LORUSSO A, Ciacci-Zanella JR, Zanella EL, Pena L,. Polymorphisms in the hemagglutinin gene influenced the viral shedding of pandemic 2009 influenza virus in swine. J Gen Virol. 2014 Aug 15. Abstract
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Interactions between the viral surface glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA) and the corresponding receptors on host cells is one important aspect of influenza virus infection. Mutations in the HA have been ... K Wei, etc.,al. Influenza A virus Acquires Enhanced Pathogenicity and Transmissibility After Serial Passages in Swine. 6 August 2014, doi: 10.1128/JVI.01679-14. Abstract
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Genetic and phylogenetic analyses suggest that the pandemic H1N1/2009 virus was derived from well-established swine influenza lineages; however, there is no convincing evidence that the pandemic virus ... Terho Heikkinen, Niina Ikonen, and Thedi Ziegler. Impact of Influenza B Lineage-level Mismatch between Trivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccines and Circulating Viruses, 1999-2012. Clin Infect Dis. (2014). Abstract
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Background.?Influenza B virus strains in trivalent influenza vaccines are frequently mismatched to the circulating B strains, but the population-level impact of such mismatches is unknown.
We assessed ... He Y, Liu P, Tang S, Chen Y, Pei E, Zhao B, et al. Live Poultry Market Closure and Control of Avian Influenza A(H7N9), Shanghai, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep. Abstract
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China reported its first human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in late March 2013 . In the following weeks, 131 human infections were confirmed; 33 occurred in Shanghai. Because infection ... Ku KB, Park EH, Yum J, Kim JA, Oh SK, Seo SH. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Virus from Waterfowl, South Korea, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep. Abstract
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To date, 18 hemagglutinin (HA) subtypes and 11 neuraminidase (NA) subtypes have been identified in influenza A viruses. Influenza A viruses containing HA subtypes 1–16 circulate in aquatic birds (1,2), ... Lu J, Wu J, Guan D, Yi L, Zeng X, Zou L, et al. Genetic Changes of Reemerged Influenza A(H7N9) Viruses, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep. Abstract
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From March 30, 2013, through April 8, 2014, a total of 401 human infections with novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus were reported in China . In the initial wave from February through May 2013, cases ... Yang J, Zhang T, Guo L, Hu Y, Li J, Su H, et al. Mutations of Novel Influenza A(H10N8) Virus in Chicken Eggs and MDCK Cells. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep. Abstract
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The recent emergence of human infection with influenza A(H10N8) virus is an urgent public health concern. Genomic analysis showed that the virus was conserved in chicken eggs but presented substantial ... Bowman AS, Nelson SW, Page SL, Nolting JM, Killian. Swine-to-Human Transmission of Influenza A(H3N2) Virus at Agricultural Fairs, Ohio, USA, 2012. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep. Abstract
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Agricultural fairs provide an opportunity for bidirectional transmission of influenza A viruses. We sought to determine influenza A virus activity among swine at fairs in the United States. As part of ... Chen Z, Liu H, Lu J, Luo L, Li K, Liu Y, et al. Asymptomatic, Mild, and Severe Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infection in Humans, Guangzhou, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep. Abstract
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Targeted surveillance for influenza A(H7N9) identified 21 cases of infection with this virus in Guangzhou, China, during April 1, 2013–March 7, 2014. The spectrum of illness ranged from severe pneumonia ... Goka EA, Vallely PJ, Mutton KJ, Klapper PE.. Mutations associated with severity of the pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence. Arch Virol. 2014 Jul 31.. Abstract
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Mutations in the haemagglutinin (HA), non-structural protein 1 (NS1) and polymerase basic protein 2 (PB2) of influenza viruses have been associated with virulence. This study investigated the association ... Gonzalez G, etc.,al. Infection and pathogenesis of canine, equine and human influenza viruses in canine tracheas. Journal of Virology. Abstract
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Influenza A viruses (IAVs) can jump species barriers and occasionally cause epidemics, epizootics, pandemics and panzootics. Characterizing the infection dynamics at the target tissues of natural hosts ... Han JK, etc.,al. Persistent detection of avian influenza A/H7N9 virus among poultry in Huzhou City, China, in the summer of 2013. Int J Infect Dis, July 2014. Abstract
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In eastern China, live poultry markets were successively re-opened in the summer of 2013 following their closure in April 2013. We detected influenza A/H7N9 RNA with positive rates from 4% to 22.2% among ... CHAMBERS BS, Li Y, Hodinka RL, Hensley SE, et al. Recent H3N2 influenza virus clinical isolates rapidly acquire hemagglutinin or neuraminidase mutations when propagated for antigenic analyses. J Virol. 2014 Jul 2. pii: JVI.01077-14.. Abstract
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Prior to serological testing, influenza viruses are typically propagated in eggs or cell culture. Recent human H3N2 strains bind to cells with low avidity. Here, we isolated 9 primary H3N2 viral isolates ... MORRISON J, Josset L, Tchitchek N, Chang J, et al. H7N9 and other pathogenic avian influenza viruses elicit a three-pronged transcriptomic signature that is reminiscent of 1918 influenza and associated with lethal outcome in mice. J Virol. 2014 Jul 2. pii: JVI.00570-14. Abstract
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Modulating the host response is a promising approach to treating influenza, a virus whose pathogenesis is determined in part by the reaction it elicits within the host. Though the pathogenicity of emerging ... HUANG SS, Banner D, Paquette SG, Leon AJ, et al. Pathogenic Influenza B Virus in the Ferret Model Establishes Lower Respiratory Tract Infection. J Gen Virol. 2014 Jul 2. pii: vir.0.064352-0. Abstract
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Influenza B viruses have become increasingly more prominent during influenza seasons. Influenza B species is typically considered a mild disease that receives less attention than influenza A species, but ... GARCIA-BARRENO B, Delgado T, Benito S, Casas I, et. Exploring the antigenic relatedness of influenza virus hemagglutinins with strain-specific polyclonal antibodies. J Gen Virol. 2014 Jul 7. pii: vir.0.067413-0. Abstract
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Alternative methods to the standard hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and neutralization tests to probe the antigenic properties of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) were developed in this study. Vaccinia ... KANDEIL A, El-Shesheny R, Maatouq AM, Moatasim Y,. Genetic and antigenic evolution of H9N2 avian influenza viruses circulating in Egypt between 2011 and 2013. Arch Virol. 2014 Jul 3.. Abstract
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Avian influenza virus subtype H9N2 has been circulating in the Middle East since the 1990s. For uncertain reasons, H9N2 was not detected in Egyptian farms until the end of 2010. Circulation of H9N2 viruses ... PRABAKARAN M, Rajesh Kumar S, Ashok Raj KV, Wu X,. Cross-protective efficacy of baculovirus displayed hemagglutinin against highly pathogenic influenza H7 subtypes. Antiviral Res. 2014 Jul 2. pii: S0166-3542. Abstract
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The outbreak of human infections with avian-origin H7N9 influenza has raised global concerns about a potential human pandemic. Therefore, the generation of simple and reliable newer vaccines is high priority ... Donis RO; The Influenza Cell Culture Working Group. Performance characteristics of qualified cell lines for isolation and propagation of influenza viruses for vaccine manufacturing.. Vaccine. 2014 Jun 24. pii: S0264-410X(14)00846-9.. Abstract
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Cell culture is now available as a method for the production of influenza vaccines in addition to eggs. In accordance with currently accepted practice, viruses recommended as candidates for vaccine manufacture ... AXELSEN JB, Yaari R, Grenfell BT, Stone L, et al. Multiannual forecasting of seasonal influenza dynamics reveals climatic and evolutionary drivers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111:9538-42. Abstract
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