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 ...

GISAID: Data from India´s recent fatal human H5N1 case released    
submitted by kickingbird at 6 days ago from GISAID
On 21 April 2025, the ICMR–National Institute of Virology in Pune, India released specimen data from a recent fatal human H5N1 case in India (EPI_ISL_19836227), belonging to clade 2.3.2.1a and clustering ...

WHO: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - Mexico    
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Situation at a glanceOn 2 April 2025, the International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) for Mexico notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the country’s first laboratory-confirmed ...

China: Three human cases of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Guizhou Province, Henan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region    
submitted by kickingbird at 13 days ago from Avian Influenza Report Vol 21, Number 15
Guizhou Province:A 35-year-old woman with onset on March 10, 2025.Henan Province:A seven-year-old girl with onset on February 11, 2025.Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:A five-year-old boy with onset on ...

UK: Bird flu (avian influenza) - latest situation in England    
submitted by kickingbird at 14 days ago from GOV.UK
14 April 2025Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a seventh premises near Thirsk, Thirsk and Malton, Yorkshire (AIV 2025/43). A 3km protection zone and a ...

Xiaojian Zhang, Hua Shi, Ted M. Ross. Multivalent H3 COBRA-based influenza vaccine elicits enhanced immune response in a pre-immune elderly ferret model. Vaccine, 2025.  Abstract  
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Influenza viruses cause significant mortality in humans, especially among people 65 years and older. The outbreaks of A(H3N2) influenza viruses or viruses of vaccine-mismatched strains are usually associated ...

Sara Ryding, Tobias A. Ross, Marcel Klaassen, Mich. Impacts of a Potential HPAI H5N1 Incursion on Australian Wildlife. Austral Ecology, 50: e70048.  Abstract  
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SummaryHPAI H5N1 has thus far affected more than 400 wild bird species and 40 mammal species globally since 2021, marking it an animal disease of unprecedented magnitude.The virus has not yet arrived in ...

Matteo Iervolino, etc.,al. [preprint]The expanding avian influenza panzootic: skua die-off in Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.25.650384.  Abstract  
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High pathogenicity avian influenza virus of subtype H5 (H5 HPAIV), clade 2.3.4.4b, invaded Antarctica in 2023. Here we show that H5 HPAIV caused high mortality in a breeding colony of skuas at one of ten ...

L. Martelli, etc.,al. Exploring the Role of Wild Bird Species in the Transmission of Avian Influenza to Poultry. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2025, 2288535.  Abstract  
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Wild aquatic birds are crucial in maintaining the high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) viruses. However, the HPAI dynamic at the wild-domestic interface is still poorly known, and a comprehensive ...

Christopher Neil Davis, etc.,al. [preprint]A modelling assessment for the impact of control measures on highly pathogenic avian influenza transmission in poultry in Great Britain. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.24.650264.  Abstract  
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Since 2020, large-scale outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Great Britain have resulted in substantial poultry mortality and economic losses. Alongside the costs, the risk of ...