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 influenza A viruses (infection with H5) (non-poultry including wild birds), Kazakhstan    
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Information received on 16/09/2020 from Dr Tursyn Kabduldanov, Deputy Chairman, Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision, Ministry of Agriculture, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5), Kazakhstan    
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Information received on 17/09/2020 from Dr Tursyn Kabduldanov, Deputy Chairman, Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision, Ministry of Agriculture, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Summary Report ...

China: H9N2 human case reported in Guangdong    
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A four-year-old girl in Guangdong province, with onset of symptoms on 3rd August, 2020

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N8), Russia    
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Information received on 14/09/2020 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance , Ministry of Agriculture, Moscou, Russia Summary Report ...

Jones TE. Oseltamivir - Current dosing recommendations reduce the therapeutic benefit in patients with mild to moderate renal function and/or large body mass. A review of the literature with recommendations to. her Drug Monit. 2020;10.1097/FTD.0000000000000797.  Abstract  
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Purpose: Oseltamivir is indicated for the treatment and prophylaxis of Influenza infections. Achieving therapeutic concentrations EARLY in the course of the infection impacts greatly on the magnitude of ...

Tang L, Tang W, Li X, et al. Avian Influenza Virus Prevalence and Subtype Diversity in Wild Birds in Shanghai, China, 2016-2018. Viruses. 2020;12(9):E1031.  Abstract  
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From 2016 to 2018, surveillance of influenza A viruses in wild birds was conducted in Shanghai, located at the East Asian-Australian flyway, China. A total of 5112 samples from 51 species of wild birds ...

Olsen SJ, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Budd AP, et al. Decreased Influenza Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(37):1305-1309.  Abstract  
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After recognition of widespread community transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by mid- to late February 2020, indicators of influenza activity began to ...

Zhu Y, Wang R, Yu L, et al. Human TRA2A determines influenza A virus host adaptation by regulating viral mRNA splicing. Sci Adv. 2020;6(25):eaaz5764.  Abstract  
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Several avian influenza A viruses (IAVs) have adapted to mammalian species, including humans. To date, the mechanisms enabling these host shifts remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that a host ...

Caliendo V, Leijten L, Begeman L, et al. Enterotropism of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N8 from the 2016/2017 epidemic in some wild bird species. Vet Res. 2020;51(1):117.  Abstract  
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In 2016/2017, H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the Goose/Guangdong lineage spread from Asia to Europe, causing the biggest and most widespread HPAI epidemic on record in wild and ...