses. J. Virol. 2007 81: 8593-8600. Abstract
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Over the last four decades, H3N2 subtype influenza A viruses have gradually acquired additional potential sites for glycosylation within the globular head of the hemagglutinin (HA) protein. Here, we have ... Lee MS, Chang PC, Shien JH, Cheng MC, Chen CL, Shi. Genetic and pathogenic characterization of H6N1 avian influenza viruses isolated in Taiwan between 1972 and 2005. Avian Dis. 2006 Dec;50(4):561-71. Abstract
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This article reports the genetic and pathogenic characteristics of 34 isolates of H6N1 avian influenza viruses isolated in Taiwan between 1972 and 2005. Genetic analyses showed that a unique lineage of ... Hsu CN, Wang CH.. Sequence comparison between two quasi strains of H6N1 with different pathogenicity from a single parental isolate. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2006 Aug;39(4):292-6. Abstract
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Relationships between gene change and virulence for hemagglutinin (HA) subtypes of avian influenza virus remain inconclusive. In this study, sequences of these nearly identical ... Cheung CL, Vijaykrishna D, Smith GJ, Fan XH, Zhang. Establishment of influenza A virus (H6N1) in minor poultry in southern China. J Virol. 2007 Jul 25. Abstract
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An H6N1 virus, A/teal/Hong Kong/W312/97 (W312), was isolated during the 'bird flu' incident of Hong Kong in 1997. Genetic analysis suggested that this virus might be the progenitor of the A/Hong Kong/156/97 ... Finkelstein DB, Mukatira S, Mehta PK, Obenauer JC,. Persistent Host Markers in Pandemic and H5N1 Influenza Viruses. J Virol. 2007 Jul 25. Abstract
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Avian influenza viruses have adapted to human hosts causing pandemics in humans. The key host-specific amino acid mutations required for an avian influenza virus to function in humans are unknown. Through ... Tumpey TM, Szretter KJ, Van Hoeven N, Katz JM, Koc. The Mx1 gene protects mice against pandemic 1918 and highly lethal human H5N1 influenza viruses. J Virol. 2007 Jul 25. Abstract
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Mice carrying a wild-type Mx1 gene (Mx1(+/+)) differ from standard laboratory mice (Mx1(-/-)) in being highly resistant to infection with common laboratory strains of influenza A virus. We report that ... Salomon R, Hoffmann E, Webster RG. Inhibition of the cytokine response does not protect against lethal H5N1 influenza infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jul 24;104(30):1247. Abstract
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Because proinflammatory cytokines are markedly elevated during H5N1 influenza virus infection, the "cytokine storm" is hypothesized to be the main cause of mortality. Here, we demonstrate that mice deficient ... Horimoto T, Murakami S, Muramoto Y, Yamada S, Fuji. Enhanced growth of seed viruses for H5N1 influenza vaccines. Virology. 2007 Jul 23. Abstract
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Seed viruses used to produce inactivated H5N1 influenza vaccines are recombinant viruses with modified avirulent-type hemagglutinin (HA) and intact neuraminidase (NA) genes, both derived from an H5N1 isolate, ... Lu J, Li Z, Cao YX, Wang Q, Wang XP, Huang JJ, Wan. Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of lethal avian influenza virus infection. Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi.. Abstract
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BACKGROUND: To establish a convenient method for diagnosis of lethal avian influenza virus infection. METHODS: Ninety-six-well microtiter plates were coated with 100 ul of H5N1 protein (0.1 g/ml) diluted ... 5581 items, 20/Page, Page[251/280][|<<] [|<] [251] [252] [253] [254] [255] [256] [257] [258] [259] [260] [>|] [>>|] |
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