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 ...

Technical Update: Summary Analysis of the Genetic Sequence of a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Identified in a Child in California    
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December 10, 2024 – As previously reported, CDC, in partnership with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), confirmed a human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus (H5N1 bird flu) in ...

China: Human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Guizhou province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region    
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Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: An one-year-old girl with onset on November 18, 2024.Guizhou Province: An one-year-old girl with onset on October 28, 2024.

GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu continues to take its toll in the United States, also affecting British Columbia    
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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 ...

Canada: Highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in British Columbia, December 6, 2024    
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in the City of Chilliwack, British Columbia, in commercial poultry.The CFIA has advised the World ...

Ismaila Shittu, etc.,al. A One Health Investigation into H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Epizootics on Two Dairy Farms. Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciae576.  Abstract  
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BackgroundIn early April 2024 we studied two Texas dairy farms which had suffered incursions of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) the previous month.MethodsWe employed molecular assays, ...

Yong Zhou, etc.,al. Origin, spread, and interspecies transmission of a dominant genotype of BJ/94 lineage H9N2 avian influenza viruses with increased threat. Virus Evolution, veae106.  Abstract  
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The H9N2 subtype of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) is widely prevalent in poultry and wild birds globally, with occasional transmission to humans. In comparison to other H9N2 lineages, the BJ/94 lineage ...

Feng Wen, etc.,al. Novel human-type receptor-binding H5N1 virus in live poultry markets, China. The Lancet Microbe.  Abstract  
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Avian influenza viruses represent a considerable public health risk, with the capability to cross species barriers and cause severe disease in humans. The emergence of H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic ...

Ankerhold J, Kessler S, Beer M, Schwemmle M, Cimin. Replication Restriction of Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Viruses by Human Immune Factor, 2023–2024. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Jan.  Abstract  
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We show that human myxovirus resistance protein 1 (MxA) suppresses replication of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses isolated from mammals in vitro and in MxA-transgenic mice. However, H5N1 ...

Sarsenov R, Babenko D, Kamalova D, Amirgazin A, Be. Complete genome sequence of a human influenza a virus (H1N1) detected in Kazakhstan in the fall of 2022. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Dec 10:e0104024.  Abstract  
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An Orthomyxoviridae Alphainfluenza virus Influenza A virus strain, A/Kazakhstan/Flu-H11-6/2022(H1N1), was isolated in Karaganda, Central Kazakhstan during a study of acute respiratory infections among ...