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: Monitoring for Influenza in Wastewater    
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Wastewater surveillance complements other existing human influenza surveillance systems to monitor influenza trends. CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) has more than 600 sites with a ...

USFDA: Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)    
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May 10, 2024The FDA, alongside our federal and state partners, is continuing to take a stepwise approach to our scientific analysis of commercial milk safety during the first-of-its-kind detection of HPAI ...

USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update    
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May 10, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or “A(H5N1) virus,” in dairy cows and other animals in the United ...

USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1    
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On March 25, 2024, immediately following the first detection of H5N1 in dairy cattle in the Texas panhandle region, USDA and HHS began their work to understand the origin of the emergence and its potential ...

Staller E, Carrique L, Swann OC, Fan H, Keown JR,. Structures of H5N1 influenza polymerase with ANP32B reveal mechanisms of genome replication and host adaptation. Nat Commun. 2024 May 15;15(1):4123.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 23 hours ago from Nat Commun. 2024 May 15;15(1):4123
Avian influenza A viruses (IAVs) pose a public health threat, as they are capable of triggering pandemics by crossing species barriers. Replication of avian IAVs in mammalian cells is hindered by species-specific ...

Restori KH, Septer KM, Field CJ, Patel DR, VanInsb. Risk assessment of a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus from mink. Nat Commun. 2024 May 15;15(1):4112.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 23 hours ago from Nat Commun. 2024 May 15;15(1):4112
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b viruses in farmed mink and seals combined with isolated human infections suggest these viruses pose a pandemic threat. To assess this threat, using the ...

Meade PS, Bandawane P, Bushfield K, Hoxie I, Azcon. Detection of clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus in New York City. J Virol. 2024 May 15:e0062624.  Abstract  
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b were detected in North America in the winter of 2021/2022. These viruses have spread across the Americas, causing morbidity and mortality ...

Ospina-Jimenez AF, Gomez AP, Osorio-Zambrano WF, A. Sequence-based epitope mapping of high pathogenicity avian influenza H5 clade 2.3.4.4b in Latin America. Front Vet Sci. 2024 Apr 29;11:1347509.  Abstract  
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High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) poses a significant threat to public and animal health. Clade 2.3.4.4b recently emerged from the Eastern hemisphere and disseminated globally, reaching the Latin ...

Jiang Y, Cai L, Jia S, Xie W, Wang X, Li J, Cui W,. Guanylate-binding protein 1 inhibits inflammatory factors produced by H5N1 virus through Its GTPase activity. Poult Sci. 2024 Apr 30;103(7):103800.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Poult Sci. 2024 Apr 30;103(7):103800
The combination of inflammatory factors resulting from an influenza A virus infection is one of the main causes of death in host animals. Studies have shown that guinea pig guanosine monophosphate binding ...