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 ... Washio M, Oura A, Mori M.. Ecological studies on influenza infection and the effect of vaccination: Their advantages and limitations. Vaccine. 2008 Jun 20. Abstract
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Ecological studies lack the ability to control for the effects of confounding factors. The findings of a linear relationship between average exposure and disease frequency in ecological studies do not ... 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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If we predict the host range of new or mutant influenza virus in advance, we are able to measure against pandemic human influenza immediately after the new virus emerges somewhere. Influenza viral hemagglutinin(HA)-sialoside ... Fasina FO, Sirdar MM, Bisschop SP.. The financial cost implications of the highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza H5N1 in Nigeria. Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 2008 Mar;75(1):39-46.. Abstract
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Nigeria and several other nations have recently been affected by outbreaks of the Asian H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza (HPNAI) virus, which affects the poultry sector most ... Laddy DJ, Yan J, Kutzler M, Kobasa D, Kobinger GP,. Heterosubtypic Protection against Pathogenic Human and Avian Influenza Viruses via In Vivo Electroporation of Synthetic Consensus DNA Antigens. PLoS ONE. 2008 Jun 25;3(6):e2517.. Abstract
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BACKGROUND: The persistent evolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) highlights the need for novel vaccination techniques that can quickly and effectively respond to emerging viral threats. ... Levie K, Leroux-Roels I, Hoppenbrouwers K, Kervyn. An Adjuvanted, Low-Dose, Pandemic Influenza A (H5N1) Vaccine Candidate Is Safe, Immunogenic, and Induces Cross-Reactive Immune Responses in Healthy Adults. J Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 24.. Abstract
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Background. @nbsp; To protect a naive global population against pandemic influenza, pandemic vaccines should be effective at low antigen doses, because of limited manufacturing capacity. Methods. @nbsp; ... Ward MP, Maftei D, Apostu C, Suru A. Estimation of the basic reproductive number ( R0) for epidemic, highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 spread. Epidemiol Infect. 2008 Jun 18:1-8. Abstract
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SUMMARYThree different methods were used for estimating the basic reproductive number (R0) from data on 110 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 that occurred in village poultry ... Gall A, Hoffmann B, Harder T, Grund C, Beer M. Universal primer set for amplification and sequencing of HA0 cleavage sites of all influenza A viruses.. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jun 18. Abstract
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Sequence analysis of the endoproteolytic cleavage site within the haemagglutinin precursor protein HA0 is fundamental for studies on the molecular biology of influenza A viruses, in particular molecular ... Peter F. Wright. Vaccine Preparedness — Are We Ready for the Next Influenza Pandemic?. NEJM. Abstract
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The quest for a fully immunogenic vaccine against influenza H5N1 viruses has gone on for more than 10 years, since this family of potentially pandemic viruses emerged as a cause of human disease in Hong ... Wallace D. Bulimo, Jason L. Garner, David C. Schna. Genetic analysis of H3N2 influenza A viruses isolated in 2006–2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. doi:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2008.00044.x. Abstract
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Background Minimal influenza surveillance has been carried out in sub-Saharan Africa to provide information on circulating influenza subtypes for the purpose of vaccine production and monitoring ... James M. Simmerman, Timothy M. Uyeki. The burden of influenza in East and South-East Asia: a review of the English language literature. doi:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2008.00045.x. Abstract
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Abstract While human infections with avian influenza A (H5NI) viruses in Asia have prompted concerns about an influenza pandemic, the burden of human influenza in East and Southeast Asia has received ... WHO. Options for the use of human H5N1 influenza vaccines and the WHO H5N1 vaccine stockpile. WHO. Full Text
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Executive summary 1. Characteristics of candidate human H5N1 influenza vaccines2. Options for using human H5N1 influenza vaccines3. Options ... Jessica A. Belser, etc.,al. Contemporary North American influenza H7 viruses possess human receptor specificity: Implications for virus transmissibility. pnas.0801259105. Abstract
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Avian H7 influenza viruses from both the Eurasian and North American lineage have caused outbreaks in poultry since 2002, with confirmed human infection occurring during outbreaks in The Netherlands, British ... Song L, Nakaar V, Kavita U, Price A, Huleatt J, Ta. Efficacious recombinant influenza vaccines produced by high yield bacterial expression: a solution to global pandemic and seasonal needs. PLoS ONE. 2008 May 21;3(5):e2257. Abstract
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