China: Guangdong reports two more human H7N9 cases    
submitted by kickingbird at 20 hours ago from Xinhua News Agency
GUANGZHOU, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two more human cases of H7N9 avian flu were reported in south China´s Guangdong Province, local health authorities said Sunday.The two patients, a 62-year-old man from Dongguan ...

China: a H5N6 HPAIV outbreak in poultry farm reported in Hunan    
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from MOA
The MOA of China announced on 23rd,Jan, a poultry H5N6 HPAIV outbreak confirmed in a quail farm in Xinhua county of Loudi city in Hunan province. Where 5400 quails sick, 1200 quails died. The national ...

China: Two more H7N9 cases in Guangdong    
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Xinhua News Agency
GUANGZHOU, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- South China´s Guangdong Province reported another two human cases of H7N9 avian flu, local health authorities said Saturday.At least 15 human cases have been reported in ...

OIE; Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry) ,Belize    
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from OIE
Information received on 23/01/2015 from Dr Bolortuya Purevsuren, OIE delegate, Veterinary and Animal Breeding Agency, Ministry for Industry and Agriculture, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Summary Report ...

China: Imported H7N9 case recorded in HongKong    
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from news.gov.hk
The Centre for Health Protection is investigating the second imported human case of avian influenza A (H7N9) in Hong Kong this winter.The case involves a 79-year-old man who travelled to Dongguang.Speaking ...

Pauly MD, Lauring AS.. Effective lethal mutagenesis of influenza virus by three nucleoside analogs. J Virol 2015 Jan 14. pii: JVI.03483.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 7 days ago from J Virol 2015 Jan 14. pii: JVI.03483
Lethal mutagenesis is a broad-spectrum antiviral strategy that exploits the high mutation rate and low mutational tolerance of many RNA viruses. This approach uses mutagenic drugs to increase viral mutation ...

Ma C, Lam TT, Chai Y, Wang J, et al. Emergence and evolution of H10 subtype influenza viruses in poultry in China. J Virol 2015 Jan 14. pii: JVI.03167..  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 7 days ago from J Virol 2015 Jan 14. pii: JVI.03167.
The H10N8 human infection cases identified in late 2013 and early 2014 in Jiangxi, China have raised concerns over its origin, prevalence and development in this region. Our long term influenza surveillance ...

van de Sandt CE, Hillaire ML, Geelhoed-Mieras MM,. Human influenza A virus-specific CD8+ T cell response is long-lived. J Infect Dis 2015.  Abstract  
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Animal and human studies have demonstrated the importance of influenza A virus (IAV)-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in heterosubtypic cross-protective immunity. Using peripheral blood mononuclear ...

Babady NE, Laplante JM, Tang YW, St George K, et a. Detection of a transient R292K mutation in Influenza A/H3N2 viruses shed for several weeks by an immunocompromised patient. J Clin Microbiol 2015 Jan 14.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 7 days ago from J Clin Microbiol 2015 Jan 14
We describe the case of an immunocompromised patient, positive for influenza A virus (H3N2), in whom the neuraminidase R292K mutation was transiently detected during oseltamivir treatment. The R292K mutation ...

Patrono LV, Bonfante F, Zanardello C, Terregino C,. Phylogenetically distinct equine influenza viruses show different tropism for the swine respiratory tract. J Gen Virol 2015 Jan 15. pii: vir.0.000049. doi:.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 7 days ago from J Gen Virol 2015 Jan 15. pii: vir.0.000049. doi:
Influenza A viruses circulate in a wide range of animals. H3N8 equine influenza virus (EIV) is an avian-origin virus that has established in dogs as canine influenza virus (CIV) and has also been isolated ...