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. ... Calvo C, García-García ML, Centeno M, Pérez-Bre?a. Influenza C Virus Infection in Children, Spain. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct. Abstract
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To the Editor: Influenza viruses cause serious respiratory illness, particularly in infants <24 months of age (1). Despite serologic studies of French adults that showed an influenza virus seroprevalence ... 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, ... Chang-Won Lee, etc.,al. Characterization of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza A Viruses Isolated from South Korea. J Virol. 2005 March; 79(6): 3692–3702.. Abstract
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An unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been reported for poultry in eight different Asian countries, including South Korea, since December 2003. A phylogenetic analysis ... 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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Background
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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Avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses cause severe disease in humans, but the basis for their virulence remains unclear. In vitro and animal studies indicate that high and disseminated viral replication is ... Callison SA, Hilt DA, Boynton TO, Sample BF, Robis. Development and evaluation of a real-time Taqman RT-PCR assay for the detection of infectious bronchitis virus from infected chickens. J Virol Methods. 2006 Aug 24. Abstract
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It is important to rapidly differentiate infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) from disease agents like highly pathogenic avian influenza virus and exotic Newcastle disease virus, which can be extremely similar ... Kalbfuss B, Wolff M, Morenweiser R, Reichl U.. Purification of cell culture-derived human influenza A virus by size-exclusion and anion-exchange chromatography. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2006 Aug 25;. Abstract
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A process comprising of size-exclusion (SEC) and anion-exchange chromatography (AEC) was investigated for downstream processing of cell culture-derived influenza A virus. Human influenza virus A/PR/8/34 ... Saha S, Yoshida S, Ohba K, Matsui K, Matsuda T, Ta. A fused gene of nucleoprotein (NP) and herpes simplex virus genes (VP22) induces highly protective immunity against different subtypes of influenza virus. Virology. 2006 Aug 28; [Epub ahead of print]. Abstract
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We evaluated the immunogenicity and protective activity of plasmid DNA vaccines encoding the influenza virus NP gene (pNP) alone or in combination with the herpes simplex virus type 1 protein 22 gene (pVP22). ... Das A, Spackman E, Senne D, Pedersen J, Suarez DL. Development of an Internal Positive Control for Rapid Diagnosis of Avian Influenza Virus Infections by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR with Lyophilized Reagents. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Sep;44(9):3065-73. Abstract
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We developed an internal positive control (IPC) RNA to help ensure the accuracy of the detection of avian influenza virus (AIV) RNA by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and real-time RT-PCR (RRT-PCR). The ... Chang-Shung Tung, etc.,al. Homology model of the structure of influenza B virus HA1. Journal of General Virology (2004), 85, 3249–3259. Full Text [Primary member]
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Influenza B virus is one of two types of influenza virus that cause substantial morbidity andmortality in humans, the other being influenza A virus. The inability to provide lasting protectionto humans ... Luke TC, Kilbane EM, Jackson JL, Hoffman SL. Meta-Analysis: Convalescent Blood Products for Spanish Influenza Pneumonia: A Future H5N1 Treatment?. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Aug 29. Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Studies from the Spanish influenza era reported that transfusion of influenza-convalescent human blood products reduced mortality in patients with influenza complicated by pneumonia. Treatments ... Rameix-Welti MA, Agou F, Buchy P, Mardy S, Aubin J. Natural variation can significantly alter sensitivity to oseltamivir of Influenza A(H5N1) viruses. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Aug 28. Abstract
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Geographical spread of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses may give rise to an influenza pandemic. During the first months of a pandemic, control measures would rely mainly on antiviral drugs, ... Amonsin A, Chutinimitkul S, Pariyothorn N, Songser. Genetic characterization of influenza A viruses (H5N1) isolated from 3rd wave of Thailand AI outbreaks. Virus Res. 2006 Aug 24. Abstract
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Three major outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) occurred in Thailand. During the third episode in October 2005, we have isolated H5N1 viruses from one human case and three poultry cases. The whole genomes ... Woo PC, Lau SK, Yuen KY. Infectious diseases emerging from Chinese wet-markets: zoonotic origins of severe respiratory viral infections. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2006 Oct;19(5):401-7.. Abstract
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