McCullers JA, Hayden FG. Fatal Influenza B Infections: Time to Reexamine Influenza Research Priorities. J Infect Dis 2012 Jan 30. Abstract
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Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are zoonotic pathogens that sometimes establish long-term lineages in humans and other mammalian hosts. New introductions of influenza genes or whole viruses from animal reservoirs ... Paddock CD, Liu L, Denison AM, et al. Myocardial injury and bacterial pneumonia contribute to the pathogenesis of fatal influenza B virus infection. J Infect Dis 2012 Jan 30. Abstract
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Background.?Influenza B virus infection causes rates of hospitalization and influenza-associated pneumonia similar to seasonal influenza A virus infection and accounts for a substantial percentage of all ... Yuan Fang, David Banner, Alyson A. Kelvin, Stephen. Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Virus Infection Induces Cross-Protective Pandemic H1N1 Virus Immunity through a CD8-Independent, B Cell-Dependent Mechanism. J. Virol. February 2012 86:2229-2238. Abstract
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During the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic (pdmH1N1) outbreak, it was found that most individuals lacked antibodies against the new pdmH1N1 virus, and only the elderly showed anti-hemagglutinin (anti-HA) ... Li Lin, Yang Li, Hyun-Mi Pyo, Xinya Lu, Sathya N.. Identification of RNA Helicase A as a Cellular Factor That Interacts with Influenza A Virus NS1 Protein and Its Role in the Virus Life Cycle. J. Virol. February 2012 86:1942-1954. Abstract
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Influenza A virus NS1 protein has multiple functions in the infected cell during the virus life cycle. Identification of novel cellular factors that interact with NS1 and understanding their functions ... Xiaohui Fan, Huachen Zhu, Boping Zhou, David K. Sm. Emergence and Dissemination of a Swine H3N2 Reassortant Influenza Virus with 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Genes in Pigs in China. J. Virol. February 2012 86:2375-2378;. Abstract
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The 2009 pandemic influenza virus (pdm/09) has been frequently introduced to pigs and has reassorted with other swine viruses. Recently, H3N2 reassortants with pdm/09-like internal genes were isolated ... Skowronski DM, De Serres G, Janjua NZ, Gardy JL, G. Cross-reactive antibody to swine influenza A(H3N2) subtype virus in children and adults before and after immunisation with 2010/11 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in Canada, August to November. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(4):pii=20066. Full Text
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In pre- and post-immunisation sera from children (17–120 months-old) and adults (20–59 years-old) immunised with 2010/11 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine, we assessed age-related patterns of sero-susceptibility ... Eefje J. A. Schrauwen,etc.,al. The multi basic cleavage site in H5N1 virus is critical for systemic spread along the olfactory and hematogenous routes in ferrets. 2012, doi: 10.1128/?JVI.06828-11. Abstract
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The route by which highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus spreads systemically, including the central nervous system (CNS), is largely unknown in mammals. Especially the olfactory route, which ... FONTANA J, Cardone G, Heymann JB, Winkler DC, et a. Structural changes in influenza virus at low pH characterized by cryo-electron tomography. J Virol. 2012. Abstract
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Influenza virus enters host cells by endocytosis. The low pH of endosomes triggers conformational changes in hemagglutinin (HA) that mediate fusion of the viral and endosomal membranes. We have used cryo-electron ... KOBAYASHI Y, Suzuki Y. Evidence for N-glycan shielding of antigenic sites during evolution of human influenza A virus hemagglutinin. J Virol. 2012. Abstract
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After the emergence of influenza A viruses in the human population, the number of N-glycosylation sites (NGS) in the globular head region of hemagglutinin (HA) has increased continuously for several decades. ... KANCHANA S, Kanchana S, Chuntrakul C, Malathum K,. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection: persistent viral shedding after Oseltamivir treatment. J Infect. 2011;63:295-9.. Abstract
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To study pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virological outcomes after Oseltamivir treatment in confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infections. A hospital-based cohort study was conducted in ... BRUCE EA, Abbink TE, Wise HM, Rollason R, et al. Release of filamentous and spherical influenza A virus is not restricted by tetherin. J Gen Virol. 2012. Abstract
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The cellular protein tetherin is thought to act as a 'leash' that anchors many enveloped viruses to the plasma membrane and prevents their release. We found that replication of multiple strains of influenza ... KOERNER I, Matrosovich MN, Haller O, Staeheli P, e. Altered receptor specificity and fusion activity of the hemagglutinin contribute to high virulence of a mouse-adapted influenza A virus. J Gen Virol. 2012.. Abstract
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The viral hemagglutinin (HA) and the viral polymerase complex determine the replication fitness of a highly virulent variant of influenza A virus strain A/PR/8/34 (designated hvPR8) and its high pathogenicity ... STONER TD, Krauss S, Turner JC, Seiler P, et al. Susceptibility of avian influenza viruses of the N6 subtype to the neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir. Antiviral Res. 2012.. Abstract
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Avian influenza viruses are a source of genetic material that can be transmitted to humans through direct introduction or reassortment. Although there is a wealth of information concerning global monitoring ... Hongxing Hu,etc.,al. A Human Antibody Recognizing a Conserved Epitope of H5 Hemagglutinin Broadly Neutralizes Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Viruses. J Virol, published online Jan 11. Abstract
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Influenza A virus infection is a persistent threat to public health worldwide, due to its ability to evade immune surveillance through rapid genetic drift and shift. Current vaccines against influenza ... Jeffrey Shamana, Marc Lipsitch. The El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)–pandemic Influenza connection: Coincident or causal?. Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Jan 17. Full Text
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We find that the four most recent human influenza pandemics (1918, 1957, 1968, and 2009), all of which were first identified in boreal spring or summer, were preceded by La Ni?a conditions in the equatorial ... Crossley B, Hietala S, Hunt T, Benjamin G, Martine. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Captive Cheetah. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Feb. Abstract
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We describe virus isolation, full genome sequence analysis, and clinical pathology in ferrets experimentally inoculated with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus recovered from a clinically ill captive cheetah that ... DeVries etc., al. Neuraminidase H275Y and hemagglutinin D222G mutations in a fatal case of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.11. Abstract
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Oseltamivir-resistant 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infections associated with neuraminidase (NA) H275Y have been identified sporadically. Strains possessing the hemagglutinin (HA) D222G mutation have been ... LEKCHAROENSUK P, Wiriyarat W, Petcharat N, Lekchar. Cloned cDNA of A/swine/Iowa/15/1930 internal genes as a candidate backbone for reverse genetics vaccine against influenza A viruses.. Vaccine. 2012. Abstract
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Reverse genetics viruses for influenza vaccine production usually utilize the internal genes of the egg-adapted A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (PR8) strain. This egg-adapted strain provides high production yield in ... HU Y, Jin Y, Han D, Zhang G, et al.. Mast cell-induced lung injury in mice infected with H5N1 influenza virus. J Virol. 2012.. Abstract
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Although an important role for mast cells in several viral infections has been demonstrated, its role in the invasion of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus is unknown. In the present study, we demonstrated ... HU H, Voss J, Zhang G, Buchy P, et al. A Human Antibody Recognizing a Conserved Epitope of H5 Hemagglutinin Broadly Neutralizes Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Viruses. J Virol. 2012.. Abstract
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