WHO launches new global influenza strategy    
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WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread ...

USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update November 18, 2024    
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November 18, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or "H5N1 bird flu," in dairy cows, poultry and other animals ...

US: Avian influenza confirmed in backyard flock of birds in Hawaii    
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HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) today received confirmation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) that highly pathogenic avian ...

GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu Circulating in Dairy Cows and Poultry in the United States    
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The 2.3.4.4b clade of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causing outbreaks in wild and domestic birds around the world, continues to spread in dairy farms across the United States since ...

China: Samples from Mai Po Nature Reserve test positive for H5N1 virus in Hong Kong S.A.R    
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Subsequent to the announcement last week that a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1 subtype) was detected in an environmental sample from the Mai Po Nature Reserve (MPNR), the Agriculture, Fisheries ...

Sun J, Zheng T, Jia M, Wang Y, Yang J, Liu Y, Yang. Dual receptor-binding, infectivity, and transmissibility of an emerging H2N2 low pathogenicity avian influenza virus. Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 19;15(1):10012.  Abstract  
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The 1957 H2N2 influenza pandemic virus [A(H2N2)pdm1957] has disappeared from humans since 1968, while H2N2 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are still circulating in birds. It is necessary to reveal the recurrence ...

Reid SM, Coward VJ, James J, Hansen RDE, Birch C,. Validation of a reduction in time for avian influenza virus isolation using specific pathogen-free embryonated chicken eggs. Vet Rec. 2024 Nov 19:e4842.  Abstract  
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Background: The international gold standard for avian influenza virus (AIV) diagnosis is virus isolation (VI) in specific pathogen-free embryonated chicken eggs (ECEs). AIV isolation typically involves ...

Vu TH, Kim C, Truong AD, Kim JM, Lillehoj HS, Hong. Unveiling the role of long non-coding RNAs in chicken immune response to highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 infection. Poult Sci. 2024 Nov 6;104(1):104524.  Abstract  
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Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) pose a significant threat to global poultry production, necessitating effective control strategies to mitigate economic losses and ensure animal welfare. Long non-coding ...

WHO. Influenza at the human-animal interface summary and assessment, 1 November 2024. WHO.  Abstract  
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From 28 September to 1 November 2024, the detection of influenza A(H5) virus in 30 humans and influenza A(H9N2) virus in one human were reported officially.? New human cases: From 28 September to 1 November ...

Marie-Cécile Dupas, etc.,al. [preprint]Global risk mapping of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and H5Nx in the light of epidemic episodes occurring from 2020 onward. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.15.623755.  Abstract  
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Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly pathogenic ...