Heiny AT, Miotto O, Srinivasan KN, Khan AM, Zhang. Evolutionarily conserved protein sequences of influenza a viruses, avian and human, as vaccine targets. PLoS ONE. 2007 Nov 21;2(11):e1190.. Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Influenza A viruses generate an extreme genetic diversity through point mutation and gene segment exchange, resulting in many new strains that emerge from the animal reservoirs, among which ... Swayne DE. Principles for vaccine protection in chickens and domestic waterfowl against avian influenza: emphasis on Asian H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct;1081:174-81. Abstract
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The H5N1 highly pathogenic (HP) avian influenza (AI) epizootic began with reports of mortality from China in 1996 and, by June 2005, caused outbreaks of disease in nine additional Asian countries, affecting ... Ma W, Vincent AL, Gramer MR, et al.. Identification of H2N3 influenza A viruses from swine in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2007 Dec 26;104(52):20949-54. Full Text
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Although viruses of each of the 16 influenza A HA subtypes are potential human pathogens, only viruses of the H1, H2, and H3 subtype are known to have been successfully established in humans. H2 influenza ... Morrison D, Roy S, Rayner C, Amer A, Howard D, Smi. A randomized, crossover study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of amantadine and oseltamivir administered alone and in combination. PLoS ONE. 2007 Dec 12;2(12):e1305. Full Text
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The threat of potential pandemic influenza requires a reevaluation of licensed therapies for the prophylaxis or treatment of avian H5N1 infection that may adapt to man. Among the therapies considered for ... Finkelman BS, Viboud C, Koelle K, Ferrari MJ, Bhar. Global Patterns in Seasonal Activity of Influenza A/H3N2, A/H1N1, and B from 1997 to 2005: Viral Coexistence and Latitudinal Gradients. PLoS ONE. 2007 Dec 12;2(12):e1296. Full Text
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Despite a mass of research on the epidemiology of seasonal influenza, overall patterns of infection have not been fully described on broad geographic scales and for specific types and subtypes of the influenza ... Wu C, Cheng X, He J, Lv X, Wang J, Deng R, Long Q,. A multiplex real-time RT-PCR for detection and identification of influenza virus types A and B and subtypes H5 and N1. J Virol Methods. 2007 Dec 8. Abstract
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A multiplex real-time RT-PCR method for the simultaneous detection of influenza virus types A and B and identification of subtypes H5 and N1 in a single tube is described. The method was developed with ... Watanabe C, Kawashima H, Takekuma K, Hoshika A, Wa. Increased Nitric Oxide Production and GFAP Expression in the Brains of Influenza A/NWS Virus Infected Mice. Neurochem Res. 2007 Dec 14. Abstract
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The cause of influenza to the brain was investigated using the A/NWS/33 influenza virus infected BALB/c mouse model. NOS-2 mRNA levels in the infected mouse brain was greater than in control mice in all ... Chen Z, Aspelund A, Jin H.. Stabilizing the glycosylation pattern of influenza B hemagglutinin following adaptation to growth in eggs.. Vaccine. 2007 Nov 26. Abstract
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The currently circulating influenza B viruses from both antigenic lineages contain an N-linked glycosylation site in the hemagglutinin (HA) protein at positions of 196 or 197. However, egg adaptation caused ... Nencioni L, Sgarbanti R, De Chiara G, Garaci E, Pa. Influenza virus and redox mediated cell signaling: a complex network of virus/host interaction. New Microbiol. 2007 Oct;30(4):367-75. Abstract
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Several viruses, including influenza, induce an imbalance of intracellular redox state toward pro-oxidant conditions. Through different mechanisms these alterations contribute both to influenza virus replication ... Lan T, Wang NC, Chang YH, Peng GX, Na DY, Zhang CY. Surveillance program set for influenza A virus (H1N1) in children in Taiyuan, China, 2005-2006. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Aug;28(8):. Abstract
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To study the epidemic situation and dominant strain of influenza in children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) during Flu season from Oct. 2005 to Mar. 2006 in Taiyuan. METHODS: Madin-darby canine ... Cruz AT, Cazacu AC, Greer JM, Demmler GJ.. Rapid assays for the diagnosis of influenza A and B viruses in patients evaluated at a large tertiary care children´s hospital during two consecutive winter seasons. J Clin Virol. 2007 Dec 14. Abstract
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BACKGROUND: The rapid and accurate diagnosis of influenza facilitates antiviral therapy, judicious antibiotic usage, and cohorting patients to decrease nosocomial infection. OBJECTIVE: To determine the ... Rimmelzwaan GF, Fouchier RA, Osterhaus AD.. Influenza virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes: a correlate of protection and a basis for vaccine development. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2007 Dec 14. Abstract
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Since influenza A viruses of the H5N1 subtype continue to circulate in wild and domestic birds and cause an ever increasing number of human cases, it is feared that H5N1 viruses may cause the next influenza ... Wai Lan Wu, Yixin Chen, Pui Wang, Wenjun Song, Siu. Antigenic profile of avian H5N1 viruses in Asia from 2002-2007. J. Virol. doi:10.1128/JVI.02256-07. Abstract
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Antigenic profiles of post-2002 H5N1 viruses representing major genetic clades and various geographic sources were investigated using a panel of 17 monoclonal antibodies raised from five H5N1 strains. ... Pillai SP, Suarez DL, Pantin-Jackwood M, Lee CW. Pathogenicity and transmission studies of H5N2 parrot avian influenza virus of Mexican lineage in different poultry species. Vet Microbiol. 2007 Nov 12. Abstract
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In 2004, a low pathogenic H5N2 influenza virus (A/parrot/CA/6032/04) was identified in a psittacine bird for the first time in the United States. Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the hemagglutinin ... Ho JW, Hershkovitz O, Peiris M, Zilka A, Bar-Ilan. H5-type Influenza Hemagglutinin is Functionally Recognized by the Natural Killer Activating Receptor, NKp44. J Virol. 2007 Dec 12. Abstract
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Antiviral immune defenses involve natural killer (NK) cells. We previously showed that the NK activating receptor NKp44 is involved in the functional recognition of H1-type influenza strains by NK. We ... Wu C, Cheng X, He J, Lv X, Wang J, Deng R, Long Q,. A multiplex real-time RT-PCR for detection and identification of influenza virus types A and B and subtypes H5 and N1. J Virol Methods. 2007 Dec 8. Abstract
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A multiplex real-time RT-PCR method for the simultaneous detection of influenza virus types A and B and identification of subtypes H5 and N1 in a single tube is described. The method was developed with ... Jiang Lufang. Prevalence and Antigenic Variation of Influenza A Viruses in Shanghai. Fudan University. Abstract
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Influenza viruses have threatened the human health for a long time as an important pathogen, and at the present time, epidemic surveillance and protection of high-risk population are the major measures ... Haas WH, Swaan CM, Meijer A, Neve G, Buchholz U, B. A Dutch case of atypical pneumonia after culling of H5N1-positive ducks in Bavaria was found infected with Chlamydophila psittaci. Euro Surveill. 2007 Nov 29;12(11):E071129.3. Full Text
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In late August 2007, an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (HPAIV) of subtype H5N1 was reported in a large duck farm in Wachenroth, in the county Erlangen-H?chstadt, state of Bavaria, ... Jo SK, Kim HS, Cho SW, Seo SH. Genetic and antigenic characterization of swine H1N2 influenza viruses isolated from Korean pigs. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2007 May;17(5):868-72.. Abstract
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H1N2 influenza viruses are circulating in pigs worldwide and cause considerable economic losses to the pig industry. We genetically analyzed the genes of our isolates from Korean pigs, and compared the ... Flint PL.. Applying the scientific method when assessing the influence of migratory birds on the dispersal of H5N1. Virol J. 2007 Dec 4;4(1):132. Abstract
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