CSR. WHO: Recommendations and laboratory procedures for detection of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in specimens from suspected human cases. WHO. Abstract
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Contents1- General information and intended use of this document2- Specimen collection and handling3- Laboratory requirements4- Confirmation of ... CSR. WHO criteria for accepting positive PCR test results of H5 infection in humans from national reference laboratories. WHO. Full Text
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Laboratory testing is the only way to confirm that infection with H5 influenza viruses has occurred and is critical for both national H5N1 surveillance activities as well as optimal clinical care in this ... E.H.Y. Lau et al.. Effect of Interventions on Influenza A (H9N2) Isolation in Hong Kong’s Live Poultry Markets, 1999–2005. EID. Full Text
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Live poultry markets (LPMs) are a recognized source of influenza viruses. Since 2001 and 2003,respectively, a first and second monthly “rest-day” has been implemented in Hong Kong’s LPMs, whenstalls are ... Y. Yang et al.. Detecting Human-to-Human Transmission of Influenza A (H5N1). EID. Full Text
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (HPAI) subtype H5N1 has caused family case clusters, mostly inSoutheast Asia, that could be due to human-to-human transmission. Should this virus, or anotherzoonotic ... R.F. Breiman et al.. Preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Pandemic in Africa. EID. Full Text
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Global concerns about an impending influenza pandemic escalated when highly pathogenicinfluenza A subtype H5N1 appeared in Nigeria in January 2006. The potential devastation fromemergence of a pandemic ... J.L. McKimm-Breschkin et al.. Reduced Sensitivity of Influenza A (H5N1) to Oseltamivir. EID. Full Text
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We tested the neuraminidase drug sensitivity of clade 1 and clade 2 influenza A virus (H5N1). All virusesdemonstrated similar sensitivity to zanamivir, but compared to the 2004 clade 1 viruses, the Cambodian2005 ... PIEDRA PA, Gaglani MJ, Kozinetz CA, Herschler GB,. Trivalent Live Attenuated Intranasal Influenza Vaccine Administered During the 2003 2004 Influenza Type A (H3N2) Outbreak Provided Immediate, Direct, and Indirect Protection in Children. Pediatrics. 2007 Aug 13. Abstract
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OBJECTIVE. Live attenuated influenza vaccine may protect against wild-type influenza illness shortly after vaccine administration by innate immunity. The 2003-2004 influenza A (H3N2) outbreak arrived early, ... BELSHE RB, Newman FK, Wilkins K, Graham IL, et al. Comparative immunogenicity of trivalent influenza vaccine administered by intradermal or intramuscular route in healthy adults. Vaccine. 2007 Jul 26. Abstract
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The present study was undertaken with controls using equal doses ID and IM plus the standard full dose IM to assess the role of route of vaccine in immunogenicity of inactivated influenza vaccine. The ... ZUCCOTTI G, Amendola A, Vigano A, Pariani E, et al. Long-term immunogenicity of a virosomal subunit inactivated influenza vaccine in children with asthma. Vaccine. 2007 Jul 27. Abstract
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To evaluate long-term immunogenicity of a virosomal subunit inactivated influenza vaccine in children with asthma, a prospective study was conducted during 2005-2006 influenza season in six public pediatric ... Crescenzo-Chaigne B, van der Werf S. Rescue of influenza C virus from recombinant DNA. J Virol. 2007 Aug 8;. Abstract
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The rescue of influenza viruses by reverse genetics has been described only for the influenza A and B viruses. Based on a similar approach we developped a reverse genetics system that allows the production ... BELSER JA, Lu X, Maines TR, Smith C, et al. Pathogenesis of Avian Influenza (H7) virus infection in mice and ferrets: Enhanced virulence of Eurasian H7N7 viruses isolated from humans. J Virol. 2007 Aug 8. Abstract
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Before 2003, only occasional case reports of human H7 influenza virus infections occurred as a result of direct animal-to-human transmission or laboratory accidents; most of these infections resulted in ... 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 ... 7775 items, 20/Page, Page[326/389][|<<] [|<] [321] [322] [323] [324] [325] [326] [327] [328] [329] [330] [>|] [>>|] |
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