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, Chinese Taipei    
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Information received on 16/09/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Vietnam    
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Information received on 08/09/2019 from Dr Dong Pham Van, Director General, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hano?, Vietnam SummaryReport ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei    
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nformation received on 06/09/2019 from Dr Wen-Jane Tu, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive ...

OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Chile    
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Information received on 04/09/2019 from Dr Oscar Eduardo Videla Pérez, Jefe de División de Protección Pecuaria, Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Ministerio de Agricultura, Santiago, Chile Summary Report ...

Chesnokov A, et al. Replicative fitness of seasonal influenza A viruses with decreased susceptibility to baloxavir. J Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 21..  Abstract  
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Susceptibility of influenza A viruses to baloxavir can be affected by changes at amino acid residue 38 in polymerase acidic (PA) protein. Information on replicative fitness of PA-I38-substituted viruses ...

Bekking C, et al. Evaluation of bioaerosol samplers for the detection and quantification of influenza virus from artificial aerosols and influenza virus-infected ferrets. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2019 Sep 21.  Abstract  
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BACKGROUND: Bioaerosol sampling devices are necessary for the characterization of infectious bioaerosols emitted by naturally-infected hosts with acute respiratory virus infections. Assessment of these ...

Vijaykrishna D, Deng Y, Grau ML, et al. Emergence of Influenza A(H7N4) Virus, Cambodia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1988-1991.  Abstract  
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Active surveillance in high-risk sites in Cambodia has identified multiple low-pathogenicity influenza A(H7) viruses, mainly in ducks. None fall within the A/Anhui/1/2013(H7N9) lineage; however, some A(H7) ...

Zhou L, Li Q, Uyeki TM. Estimated Incubation Period and Serial Interval for Human-to-Human Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Transmission. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1982-1983.  Abstract  
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We estimated the incubation period and serial interval for human-to-human transmitted avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection using case-patient clusters from epidemics in China during 201~2017. The median ...

Chastagner A, Enouf V, Peroz D, et al. Bidirectional Human-Swine Transmission of Seasonal Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus in Pig Herd, France, 2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(10):1940-1943.  Abstract  
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In 2018, a veterinarian became sick shortly after swabbing sows exhibiting respiratory syndrome on a farm in France. Epidemiologic data and genetic analyses revealed consecutive human-to-swine and swine-to-human ...