Health Canada. Canada:Fluwatch week 42,2005. Health Canada. Full Text [Primary member]
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Canada Summary:During week 42, no influenza activity was reported in Canada. Over the one week period, the Public Health Agency of Canada received 1057 reports of laboratory tests for influenza, ... Health Canada. Canada:Fluwatch week 41,2005. Health Canada. Full Text [Primary member]
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Canada Summary:During week 41, localized influenza activity was reported in Saskatchewan and sporadic activity was reported in British Columbia and Ontario, while the rest of the country reported ... EISS. EISS Weekly Report: Week 43, 2005. EISS. Full Text [Primary member]
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Influenza activity in Europe remains low
Summary: The intensity of clinical influenza activity in Europe is currently low. Sporadic laboratory confirmed cases of influenza have been detected since week ... US CDC. US:Weekly Report for Influenza Summary Update (Week 41,2005). US CDC. Full Text [Primary member]
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Weekly Report: Influenza Summary UpdateWeek ending October 15, 2005-Week 41
Synopsis:During week 41 (October 9 - October 15, 2005)*, influenza activity occurred at a low level in the United ... US CDC. US:Weekly Report for Influenza Summary Update (Week 42,2005). US CDC. Full Text [Primary member]
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Weekly Report: Influenza Summary UpdateWeek ending October 22, 2005-Week 42
Synopsis:During week 42 (October 16 - October 22, 2005)*, influenza activity was low in the United States. Nine ... US CDC. US:Weekly Report for Influenza Summary Update (Week 43,2005). US CDC. Full Text [Primary member]
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Weekly Report: Influenza Summary UpdateWeek ending October 29, 2005-Week 43
Synopsis:During week 43 (October 23 ?October 29, 2005)*, influenza activity was low in the United States. Three (0.4%) ... Lo JYC, Tsang THF, Leung Y-H, Yeung EYH, Wu T, Lim WWL. Respiratory Infections during SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong, 2003. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Nov edition. Full Text
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The effect of community hygienic measures during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong was studied by comparing the proportion of positive specimens of various respiratory viruses ... Stanley E, Sokol TM, Scott C, Ratard RC. Influenza in Louisiana: an analysis of Louisiana Influenza Sentinel Surveillance Data, 1998-2004. J La State Med Soc. 2005 Jul-Aug;157(4):203-6. Abstract [Primary member]
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Analysis of the influenza sentinel surveillance data from the Louisiana Office of Public health showed that the influenza season for Louisiana starts between October and December and ends between December ... Quinlivan M, Dempsey E, Ryan F, Arkins S, Cullinane A. Real-time reverse transcription PCR for detection and quantitative analysis of equine influenza virus. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct;43(10):5055-7. Abstract
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Equine influenza is a cause of epizootic respiratory disease of the equine. The detection of equine influenza virus using real-time Light Cycler reverse transcription (RT)-PCR technology was evaluated ... Victor C. Chu and Gary R. Whittaker. Influenza virus entry and infection require host cell N-linked glycoprotein. PNAS December 28, 2004, vol. 101, no. 52, 18153-18158. Abstract
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A widely held view of influenza virus infection is that the viral receptor consists of cell surface carbohydrate sialic acid, which can be present as glycoprotein or glycolipid. Here, we examined influenza ... Erich Hoffmann, Aleksandr S. Lipatov, Richard J. Webby, Elena A. Govorkova and Robert G. Webster. Role of specific hemagglutinin amino acids in the immunogenicity and protection of H5N1 influenza virus. PNAS September 6, 2005 , vol. 102, no. 36, 12915-12920. Abstract
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If H5N1 influenza viruses become transmissible among humans, vaccination will offer the most effective option to limit their spread. Two human vaccine candidates recently generated by reverse genetics ... Olsen SJ, Ungchusak K, Sovann L, Uyeki TM, Dowell SF, Cox NJ, et al. Family Clustering of Avian Influenza A (H5N1). Emerg Infect Dis . 2005 Nov. Full Text
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To the Editor: The unprecedented epizootic of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Asia poses a serious threat of causing the next global influenza pandemic. H5N1 viruses, to which humans have little or no immunity, ... Tiensin T, Chaitaweesub P, Songserm T, Chaisingh A, Hoonsuwan W, Buranathai C, et al. Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, Thailand, 2004. Emerg Infect Dis . 2005 Nov. Full Text
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In January 2004, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the H5N1 subtype was first confirmed in poultry and humans in Thailand. Control measures, e.g., culling poultry flocks, restricting poultry ... John S. Brownstein, Ken P. Kleinman and Kenneth D. Mandl. Identifying Pediatric Age Groups for Influenza Vaccination Using a Real-Time Regional Surveillance System. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005 162(7):686-693. Abstract
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Evidence is accumulating that universal vaccination of schoolchildren would reduce the transmission of influenza. The authors sought to identify target age groups within the pediatric population that develop ... Vasiliy P. Mishin, Frederick G. Hayden, Larisa V. Gubareva. Susceptibilities of Antiviral-Resistant Influenza Viruses to Novel Neuraminidase Inhibitors. Antimicrob Agents Chemother November edition. Abstract
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The susceptibilities of five zanamivir-resistant and six oseltamivir-resistant influenza viruses were assessed against four neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors, including peramivir and A-315675, by a fluorometric ... EISS. EISS Weekly Report: Week 42, 2005. EISS. Full Text
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Summary: The intensity of influenza activity in Europe is low. Only two countries, Poland and Hungary, reported an increase in clinical activity in week 42/2005, but in both countries the incidence of ... EISS. EISS Weekly Report: Week 41, 2005. EISS. Full Text
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Low influenza activity in EuropeSummary: This is the first bulletin of the 2005-2006 influenza season. The intensity of clinical influenza activity is low in all parts of Europe. Increasing activity is ... Ghedin E, Sengamalay NA, Shumway M, et al. Large-scale sequencing of human influenza reveals the dynamic nature of viral genome evolution. Nature 2005 Oct 5 (advance online publication). Full Text
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Influenza viruses are remarkably adept at surviving in the human population over a long timescale. The human influenza A virus continues to thrive even among populations with widespread access to vaccines, ... National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Statement-Unmasking the 1918 Influenza Virus:An Important Step Toward Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Full Text
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Unmasking the 1918 Influenza Virus:An Important Step Toward Pandemic Influenza PreparednessAnthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National ... Anne Moscona. Neuraminidase Inhibitors for Influenza. NEJM Volume 353:1363-1373. Full Text
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