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 ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), Sweden    
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Information received on [and dated] 25 Feb 2021 from Dr HakanHenrikson, chief veterinary officer, Swedish Board of Agriculture,Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Jonkoping, SwedenSummaryReport type: ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), Afghanistan    
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Information received on [and dated] 24 Feb 2021 from Dr Ahmad MukhtarMuhseni, Animal Health Director, General Directorate of Livestock andAnimal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock,Dara-ul-Aman, ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), Estonia    
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SummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 17 Feb 2021Date of confirmation of the event: 18 Feb 2021Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease Causal agent: ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), Iran    
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Information received on 16/02/2021 from Dr Ali Safar Maken Ali, Head, Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO), Ministry of Jihad-e- Agriculture, Tehran, Iran SummaryReport typeFollow-up report No. 5Date of ...

Elfaki Y, Robert PA, Binz C, Falk CS, Bruder D, Pr. Influenza A virus-induced thymus atrophy differentially affects dynamics of conventional and regulatory T cell development in mice. Eur J Immunol. 2021 Feb 26.  Abstract  
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Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells, which are crucial for maintenance of self-tolerance, mainly develop within the thymus, where they arise from CD25+ Foxp3- or CD25- Foxp3+ Treg cell precursors. Although ...

Li X, Xie S, Jiang X, Li Z, Xu L, Wen K, Zhang M,. Emergence of one novel reassortment H3N8 avian influenza virus in China, originating from North America and Eurasia. Infect Genet Evol. 2021 Feb 24:104782.  Abstract  
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Radvak P, Kosikova M, Kuo YC, Li X, Garner R, Schm. Highly pathogenic avian influenza A/Guangdong/17SF003/2016 is immunogenic and induces cross-protection against antigenically divergent H7N9 viruses. NPJ Vaccines. 2021 Feb 26;6(1):30.  Abstract  
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Avian influenza A(H7N9) epidemics have a fatality rate of approximately 40%. Previous studies reported that low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI)-derived candidate vaccine viruses (CVVs) are poorly immunogenic. ...

Trexler M, Brusatori M, Auner G. Avidin-biotin complex-based capture coating platform for universal Influenza virus immobilization and characterization. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 26;16(2):e0247429.  Abstract  
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Influenza virus mutates quickly and unpredictably creating emerging pathogenic strains that are difficult to detect, diagnose, and characterize. Conventional tools to study and characterize virus, such ...

Xiao Y, Yang F, Liu F, Yao H, Wu N, Wu H. Development and application of a real-time RT-PCR assay to rapidly detect H2 subtype avian influenza A viruses. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2021 Feb 22:1040638721994810.  Abstract  
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The H2 subtypes of avian influenza A viruses (avian IAVs) have been circulating in poultry, and they have the potential to infect humans. Therefore, establishing a method to quickly detect this subtype ...