Ke C, Mok CKP, Zhu W, Zhou H, He J, Guan W, et al.. Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug. Abstract
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The recent increase in zoonotic avian influenza A(H7N9) disease in China is a cause of public health concern. Most of the A(H7N9) viruses previously reported have been of low pathogenicity. We report the ... Zhou L, Tan Y, Kang M, Liu F, Ren R, Wang Y, et al. Preliminary Epidemiology of Human Infections with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug. Abstract
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We compared the characteristics of cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H7N9) virus infections in China. HPAI A(H7N9) case-patients were more likely ... Lin CY, Chia MY, Chen PL, Yeh CT, et al.. Assessment of pathogenicity and antigenicity of American lineage influenza H5N2 viruses in Taiwan. Virology 2017;508:159-163. Abstract
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During December 2003 and March 2004, large scale epidemics of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) H5N2 occurred in poultry farms in central and southern Taiwan. Based on genomic analysis, these H5N2 ... Randolph AG, Yip WK, Allen EK, Rosenberger CM, et. Evaluation of IFITM3 rs12252 Association with Severe Pediatric Influenza Infection. J Infect Dis 2017 May 20. Abstract
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Background: Interferon inducible transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) restricts endocytic fusion of influenza virus. IFITM3 rs12252_C, a putative alternate splice site, has been associated with influenza severity ... Hara K, Kashiwagi T, Hamada N, Watanabe H, et al. Basic amino acids in the N-terminal half of the PB2 subunit of influenza virus RNA polymerase are involved in both transcription and replication. J Gen Virol 2017 May 22.. Abstract
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The PB2 subunit of influenza virus RNA polymerase is known to be involved in the initiation of transcription of the virus genome via cap binding. However, other specific roles of PB2 for viral RNA synthesis ... Lone NA, Spackman E, Kapczynski D. Immunologic evaluation of 10 different adjuvants for use in vaccines for chickens against highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. Vaccine 2017 May 13. Abstract
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Avian influenza viruses (AIV) are a threat to poultry production worldwide. Vaccination is utilized as a component of control programs for both high pathogenicity (HP) and low pathogenicity (LP) AIV. Over ... Zhao D, Liang L, Wang S, Nakao T, et al. Glycosylation of the Hemagglutinin Protein of H5N1 Influenza Virus Increases Its Virulence in Mice by Exacerbating the Host Immune Response. J Virol 2017;91. Abstract
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The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses continue to circulate in nature and threaten public health. Although several viral determinants and host factors that influence the virulence of ... Pereira CF, Read EKC, Wise HM, Amorim MJ, et al. The influenza A virus NS1 protein promotes efficient nuclear export of unspliced viral M1 mRNA. Virol 2017 May 17. pii: JVI.00528-17. Abstract
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Influenza A virus mRNAs are transcribed by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the cell nucleus before being exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Segment 7 produces two major transcripts: an ... Lee N, Cao B, Ke C, Lu H, et al. IFITM3, TLR3, and CD55 Genes SNPs and Cumulative Ge-netic Risks for Severe Outcomes in Chinese Patients with H7N9 / H1N1pdm09 Influenza. J Infect Dis 2017 May 16. Abstract
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Background: We examined associations between SNPs (single-nucleotide-polymorphisms) of IFITM3, TLR3, and CD55 genes and influenza clinical outcomes in Chinese patients. Methods: A multicenter-study was ... Spreco A, Eriksson O, Dahlstrom O, Timpka T, et al. Influenza detection and prediction algorithms: comparative accuracy trial in ?sterg?tland county, Sweden, 2008-2012. Epidemiol Infect 2017 May 17. Abstract
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Methods for the detection of influenza epidemics and prediction of their progress have seldom been comparatively evaluated using prospective designs. This study aimed to perform a prospective comparative ... Root JJ, Shriner SA, Ellis JW, VanDalen KK, et al. Transmission of H6N2 wild bird-origin influenza A virus among multiple bird species in a stacked-cage setting. Arch Virol 2017 May 16. Abstract
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Live bird markets are common in certain regions of the U.S. and in other regions of the world. We experimentally tested the ability of a wild bird influenza A virus to transmit from index animals to na?ve ... Liu S, Zhang L, Yao Z, Xing L, et al. In vitro and in vivo characterization of a novel H1N1/2009 influenza virus reassortant with an NS gene from a highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, isolated from a human. Arch Virol 2017 May 18. Abstract
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The triple-reassortant H1N1/2009 influenza A virus, which caused the first influenza pandemic of the 21(st) century, is generally associated with mild disease and a relatively low mortality rate comparable ... JA Besler,etc.,al. A novel A(H7N2) influenza virus isolated from a veterinarian caring for cats in a New York City animal shelter causes mild disease and transmits poorly in the ferret model. J Virol May 17. Abstract
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In December 2016, a low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H7N2) virus was identified as the causative source of an outbreak in a cat shelter in New York City, which subsequently spread to multiple shelters ... Bahl K. et al.. Preclinical and Clinical Demonstration of Immunogenicity by mRNA Vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 Influenza Viruses. Mol Ther. 2017 Apr 11. pii: S1525-0016(17)30156-9.. Abstract
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Recently, the World Health Organization confirmed 120 new human cases of avian H7N9 influenza in China resulting in 37 deaths, highlighting the concern for a potential pandemic and the need for an ... Bui CM. et al.. Influenza A H5N1 and H7N9 in China: A spatial risk analysis. PLoS One. 2017 Apr 4;12(4):e0174980.. Abstract
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Background
Zoonotic avian influenza poses a major risk to China, and other parts of the world. H5N1 has remained endemic in China and globally for nearly two decades, and in 2013, a novel zoonotic influenza ... Hussain M, Galvin HD, Haw TY, Nutsford AN, Husain. Drug resistance in influenza A virus: the epidemiology and management. Infection and Drug Resistance 20 April 2017 Volum. Abstract
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Influenza A virus (IAV) is the sole cause of the unpredictable influenza pandemics and deadly zoonotic outbreaks and constitutes at least half of the cause of regular annual influenza epidemics in ... Zhang ZH, Meng LS, Kong DH, Liu J, Li SZ, Zhou C,. A Suspected Person-to-person Transmission of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Case in Ward. Chin Med J 2017. Abstract
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Since throat swab specimens obtained from three adult Chinese patients were confirmed as an avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus by local Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2013,[1] many ... HOFT DF, Lottenbach K, Goll JB, Hill H, et al. Priming Vaccination With Influenza Virus H5 Hemagglutinin Antigen Significantly Increases the Duration of T cell Responses Induced by a Heterologous H5 Booster Vaccination. J Infect Dis. 2016 Oct. Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Influenza A(H5N1) virus and other avian influenza virus strains represent major pandemic threats. Like all influenza A virus strains, A(H5N1) viruses evolve rapidly. Innovative immunization ... HIROSE R, Nakaya T, Naito Y, Daidoji T, et al.. Mechanism of human influenza virus RNA persistence and virion survival in feces: mucus protects virions from acid and digestive juices. J Infect Dis. 2017 May 11. Abstract
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Although viral RNA or infectious virions have been detected in the feces of individuals infected with human influenza A/B virus (IAV/IBV), the mechanism of viral survival in the gastrointestinal tract ... Zhu W, Zhou J, Li Z, Yang L, Li X, Huang W, Zou S,. Biological characterisation of the emerged highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H7N9) viruses in humans, in mainland China, 2016 to 2017. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(19):pii=30533.. Abstract
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