WHO launches new global influenza strategy    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 12, 2019 from WHO
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 ...

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H3N8) reported in Guangdong province    
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Guangdong Provincial CDC
A 56-year-old woman in Zhongshan reported to test positive for H3N8 avian influenza virus, on March 26, 2023. She had live poultry contact history prior to the onset of symptoms.

WOAH: Italy - high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (H5N1)(poultry)    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 12, 2023 from WOAH
Summary Report type: immediate notification Started: 6 Mar 2023 Confirmed: 7 Mar 2023 Reported: 8 Mar 2023 Reason for notification: recurrence Last occurrence: 30 Dec 2022 Causal agent: highly pathogenic ...

WOAH: Cambodia - influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity(H5N1) (non-poultry including wild birds)    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 12, 2023 from WOAH
Report type: immediate notification Started: 24 Feb 2023 Confirmed: 1 Mar 2023 Reported: 6 Mar 2023 Reason for notification: recurrence Last occurrence: 13 Jan 2021 Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian ...

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Hunan province    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 2, 2023 from CNIC
Week 8 of 2023, China reported a human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) in Hunan province.

Van Poelvoorde LAE, Dufrasne FE, Van Gucht S, Sael. Development of Digital Droplet PCR Targeting the Influenza H3N2 Oseltamivir-Resistant E119V Mutation and Its Performance through the Use of Reverse Genetics Mutants. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2023 Mar 17;45(3):2521-2532.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 hours ago from Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2023 Mar 17;45(3):2521-2532
The monitoring of antiviral-resistant influenza virus strains is important for public health given the availability and use of neuraminidase inhibitors and other antivirals to treat infected patients. ...

Liu Y, Zhao D, Zhang J, Huang X, Han K, Liu Q, Yan. Development of an Inactivated Avian Influenza Virus Vaccine against Circulating H9N2 in Chickens and Ducks. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Mar 5;11(3):596.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 hours ago from Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Mar 5;11(3):596
Avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H9N2 is the most widespread AIV in poultry worldwide, causing great economic losses in the global poultry industry. Chickens and ducks are the major hosts and play essential ...

Dudin GA, Aziz IM, Alzayed RM, Ahmed A, Hussain T,. Genetic Diversity and Evolutionary Kinetics of Influenza A Virus H3N2 Subtypes Circulating in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Mar 20;11(3):702.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 hours ago from Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Mar 20;11(3):702
Presence of a large foreign workforce and the annual gathering of people for pilgrimage from around the globe have significantly contributed to the emergence and diversity of respiratory viruses in Saudi ...

Dubovitskiy N, Derko A, Sobolev I, Prokopyeva E, M. Virological and Genetic Characterization of the Unusual Avian Influenza H14Nx Viruses in the Northern Asia. Viruses. 2023 Mar 11;15(3):734.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 hours ago from Viruses. 2023 Mar 11;15(3):734
Wild aquatic birds are generally identified as a natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses (AIVs), where a high diversity of subtypes has been detected. Some AIV subtypes are considered to have relatively ...

Hufnagel DE, Young KM, Arendsee ZW, Gay LC, Cacere. Characterizing a century of genetic diversity and contemporary antigenic diversity of N1 neuraminidase in influenza A virus from North American swine. Virus Evol. 2023 Feb 28;9(1):vead015.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 hours ago from Virus Evol. 2023 Feb 28;9(1):vead015
Influenza A viruses (IAVs) of the H1N1 classical swine lineage became endemic in North American swine following the 1918 pandemic. Additional human-to-swine transmission events after 1918, and a spillover ...