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 avian influenza(H5N5), Chinese Taipei    
submitted by kickingbird at 1 days ago from OIE
SummaryReport typeFollow-up report No. 16Date of start of the event09/09/2019Date of confirmation of the event13/09/2019Report date01/06/2020Date submitted to OIE01/06/2020Reason for notificationNew strain ...

China: H9N2 human case reported in Fujian    
submitted by kickingbird at 8 days ago from Avian Influenza Report(Vol 16, No.21)
A ten-month-old boy in Fujian province, with onset of symptoms on 4th May, 2020.

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N8), Iraq    
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Information received on 19/05/2020 from Dr Thamer Al-Khafaji, Director General, Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad, Iraq Summary Report type Immediate notification Date ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N5), Chinese Taipei    
submitted by kickingbird at May, 19, 2020 from OIE
Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 15 Date of start of the event 09/09/2019 Date of confirmation of the event 13/09/2019 Report date 18/05/2020 Date submitted to OIE 18/05/2020 Reason ...

Shin DL, Yang W, Peng JY, et al. Avian Influenza A Virus Infects Swine Airway Epithelial Cells Without Prior Adaptation. Viruses. 2020;12(6):E589. Published 2020 May 28.  Abstract  
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Pigs play an important role in the interspecies transmission of influenza A viruses (IAV). The porcine airway epithelium contains binding sites for both swine/human IAV (α2,6-linked sialic acids) and avian ...

Pawestri HA, Nugraha AA, Han AX, et al. Genetic and Antigenic Characterization of Influenza A/H5N1 Viruses Isolated From Patients in Indonesia, 2008-2015. Virus Genes. 2020;10.1007/s11262-020-01765-1.  Abstract  
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Since the initial detection in 2003, Indonesia has reported 200 human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (HPAI H5N1), associated with an exceptionally high case fatality rate (84%) compared ...

Jallow MM, Fall A, Barry MA, et al. Genetic Characterization of the First Detected Human Case of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza A/H9N2 in sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020;9(1):1092‐1095.  Abstract  
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The H9N2 influenza virus has become one of the dominant subtypes of influenza virus circulating in poultry, wild birds, and can occasionally cross the mammalian species barrier. Here, we report the first ...

Germeraad EA, Elbers ARW, de Bruijn ND, et al. Detection of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H10N7 in Poultry and Environmental Water Samples During a Clinical Outbreak in Commercial Free-Range Layers, Netherlands 2017. Front Vet Sci. 2020;7:237. Published 2020 May 5.  Abstract  
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Wild birds are the natural reservoir of the avian influenza virus (AIV) and may transmit AIV to poultry via direct contact or indirectly through the environment. In the Netherlands, a clinically suspected ...

Belser JA, Sun X, Brock N, et al. Mammalian Pathogenicity and Transmissibility of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N1 and H7N3 Viruses Isolated From North America in 2018. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020;9(1):1037‐1045.  Abstract  
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ABSTRACTLow pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) H7 subtype viruses are infrequently, but persistently, associated with outbreaks in poultry in North America. These LPAI outbreaks provide opportunities for ...