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 ...

GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu continues to take its toll in the United States    
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Clade 2.3.4.4b of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus causing outbreaks in wild and domestic birds around the world, continues to spread in dairy cows, poultry and other animals across the ...

China: Eight human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported Chongqing Municipality, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan Provinces. One human cases of avian influenza A(H10N3) reported in Shaanxi Province    
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Avian influenza A(H9N2):Chongqing Municipality: A 67-year-old woman(accordig to the Chinese version of the AIR in CHP website) with onset on April 8, 2025.Guizhou Province: A one-year-old girl with ...

US: Preliminary Testing Confirms Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Second Anne Arundel County Backyard Flock in 2025 in Maryland    
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May 9, 2025A backyard flock in Anne Arundel County, MD has tested presumptive positive for H5 avian influenza at the Salisbury Animal Health Laboratory, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Manitoba, May 6, 2025    
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Rural municipality Boissevain-Morton, Manitoba, in non-commercial poultry.

Broadbent A. 0. A veterinary virapalooza: a summary of the 2024 American Society for Virology (ASV) Veterinary/Zoonotic Virology Satellite Symposium and online H5N1 panel discussion. J Virol 0:e00499-25.  Abstract  
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The year 2024 saw veterinary/zoonotic virology take center stage once more as the American Society for Virology (ASV) hosted a satellite symposium on the subject in June and an online panel discussion ...

Smirnov, I.V., Besavilla, D.F., Sch?n, K. et al. Kinetic MUNANA assay reveals functionally relevant antibody epitopes on Influenza A virus neuraminidase. npj Viruses 3, 40 (2025).  Abstract  
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Influenza A virus neuraminidase (NA) is drawing attention as a target for vaccine development. In this study, we propose kinetic MUNANA assay as a tool to identify monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that specifically ...

Xiong J, Ding S, Zhou J, Cui Y, Chen X, Huang L, Z. Clade 2.3.4.4b Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses from birds in China replicate effectively in bovine cells and pose potential public health risk. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2025 May 12:2505649.  Abstract  
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In February 2024, H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) of clade 2.3.4.4b were first reported in dairy cows in the USA. Subsequent multiple outbreaks on dairy farms and sporadic human ...

Yu Y, Wang Q, Wei Y, Liu J, Wang G, Wang Z, Shen W. Nucleophosmin 1 inhibits the replication of influenza A virus by competitively binding viral RNA with viral proteins. Virol Sin. 2025 May 8:S1995-820X(25)00054-9.  Abstract  
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Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are single-stranded negative-sense RNA viruses that continually challenge animal and human health. In IAV-infected cells, host RNA-binding proteins play key roles in the life ...

Majumdar A, Potdar V, Vipat V, Pawar S, Jadhav S,. Identification & genetic & virological characterisation of a human case of avian influenza A (H9N2) virus from Eastern India. Indian J Med Res. 2025 Mar;161(3):257-266.  Abstract  
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Background & objectivesA three-year-old male child from West Bengal, India, with severe acute respiratory symptoms, was confirmed in the laboratory with LPAI H9N2 virus infection under the Indian Council ...