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 ...

WOAH: Japan - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry, H5N2)    
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Summary Report type: immediate notification Started: 16 Jan 2023 Confirmed: 19 Jan 2023 Reported: 20 Jan 2023 Reason for notification: new strain in the country Causal agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

WOAH: Philippines - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry, H5N1)    
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Report type: immediate notification Started: 25 Nov 2022 Confirmed: 2 Dec 2022 Reported: 18 Jan 2023 Reason for notification: 1st occurrence in a zone or a compartment Causal agent: highly pathogenic avian ...

China: Confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Hunan, Gansu, Anhui provinces    
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 11, 2023 from CHP, HongKong S.A.R
Hunan Province:A 58-year-old man with onset on October 19, 2022.Gansu Province:A 5-year-old girl with onset on October 23, 2022.Anhui Province:A 3-year-old boy with onset on November 13, 2022.

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) reported in Hunan province    
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 6, 2023 from CHP, Hong Kong S.A.R
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health of Hong Kong S.A.R is (January 6) closely monitoring a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in the Mainland, and again urged the public ...

Sun H, Deng G, Sun H, Song J, Zhang W, Li H, Wei X. N-linked glycosylation enhances hemagglutinin stability in avian H5N6 influenza virus to promote adaptation in mammals. PNAS Nexus. 2022 Jun 8;1(3):pgac085.  Abstract  
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Clade 2.3.4.4 avian H5Ny viruses, namely H5N2, H5N6, and H5N8, have exhibited unprecedented intercontinental spread in poultry. Among them, only H5N6 viruses are frequently reported to infect mammals and ...

Scheibner D, Salaheldin AH, Bagato O, Zaeck LM, Mo. Phenotypic effects of mutations observed in the neuraminidase of human origin H5N1 influenza A viruses. PLoS Pathog. 2023 Feb 6;19(2):e1011135.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 10 hours ago from PLoS Pathog. 2023 Feb 6;19(2):e1011135
Global spread and regional endemicity of H5Nx Goose/Guangdong avian influenza viruses (AIV) pose a continuous threat for poultry production and zoonotic, potentially pre-pandemic, transmission to humans. ...

Xie R, Wang W, Gao Y, Liu W, Yue B, Liu S, Fan W,. Evolution and mammalian adaptation of H3 and H10 subtype avian influenza viruses in wild birds in Yancheng Wetland of China. Vet Microbiol. 2023 Jan 23;279:109669..  Abstract  
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Wild birds play a critical role in avian influenza virus (AIV) ecology and some outbreaks of avian influenza in human originate from wild birds, suggesting that epidemiological surveillance and interspecies-transmission ...

Yin X, Wu T, Peng C, Li J, Liu S, Hou G, Jiang W,. Genome sequence analysis of H7N3 subtype avian influenza virus originated from wild birds and its potential infectivity in mice. Virus Genes. 2023 Feb 3.  Abstract  
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In 2021, an H7N3 avian influenza virus (AIV) was isolated from a mallard in Tianhewan Yellow River National Wetland Park, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Sequences analysis showed that this strain ...

Tang J, Xu Q, Tang K, Ye X, Cao Z, Zou M, Zeng J,. Susceptibility identification for seasonal influenza A/H3N2 based on baseline blood transcriptome. Front Immunol. 2023 Jan 12;13:1048774..  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 6 days ago from Front Immunol. 2023 Jan 12;13:1048774.
Introduction: Influenza susceptibility difference is a widely existing trait that has great practical significance for the accurate prevention and control of influenza.Methods: Here, we focused on the ...