Sawada T, Hashimoto T, Nakano H, Suzuki T, Ishida. Why does avian influenza A virus hemagglutinin bind to avian receptor stronger than to human receptor? Ab initio fragment molecular orbital studies. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Oct 12. Abstract
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Influenza A viruses attach to alpha-sialosides on the target cell surface by their hemagglutinins, which strictly recognize the difference in sialic acid-galactose linkage. Why does avian virus H3 subtype ... Wu G, Yan S. Fate of influenza A virus proteins. Medline. Abstract
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In this review we summarize the current state, history, future, mutation tendency and species susceptibility of influenza A virus proteins based on our probabilistic analyses on amino acid pairs, and compare ... Glass RJ, Glass LM, Beyeler WE, Min HJ.. Targeted Social Distancing Design for Pandemic Influenza. Emerg Infect Dis 2006 Nov. Abstract
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Targeted social distancing to mitigate pandemic influenza can be designed through simulation of influenza's spread within local community social contact networks. We demonstrate this design for a stylized ... Kong W, Hood C, Yang A, et al.. Protective immunity to lethal challenge of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus by vaccination. Proc Nat Acad Sci 2006;103(43):15987-91. Abstract
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The remarkable infectivity and virulence of the 1918 influenza virus resulted in an unprecedented pandemic, raising the question of whether it is possible to develop protective immunity to this virus and ... BAO Hong-mei, etc.,al. Development of a one-step RT-PCR assay for detection of A subtype avian influenza virus. Veterinary Science in China. Abstract
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A one-step RT-PCR assay was developed to detect avian influenza virus(AIV).A pair of specific oligonucleotide primers was designed for the detection of AIV according to M gene sequences.Sensitivity for ... Watanabe K, Fuse T, Asano I, Tsukahara F, Maru Y,. Identification of Hsc70 as an influenza virus matrix protein (M1) binding factor involved in the virus life cycle. FEBS Lett. 2006 Sep 27. Abstract
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Influenza virus matrix protein 1 (M1) has been shown to play a crucial role in the virus replication, assembly and budding. We identified heat shock cognate protein 70 (Hsc70) as a M1 binding protein by ... Guang Wu, Shaomin Yan. Searching of main cause leading to severe influenza A virus mutations and consequently to influenza pandemics/epidemics. Am J Infect Dis. Full Text
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Abstract: The unpredictable mutations in the proteins from influenza A virus lead to the greatdifficulty in prevention of possible outbreak of bird flu and pandemic/epidemic of influenza. Thisunpredictability ... Tellier R.. Review of Aerosol Transmission of Influenza A Virus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Nov edition. Full Text
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Concerns about the likely occurrence of an influenza pandemic in the near future are increasing. The highly pathogenic strains of influenza A (H5N1) virus circulating in Asia, Europe, and Africa have become ... Wu G, Yan SM.. Mutation trend of hemagglutinin of influenza A virus: a review from a computational mutation viewpoint. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2006 May;27(5):513-26. Abstract
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Since 1999 we have developed two computational mutation approaches to analyze the protein primary structure whose methodology and implications were reviewed in 2002. Our first approach is the calculation ... Chen G-W, Chang S-C, Mok C-K, Lo Y-L, Kung Y-N, Hu. Genomic Signatures of Human versus Avian Influenza A Viruses. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep. Abstract
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Position-specific entropy profiles created from scanning 306 human and 95 avian influenza A viral genomes showed that 228 of 4,591 amino acid residues yielded significant differences between these 2 viruses. ... Wang S, Taaffe J, Parker C, Solorzano A, Cao H, Ga. The Hemagglutinin (HA) Proteins from H1 and H3 Serotypes of Influenza A Viruses Require Different Antigen Designs for the Induction of Optimal Protective Antibody Responses as Studied by Codon Optimiz. J Virol. 2006 Sep 20; [Epub ahead of print]. Abstract
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Effective antibody responses provide crucial immunity against influenza (Flu) virus infection. The hemagglutinin (HA) protein is the major target of protective antibody responses induced by viral infection ... Lipatov AS, Hoffmann E, Salomon R, Yen HL, Webster. Cross-Protectiveness and Immunogenicity of Influenza A/Duck/Singapore/3/97(H5) Vaccines against Infection with A/Vietnam/1203/04(H5N1) Virus in Ferrets. J Infect Dis. 2006 Oct 15;194(8):1040-3. Epub 2006. Abstract
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Ferrets were immunized with two 7- mu g doses of hemagglutinin from inactivated whole-virus vaccines containing the hemagglutinin gene of A/Duck/Singapore/3/97(H5N3) then inoculated with a lethal dose ... John C. Kash et al.. Genomic analysis of increased host immune and cell death responses induced by 1918 influenza virus. Nature advance online publication 27 September 200. Abstract
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The influenza pandemic of 1918–19 was responsible for about 50 million deaths worldwide1. Modern histopathological analysis of autopsy samples from human influenza cases from 1918 revealed significant ... Wu G, Yan S. Determination of mutation trend in hemagglutinins by means of translation probability between RNA codons and mutated amino acids. Protein Pept Lett. 2006;13(6):601-9. Abstract
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In this study, we used the 183 translation probabilities between RNA codons and mutated amino acids to construct the theoretical distributions of mutated amino acids in hemagglutinins of influenza A virus. ... Rappole JH, Hubálek Z. Birds and Influenza H5N1 Virus Movement to and within North America. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct. Abstract
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 expanded considerably during 2005 and early 2006 in both avian host species and geographic distribution. Domestic waterfowl and migratory birds are reservoirs, ... Guang Wu, Shaomin Yan. Prediction of possible mutations in H5N1 hemagglutitins of influenza A virus by means of logistic regression. Comparative Clinical Pathology. Abstract
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The relationship of mutations between 241 H5N1 hemagglutinins of influenza A virus was determined according to their amino acid and RNA codon sequences. Six probability values were calculated for each ... JS Brownstein, CJ Wolfe, KD Mandl. Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Airline Travel on Inter-Regional Influenza Spread in the United States. PLoS. Full Text
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The influence of air travel on influenza spread has been the subject of numerous investigations using simulation, but very little empirical evidence has been provided. Understanding the role ... Barr IG, Hurt AC, Iannello P, Tomasov C, Deed N. Increased adamantane resistance in influenza A(H3) viruses in Australia and neighbouring countries in 2005. Antiviral Res. 2006 Aug 28. Abstract
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The prevention and control of disease caused by seasonal and potential pandemic influenza viruses is currently managed by the use influenza vaccines and antivirals. The adamantanes (amantadine and rimantadine) ... Shi D, Yang J, Yang D, Lecluyse EL, Black C, You L. ANTI-INFLUENZA VIRAL PRODRUG OSELTAMIVIR IS ACTIVATED BY CARBOXYLESTERASE HCE1 AND THE ACTIVATION IS INHIBITED BY ANTI-PLATELET AGENT CLOPIDOGREL. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Sep 11. Abstract
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Oseltamivir is the main medicine recommended by the World Health Organization in anticipation of next influenza pandemic. This anti-influenza viral agent is an ester prodrug and the anti-viral activity ... Farrar J, etc.,al. Fatal outcome of human influenza A (H5N1) is associated with high viral load and hypercytokinemia. Nat Med. 2006 Sep 10. Abstract
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