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 ...

WOAH: Italy - high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (H5N1)(poultry)    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 12, 2023 from WOAH
Summary Report type: immediate notification Started: 6 Mar 2023 Confirmed: 7 Mar 2023 Reported: 8 Mar 2023 Reason for notification: recurrence Last occurrence: 30 Dec 2022 Causal agent: highly pathogenic ...

WOAH: Cambodia - influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity(H5N1) (non-poultry including wild birds)    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 12, 2023 from WOAH
Report type: immediate notification Started: 24 Feb 2023 Confirmed: 1 Mar 2023 Reported: 6 Mar 2023 Reason for notification: recurrence Last occurrence: 13 Jan 2021 Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian ...

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Hunan province    
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 2, 2023 from CNIC
Week 8 of 2023, China reported a human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) in Hunan province.

China: A human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) reported in Sichuan province    
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 26, 2023 from CNIC
Week 43 of 2022, China reported a human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) in Sichuan province. The 6-year-old girl with onset of symptoms on October 23, 2022

Yunoki M, Kubota-Koketsu R, Shioda T. Decline in intravenous immunoglobulin titer against influenza virus A/H2N2 derived from donors in Japan. J Med Virol. 2023 Mar 20.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 8 days ago from J Med Virol. 2023 Mar 20
Human influenza A/H2N2 can induce a pandemic in the future. This study evaluated the hemagglutination inhibition and neutralizing titers of intravenous immunoglobulin against A/H2N2 viruses, indicating ...

Zhou J, Qiao ML, Jahejo AR, Han XY, Wang P, Wang Y. Effect of Avian Influenza Virus subtype H9N2 on the expression of complement-associated genes in chicken erythrocytes. Br Poult Sci. 2023 Mar 20..  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 8 days ago from Br Poult Sci. 2023 Mar 20.
The H9N2 subtype avian influenza virus can infect both chickens and humans. Previous studies have reported a role for erythrocytes in immunity. However, the role of H9N2 against chicken erythrocytes and ...

Beyit AD, Meki IK, Barry Y, Haki ML, El Ghassem A,. Avian influenza H5N1 in a great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Mauritania 2022. Vet Res Commun. 2023 Mar 17.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 11 days ago from Vet Res Commun. 2023 Mar 17
In February 2022, mortalities among great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) were reported in the Parc National de Diawling, southwestern Mauritania. Samples were collected and processed, indicating ...

Thorsson E, Zohari S, Roos A, Banihashem F, Br?jer. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in a Harbor Porpoise, Sweden. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 14;29(4).  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 13 days ago from Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 14;29(4)
We found highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b associated with meningoencephalitis in a stranded harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). The virus was closely related to strains responsible ...

Wang Y, Wang M, Zhang H, Zhao C, Zhang Y, Shen J,. Prevalence, evolution, replication and transmission of H3N8 avian influenza viruses isolated from migratory birds in eastern China from 2017 to 2021. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(1):2184178.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 14 days ago from Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(1):2184178
The continued evolution and emergence of novel influenza viruses in wild and domestic animals poses an increasing public health risk. Two human cases of H3N8 avian influenza virus infection in China in ...