Raleigh PJ, Flynn O, O´Connor M, O´Don. Avian influenza viruses detected by surveillance of waterfowl in Ireland during 2003-2007. Epidemiol Infect. 2008 Sep 17:1-9. Abstract
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SUMMARYSpecimens for the detection of avian influenza virus (AIV) were collected from 1937 waterfowl on the Wexford Sloblands, a major wetland reserve in southeast Ireland, between January 2003 and September ... Jia B, Shi J, Li Y, Shinya K, Muramoto Y, Zeng X,. Pathogenicity of Chinese H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in pigeons.. Arch Virol. 2008 Sep 9.. Abstract
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It has long been thought that pigeons are resistant against H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses. Recently, however, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses have demonstrated distinct ... Daidoji T, Koma T, Du A, Yang CS, Ueda M, Ikuta K,. H5N1 avian influenza virus induces apoptotic cell death in mammalian airway epithelial cells. J Virol. 2008 Sep 11. Abstract
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In recent years, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 has raised serious worldwide concern about an influenza pandemic; however, the biology of H5N1 pathogenesis is largely unknown. To elucidate ... Zhao ZM, Shortridge KF, Garcia M, Guan Y, Wan XF. Genotypic diversity of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. J Gen Virol. 2008 Sep;89(Pt 9):2182-93. Abstract
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Besides enormous economic losses to the poultry industry, recent H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) originating in eastern Asia have posed serious threats to public health. Up to April ... Kalyan Das, Li-Chung Ma, Rong Xiao,etc.,al. Structural basis for suppression of a host antiviral response by influenza A virus. pnas.0805213105. Abstract
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Influenza A viruses are responsible for seasonal epidemics and high mortality pandemics. A major function of the viral NS1A protein, a virulence factor, is the inhibition of the production of IFN-β mRNA ... Yu H, Gao Z, Feng Z, Shu Y, Xiang N, et al.. Clinical Characteristics of 26 Human Cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in China. PLoS ONE 3(8): e2985. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.000. Abstract
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While human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection continue to increase globally, available clinical data on H5N1 cases are limited. We conducted a retrospective ... Newman AP, Reisdorf E, Beinemann J, Uyeki TM, Bali. Human Case of Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Triple Reassortant Virus Infection, Wisconsin. Emerg Infect Dis, 2008 Sep edition. Abstract
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Zoonotic infections with swine influenza A viruses are reported sporadically. Triple reassortant swine influenza viruses have been isolated from pigs in the United States since 1998. We report a human ... Mahmood K, Bright RA, Mytle N, Carter DM, Crevar C. H5N1 VLP vaccine induced protection in ferrets against lethal challenge with highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses. Vaccine. 2008 Aug 13. Abstract
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In this study, recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) were evaluated as a candidate vaccine against emerging influenza viruses with pandemic potential. The VLPs are composed of the hemagglutinin (HA), ... Morens DM, Taubenberger JK, Fauci AS.. Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. J Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 18. Abstract
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Background.; Despite the availability of published data on 4 pandemics that have occurred over the past 120 years, there is little modern information on the causes of death associated with influenza pandemics. ... Gillim-Ross L, Santos C, Chen Z, Aspelund A, Yang. Avian Influenza H6 Viruses Productively Infect and Cause Illness in Mice and Ferrets. J Virol. 2008 Aug 20. Abstract
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Influenza pandemic preparedness has focused on influenza H5 and H7 subtype influenza viruses. However, it is not possible to predict with certainty, which subtype of avian influenza (AI) will cause the ... Xu X, Zhu X, Dwek RA, Stevens J, Wilson IA. Structural characterization of the 1918 influenza H1N1 neuraminidase. J Virol. 2008 Aug 20. Abstract
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Influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) plays a crucial role in facilitating the spread of newly synthesized virus in the host and is an important target for controlling disease progression. The NA crystal ... Justin D. Brown, etc.,al. Experimental infections of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses by intranasal inoculation of virus and ingestion of virus-infected chicken meat. Aug Avian Pathol. Abstract
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The present study investigated the susceptibility of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) exposed to two strains of Asian lineage H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus by evenly separating six ... Vong S, Ly S, Mardy S, Holl D, Buchy P. Environmental Contamination during Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Outbreaks, Cambodia, 2006. Emerg Infect Dis,2008 Aug. Abstract
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To determine potential risk for bird-to-human transmission during influenza A virus (H5N1) outbreaks among backyard poultry in rural Cambodia, we collected environmental specimens. Viral RNA was detected ... GUU TS, Dong L, Wittung-Stafshede P, Tao YJ, et al. Mapping the domain structure of the influenza A virus polymerase acidic protein (PA) and its interaction with the basic protein 1 (PB1) subunit.. Virology. 2008 Jul 25. Abstract
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The influenza A virus polymerase consists of three subunits (PA, PB1, and PB2) necessary for viral RNA synthesis. The heterotrimeric polymerase complex forms through PA interacting with PB1 and PB1 interacting ... Kalthoff D, Breithaupt A, Teifke JP, Globig A, Har. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Experimentally Infected Adult Mute Swans. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug. Full Text
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Adult, healthy mute swans were experimentally infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A/Cygnus cygnus/Germany/R65/2006 subtype H5N1. Immunologically naive birds died, whereas animals with ... Lee CW, Jung K, Jadhao SJ, Suarez DL. Evaluation of chicken-origin (DF-1) and quail-origin (QT-6) fibroblast cell lines for replication of avian influenza viruses. J Virol Methods. 2008 Jul 15. Abstract
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Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are isolated routinely and propagated in specific pathogen free embryonated chicken eggs (ECE) and mammalian origin Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cell line. Continuous ... Pereda AJ, Uhart M, Perez AA, Zaccagnini ME, La Sa. Avian influenza virus isolated in wild waterfowl in Argentina: Evidence of a potentially unique phylogenetic lineage in South America. Virology. 2008 Jul 14. Abstract
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Avian influenza (AI) viruses have been sporadically isolated in South America. The most recent reports are from an outbreak in commercial poultry in Chile in 2002 and its putative ancestor from a wild ... Jia N, Wang SX, Liu YX, Zhang PH, Zuo SQ, Lin-Zhan. Increased sensitivity for detecting avian influenza-specific antibodies by a modified hemagglutination inhibition assay using horse erythrocytes. J Virol Methods. 2008 Jul 14.. Abstract
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The hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay is a widely used serological method to measure the levels of protective antibody responses against influenza viruses. However, the traditional HI assay which ... WHO. Epidemic-prone & pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases. WHO. Abstract
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Summary GuidanceWHO/CDS/EPR/2007.8:: English (Full text) [pdf 2.79Mb] :: French [pdf 2.83Mb] The advice in this Summary guidance is drawn from Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone ... Angeline PC. Lim,etc.,al. Epitope characterization of the protective monoclonal antibody VN04-2 shows broadly neutralizing activity against highly pathogenic H5N1. Virology Journal 2008, 5:80. Abstract
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The monoclonal antibody VN04-2 was previously shown to protect mice against lethal A/Vietnam/1203/04 H5N1 virus challenge when administered pre- and post-infection. In this study, we characterized the ... 7500 items, 20/Page, Page[297/375][|<<] [|<] [291] [292] [293] [294] [295] [296] [297] [298] [299] [300] [>|] [>>|] |
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