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 ... WHO. Epidemic-prone & pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases. WHO. Abstract
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Summary GuidanceWHO/CDS/EPR/2007.8:: English (Full text) [pdf 2.79Mb] :: French [pdf 2.83Mb] The advice in this Summary guidance is drawn from Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone ... 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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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 ... 8128 items, 20/Page, Page[329/407][|<<] [|<] [321] [322] [323] [324] [325] [326] [327] [328] [329] [330] [>|] [>>|] |
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