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Influenza

INFLUENZA >> 

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Avian Influenza  
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Latest News  

Aug 27
New Item H5N1 turns up at Benin poultry market

Aug 25
New Item Rhode Island reports H7N3 in swans

Aug 18
New Item Researchers find trends in study of Indonesia's H5N1 cases

Aug 13
New Item Indonesia rules out H5N1 case cluster in Sumatra

Aug 11
New Item FAO says H5N1 situation in birds has improved

Aug 4
New Item Indonesia reports new H5N1 death

Jul 25
New Item Nigeria finds H5N1 in bird markets

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

      
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New Item Genotypic diversity of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses
From Sep J Gen Virol

 
New Item Clinical characteristics of 26 human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in China
From PLoS ONE, published online Aug 21

 
New Item Evolutionary and transmission dynamics of reassortant H5N1 influenza virus in Indonesia
From Aug PLoS Pathog

 
New Item Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): Agricultural and Wildlife Considerations
CIDRAP-authored overview, updated Aug 21 with new research


 
New Item Avian influenza vaccines: a practical review in relation to their application in the field with a focus on the Asian experience
From Epidemiol Infect, published online Aug 14

 
New Item Factors associated with case fatality of human H5N1 virus infections in Indonesia: a case series
From Lancet, published online Aug 15

 
New Item Progress in identifying virulence determinants of the 1918 H1N1 and Southeast Asian H5N1 influenza viruses
From Sep Antiviral Res

 
New Item Evidence of infection by H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in healthy wild waterfowl
From PLoS Pathog, published online Aug 15

 
New Item The first specific detection of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in Ivory Coast
From Zoonoses Public Health, published online Aug 14

 
New Item Replication and transmission of H9N2 influenza viruses in ferrets: evaluation of pandemic potential
From PLoS ONE published online Aug 13

 
New Item An inhibitory activity in human cells restricts the function of an avian-like influenza virus polymerase
From Aug 14 Cell Host Microbe

 
New Item Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding avian influenza (H5N1), Afghanistan
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Aug 9

 
New Item Gene expression analysis of host innate immune responses during lethal H5N1 infection in ferrets
From J Virol, published online Aug 6

 
New Item Animals models in influenza vaccine testing
From Aug Expert Rev Vaccines

 
New Item H5N1 and 1918 pandemic influenza virus infection results in early and excessive infiltration of macrophages and neutrophils in the lungs of mice
From Aug 1 PLoS Pathog

 
New Item Consumer knowledge and risk perceptions of avian influenza
From Aug Poult Sci

 
New Item Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) isolated from whooper swans, Japan
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jul 29

 
New Item Environmental contamination during influenza A virus (H5N1) outbreaks, Cambodia, 2006
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jul 28

 
New Item Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in experimentally infected adult mute swans
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jul 28

 
New Item Rarity of influenza A virus in spring shorebirds, southern Alaska
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jul 28

 
New Item Contact structures in the poultry industry in Great Britain: exploring transmission routes for a potential avian influenza virus epidemic
From BMC Vet Res, published online Jul 23

 
New Item FDA/NIH/WHO public workshop on immune correlates of protection against influenza A viruses in support of pandemic vaccine development, Bethesda, Maryland, US, December 10-11, 2007
Worshop summary in Aug 12 Vaccine

 
New Item Potency of an inactivated avian influenza vaccine prepared from a non-pathogenic H5N1 reassortant virus generated between isolates from migratory ducks in Asia
From Arch Virol, published online Jul 24

 
New Item Laboratory investigation of the first suspected human cases of infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in Bulgaria
From Jul 24 Eurosurveillance

 
New Item Experimental infections of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses by intranasal inoculation of virus and ingestion of virus infected chicken meat
From Aug Avian Pathol

 
New Item Efficacy of disinfectants and hand sanitizers against avian respiratory viruses
From Jun Avian Dis

 
New Item Epidemiological findings of outbreaks of disease caused by highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in poultry in Egypt during 2006
From Jun Avian Dis

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

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