WHO launches new global influenza strategy    
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WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Israel    
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Information received on 19/10/2020 from Dr Tamir Goshen, Acting Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), Israel    
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Information received on 19/10/2020 from Dr Tamir Goshen, Acting Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel SummaryReport typeFollow-up ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N8), Israel    
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Information received on 15/10/2020 from Dr Tamir Goshen, Acting Director, Veterinary Services and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza(H5N8), Russia    
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Information received on 14/10/2020 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance , Ministry of Agriculture, Moscou, Russia Summary Report ...

Drori Y, Jacob-Hirsch J, Pando R, Glatman-Freedman. Influenza A Virus Inhibits RSV Infection via a Two-Wave Expression of IFIT Proteins. Viruses. 2020 Oct 16;12(10):E1171.  Abstract  
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Influenza viruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are respiratory viruses that primarily circulate worldwide during the autumn and winter seasons. Seasonal surveillance has shown that RSV infection ...

Li S, Qiao Y, Xu Y, Li P, Nie J, Zhao Q, Chai W, S. Identification of Linear Peptide Immunogens with Verified Broad-spectrum Immunogenicity from the Conserved Regions within the Hemagglutinin Stem Domain of H1N1 Influenza Virus. Immunol Invest. 2020 Oct 20:1-14.  Abstract  
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Background: Influenza A viruses (IAVs) induce acute respiratory disease and cause severe epidemics and pandemics. Since IAVs exhibit antigenic variation and genome reassortment, the development of broad-spectrum ...

Ohta M, Bannai H, Nemoto M, Kambayashi Y, Tamura N. Antibody Responses Against Equine Influenza Virus Induced by Concurrent and by Consecutive Use of an Inactivated Equine Influenza Virus Vaccine and a Modified Live Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 Vaccine in. J Equine Vet Sci. 2020 Nov;94:103221.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 days ago from J Equine Vet Sci. 2020 Nov;94:103221
An inactivated equine influenza virus (EIV) vaccine and a live equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) vaccine are usually administered concurrently to Thoroughbred racehorses in Japan. The objective of this ...

Nemoto M, Okita N, Kitahata M, Bannai H, Tsujimura. Evaluation of cobas Influenza A/B & RSV Test for Diagnosis of Equine Influenza. J Equine Vet Sci. 2020 Nov;94:103249.  Abstract  
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A rapid and sensitive diagnostic method is needed to help prevent the spread of equine influenza virus. The cobas Influenza A/B & RSV test for the cobas Liat system (Roche Diagnostics) is based on real-time ...

Hauge SH, Bakken IJ, de Blasio BF, H?berg SE. Risk conditions in children hospitalized with influenza in Norway, 2017~2019. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 19;20(1):769.  Abstract  
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Background: Norwegian children are more frequently hospitalized with influenza than adults. Little is known about the characteristics of these children. Our aim was to investigate the presence of pre-existing ...