Bullard BL, Corder BN, DeBeauchamp J, Rubrum A, Ko. Epigraph hemagglutinin vaccine induces broad cross-reactive immunity against swine H3 influenza virus. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 22;12(1):1203. Abstract
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Influenza A virus infection in swine impacts the agricultural industry in addition to its zoonotic potential. Here, we utilize epigraph, a computational algorithm, to design a universal swine H3 influenza ... Chen S, Quan K, Wang H, Li S, Xue J, Qin T, Chu D,. A Live Attenuated H9N2 Avian Influenza Vaccine Prevents the Viral Reassortment by Exchanging the HA and NS1 Packaging Signals. Front Microbiol. 2021 Feb 4;11:613437. Abstract
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The H9N2 avian influenza virus is not only an important zoonotic pathogen, it can also easily recombine with other subtypes to generate novel reassortments, such as the H7N9 virus. Although H9N2 live attenuated ... Kim YC, Won SY, Jeong BH. The first association study of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the IFITM1 gene with influenza H1N1 2009 pandemic virus infection. Mol Cell Toxicol. 2021 Feb 15:1-8. Abstract
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Background: The interferon-induced transmembrane (IFITM) protein family consists of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) that show potent antiviral capacity against a broad range of viruses. Many studies ... Khalil AM, Yoshida R, Masatani T, Takada A, Ozawa. Variation in the HA antigenicity of A(H1N1)pdm09-related swine influenza viruses. J Gen Virol. 2021 Feb 22. Abstract
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Since the influenza pandemic in 2009, the causative agent 'A(H1N1)pdm09 virus', has been circulating in both human and swine populations. Although phylogenetic analyses of the haemagglutinin (HA) gene ... Verhagen JH, Fouchier RAM, Lewis N. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses at the Wild-Domestic Bird Interface in Europe: Future Directions for Research and Surveillance. Viruses. 2021 Jan 30;13(2):212. Abstract
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in wild birds and poultry are no longer a rare phenomenon in Europe. In the past 15 years, HPAI outbreaks-in particular those caused by H5 viruses derived ... Khalil AM, Fujimoto Y, Kojima I, Esaki M, Ri K, Ma. Genetic Characterization of H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses Isolated from Falcated Ducks and Environmental Water in Japan in November 2020. Pathogens. 2021 Feb 4;10(2):171. Abstract
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We isolated two highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) of subtype H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4b from falcated duck (Anas falcata) feces and environmental water collected at an overwintering site in Japan. ... Chen S, Wang X, Su X, Miao X, Qin T, Peng D, Liu X. Deep sequencing of the transcriptome from murine lung infected with H5N8 subtype avian influenza virus with combined substitutions I283M and K526R in PB2 gene. Infect Genet Evol. 2021 Jan;87:104672. Abstract
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H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) pose a huge threat to poultry industry and general public health. Our previous study demonstrated that synergistic effect of 283M and 526R ... Rohaim MA, El Naggar RF, Madbouly Y, AbdelSabour M. Comparative infectivity and transmissibility studies of wild-bird and chicken-origin highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses H5N8 in chickens. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Feb;74:101. Abstract
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Despite the recent advances in avian influenza viruses surveillance and genomic data, fundamental questions concerning the ecology and evolution of these viruses remain elusive. In Egypt, H5N8 highly pathogenic ... Youk SS, Leyson CM, Seibert BA, Jadhao S, Perez DR. Mutations in PB1, NP, HA, and NA Contribute to Increased Virus Fitness of H5N2 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Clade 2.3.4.4 in Chickens. J Virol. 2020 Dec 2:JVI.01675-20. Abstract
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The H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) clade 2.3.4.4 virus spread to North America by wild birds and reassorted to generate the H5N2 HPAI virus that caused the poultry outbreak in the United ... Sánchez-González R, Ramis A, Nofrarías M, Wali N,. Infectivity and pathobiology of H7N1 and H5N8 high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses for pigeons ( Columba livia var. domestica). Avian Pathol. 2021 Feb;50(1):98-106. Abstract
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Avian influenza (AI) is one of the most important viral diseases in poultry, wildlife and humans. Available data indicate that pigeons play a minimum role in the epidemiology of AI. However, a degree of ... Pronier C, Gacouin A, Lagathu G, Le Tulzo Y, Tadié. Respiratory Influenza viral load as a marker of poor prognosis in patients with severe symptoms. J Clin Virol. 2021 Feb 12;136:104761. Abstract
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Background: The link between influenza virus (IV) viral load (VL) in respiratory samples and disease severity is not clearly established. This study was designed to assess IV-VL in respiratory samples ... Park BR, Kim KH, Kotomina T, Kim MC, Kwon YM, Jeev. Broad cross protection by recombinant live attenuated influenza H3N2 seasonal virus expressing conserved M2 extracellular domain in a chimeric hemagglutinin. Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 18;11(1):4151. Abstract
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Hemagglutinin (HA)-based current vaccines provide suboptimum cross protection. Influenza A virus contains an ion channel protein M2 conserved extracellular domain (M2e), a target for developing universal ... Liu L, Li Z, Zhou J, Lu J, Li X, Liu J, Xiao N, Wa. The effect of single amino acid substitution at position 220 in the hemagglutinin glycoprotein on avian influenza H7N9 candidate vaccine virus. Virus Genes. 2021 Feb 19. Abstract
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Influenza vaccines represent the most effective preventive strategy to control influenza virus infections; however, adaptive mutations frequently occur in the hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein during the ... Li X, Gu M, Zheng Q, Gao R, Liu X. Packaging signal of influenza A virus. Virol J. 2021 Feb 17;18(1):36. Abstract
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Influenza A virus (IAV) contains a genome with eight single-stranded, negative-sense RNA segments that encode 17 proteins. During its assembly, all eight separate viral RNA (vRNA) segments are incorporated ... Yang F, Xiao Y, Liu F, Yao H, Wu N, Wu H. Isolation and characterization of two novel reassortant H5N6 avian influenza viruses from waterfowl in eastern China. Arch Virol. 2021 Feb 17. Abstract
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Waterfowl are considered to be the natural hosts of avian influenza virus. In 2017, two reassortant highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza viruses of clade 2.3.4.4, subclade II, were identified in wild ... Le Sage V, Jones JE, Kormuth KA, Fitzsimmons WJ, N. Pre-existing heterosubtypic immunity provides a barrier to airborne transmission of influenza viruses. PLoS Pathog. 2021 Feb 18;17(2):e1009273. Abstract
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Human-to-human transmission of influenza viruses is a serious public health threat, yet the precise role of immunity from previous infections on the susceptibility to airborne infection is still unknown. ... Kaku N, Hashiguchi K, Akamatsu N, Wakigawa F, Mats. Evaluation of a novel rapid TRC assay for the detection of influenza using nasopharyngeal swabs and gargle samples. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 16. Abstract
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We evaluated a novel transcription-reverse transcription concerted reaction (TRC) assay that can detect influenza A and B within 15 min using nasopharyngeal swab and gargle samples obtained from patients ... Li APY, Cohen CA, Leung NHL, Fang VJ, Gangappa S,. Immunogenicity of standard, high-dose, MF59-adjuvanted, and recombinant-HA seasonal influenza vaccination in older adults. NPJ Vaccines. 2021 Feb 16;6(1):25. Abstract
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The vaccine efficacy of standard-dose seasonal inactivated influenza vaccines (S-IIV) can be improved by the use of vaccines with higher antigen content or adjuvants. We conducted a randomized controlled ... Roubidoux EK, Carre?o JM, McMahon M, Jiang K, van. Mutations in the Hemagglutinin Stalk Domain Do Not Permit Escape from a Protective, Stalk-Based Vaccine-Induced Immune Response in the Mouse Model. mBio. 2021 Feb 16;12(1):e03617-20. Abstract
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Current seasonal influenza virus vaccines target regions of the hemagglutinin (HA) head domain that undergo constant antigenic change, forcing the painstaking annual reformulation of vaccines. The development ... Freyn AW, Han J, Guthmiller JJ, Bailey MJ, Neu K,. Influenza hemagglutinin-specific IgA Fc-effector functionality is restricted to stalk epitopes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 23;118(8):e2018. Abstract
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