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Influenza

INFLUENZA >> 

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Avian Influenza  
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Latest News  

Jul 18
New Item Another H5N1 death reported in Indonesia

Jul 17
New Item Reports examine high H5N1 death rate in Indonesia

Jul 10
New Item Expert warns Hong Kong's avian flu vaccine is waning

Jun 23
New Item H5N1 virus resurfaces in Pakistan

Jun 20
New Item UN official: Bird biosecurity lapses could worsen food crisis

Jun 19
New Item Indonesia confirms 2 recent avian flu deaths

Jun 18
New Item UN: Pandemic preparedness pays off, but threat remains

Jun 17
New Item China reports H5N1 outbreak in Guangdong

Jun 13
New Item Indonesian government mum as AP reports H5N1 case

Jun 11
New Item Hong Kong finds more H5N1, culls all market poultry

Jun 9
New Item Hong Kong reports H5N1 at poultry market

Jun 5
New Item UK avian flu virus identified as H7N7

New Item Indonesia quits offering prompt notice of H5N1 cases

Jun 4
New Item H7 avian flu hits UK; US chickens exposed to H7N3

Jun 2
New Item USDA releases sequences of 150 avian flu viruses

May 28
New Item Some avian flu H7 viruses growing more human-like

New Item WHO confirms Bangladesh's first H5N1 case

May 23
New Item H5N1 outbreaks in Korea, Japan seen as linked

May 22
New Item Bangladesh reports its first human H5N1 case

May 19
New Item Experts welcome Indonesia's vow to share H5N1 data

May 12
New Item H5N1 plagues Seoul, causes outbreaks in other cities

May 9
New Item India, South Korea, Vietnam confirm H5N1 outbreaks

May 6
New Item WHO begins pandemic guidance update

May 5
New Item South Korea, Japan find more H5N1 in birds

Apr 29
New Item Toronto officials approve antivirals for city workers

New Item Indonesian boy dies of avian flu; Japan confirms H5N1 in swans

Apr 28
New Item Japan finds H5 virus in swans; India, Vietnam cite outbreaks

Apr 23
New Item Indonesia denies seeking payment for virus samples

Apr 22
New Item HHS official reports on Southeast Asia issues

Apr 21
New Item South Korea raises H5N1 culling target to 5.3 million

Apr 18
New Item Boy's illness raises Egypt's H5N1 count to 50

Apr 17
New Item South Korea raises H5N1 alert as outbreak reports rise

New Item HHS secretary blogs on impasse with Indonesia

Apr 15
New Item Japan set to begin prepandemic vaccination

Apr 14
New Item H5N1 strikes poultry in South Korea, Russia

Apr 11
New Item Egypt reports another H5N1 death

Apr 9
New Item Chinese man probably caught H5N1 from son

Apr 7
New Item India, South Korea, China report H5N1 outbreaks

New Item 19-year-old Egyptian dies of avian flu

Apr 4
New Item H5N1 resurfaces in South Korean poultry

Apr 3
New Item Two more H5N1 cases from Pakistan cluster verified

Mar 31
New Item Three cases raise Indonesia's H5N1 count to 132

Mar 27
New Item Swiss find H5N1 in wild duck; India has new outbreak

Mar 26
New Item Ducks, rice, people add up to risk of H5N1 outbreaks

Mar 25
New Item US officials launch regional stockpile to fight H5N1 in Asia

      
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New Item Promoting regional disaster preparedness among rural hospitals
From Summer J Rural Health

 
New Item 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
From Aug 5 Vaccine

 
New Item Gene segment reassortment between American and Asian lineages of avian influenza virus from waterfowl in the Beringia area
From Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis, published online Jun 18

 
New Item Molecular characterization and epidemiology of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in H5N1 in Nigeria
From Epidemiol Infect, published online Jul 17

 
New Item Avian influenza virus isolated in waterfowl in Argentina: evidence of a potentially unique phylogenetic lineage in South America
From Virology, published online Jul 14

 
New Item Positive selection at the receptor-binding site of haemagglutinin H5 in viral sequences derived from human tissues
From Aug J Gen Virol

 
New Item A global perspective on avian influenza
From Jun special issue Ann Acad Med Singapore

 
New Item Avian influenza and pandemic influenza preparedness in Hong Kong
From Jun special issue Ann Acad Med Singapore

 
New Item Clinical and epidemiological features of patients with confirmed avian influenza presenting to Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital, Indonesia, 2005-2007
From Jun special issue Ann Acad Med Singapore

 
New Item Recurring infectious disease themes: pandemic influenza and antimicrobial drug resistance (part 1)
Jun special issue Ann Acad Med Singapore

 
New Item Epitope characterization of the protective monoclonal antibody VN01-2 shows broadly neutralizing activity against highly pathogenic H5N1
From Virology J, published online Jul 11

 
New Item Domestic pigs have low susceptibility to H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses
From PLoS Pathog, published online Jul 11

 
New Item A network model of H5N1 avian influenza transmission dynamics in domestic cats
From Zoonoses Public Health, published online Jul 9

 
New Item Ready for avian flu?
Commentary from Jul 10 Nature

 
New Item The contents of the syringe
Commentary on influenza data sharing from Jul 10 Nature

 
New Item The long war against flu
Editorial on above two articles from Jul 10 Nature

 
New Item Crystal structure of the polymerase PAC-PB1N complex from an avian influenza H5N1 virus
From Nature, published online Jul 9

 
New Item Drosophila RNAi screen identifies host genes important for influenza virus replication
From Nature, published online Jul 9

 
New Item Hyperinduction of cyclooxygenase-2-mediated proinflammatory cascade: a mechanism for the pathogenesis of avian influenza H5N1 infection
From J Infect Dis, published online Jul 9

 
New Item Human H5N2 avian influenza infection in Japan and the factors associated with high H5N2-neutralizing antibody titer
From J Epidemiol, published online Jul 7

 
New Item Subtyping of H1 to H15 hemagglutinin genes of avian influenza virus by RT-PCR assay and molecular determination of the pathogenic potential
From J Clin Microbiol, published online Jul 2

 
New Item Toward a unified nomenclature system for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1)
Online report from WHO/OIE/FAO, posted Jun 30 in Emerg Infect Dis

 
New Item Duck migration and past influenza A (H5N1) outbreak areas
Letter from Jul Emerg Infect Dis

 
New Item Avian influenza virus (H5N1) mortality surveillance
Letter from Jul Emerg Infect Dis

 
New Item An adjuvanted, low-dose, pandemic influenza A (H5N1) vaccine candidate is safe, immunogenic, and induces cross-reactive immune responses in healthy adults
From J Infect Dis, published online Jun 24

 
New Item Immune responses of healthy subjects to a single dose of intramuscular inactivated influenza A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (H5N1) vaccine after priming with an antigenic variant
From J Infect Dis, published online Jun 24

 
New Item Heterosubtypic protection against pathogenic human and avian influenza viruses via in vivo electroporation of synthetic consensus DNA antigens
From PLoS ONE published online Jun 25

 
New Item Ensemble-based virtual screening reveals potential novel antiviral compounds for avian influenza neuraminidase
From J Med Chem, published online Jun 18

 
New Item Whole genome sequences of H5N1 influenza virus isolated from a little grebe in Thailand
From May Southeast Asian J Trop Med Publ Health

 
New Item Estimation of the basic reproductive number (R0) for epidemic, highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 spread
From Epidemiol Infect, published online Jun 18

 
New Item Ability of regional hospitals to meet projected avian flu pandemic surge capacity requirements
From Mar-Apr J Prehosp Disaster Med

 
New Item A clinical trial of a whole-virus H5N1 vaccine derived from cell culture
From Jun 12 N Engl J Med

 
New Item Characterization of a trypsin-dependent avian influenza H5N1-pseudotyped HIV vector system for high throughput screening of inhibitory molecules
From Jul Antiviral Res

 
New Item Risk for avian influenza virus exposure at human-wildlife interface
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jun 6

 
New Item Prevalence of influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways
From Virol J, published online Jun 4

 
New Item Genetic diversity-independent neutralization of pandemic viruses (eg, HIV), potentially pandemic (eg, H5N1 strain of influenza) and carcinogenic (eg, HBV and HCV) viruses, and possible agents of bioterrorism (variola) by enveloped virus neutralizing compounds (EVNCs)
From Jun 6 Vaccine

 
New Item Molecular and pathological characterization of two H5N1 avian influenza viruses isolated from wild ducks
From Virus Genes, published online Jun 3

 
New Item H5N1 influenza marker vaccine for serological differentiation between vaccinated and infected chickens
From Biochem Biophys Res Comm, published online May 22

 
New Item Plasmid DNA-based vaccines protect mice and ferrets against lethal challenge with A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1) influenza virus
From Jun 15 J Infect Dis

 
New Item Thermal inactivation of avian influenza and Newcastle disease viruses in chicken meat
From Jun J Food Prot

 
New Item Finding the real case-fatality rate of H5N1 avian influenza
From Jun J Epidemiol Comm Health

 
New Item Environmental factors contributing to the spread of H5N1 avian influenza in mainland China
From PLoS ONE, published online May 28

 
New Item Map of Confirmed Cases of H5N1 Avian Flu
From pandemicflu.gov; updated frequently