China: CHP notified of human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Jiangsu    
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2018 from Hong Kong Government News
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) of Hong Kong (November 23) received notification of an additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Jiangsu from the National ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Namibia    
submitted by kickingbird at 3 days ago from OIE
Information received on 12/02/2019 from Dr Adrianatus Florentius Maseke, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Windhoek, Namibia Summary Report ...

OIE: Equine influenza, Nigeria    
submitted by kickingbird at 8 days ago from OIE
Information received on 05/02/2019 from Dr Olaniran Alabi, Director, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Kuwait    
submitted by kickingbird at 9 days ago from OIE
Information received on 06/02/2019 from Dr Ali Al-Qattan, Deputy of Director General of Animal Wealth, Animal Wealth, Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources, Safat, Kuwait Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Iran    
submitted by kickingbird at 9 days ago from OIE
Information received on 05/02/2019 from Dr Alireza Rafiepoor, Head of Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO), Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO), Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Tehran, Iran ...

Sugawara T, et al. Association of severe abnormal behavior and acetaminophen with/without neuraminidase inhibitors. J Infect Chemother. 2019 Feb 7.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from J Infect Chemother. 2019 Feb 7
BACKGROUND: Even though abnormal behavior related with influenza and neuraminidase inhibitors (NI) has been discussed, the risks of acetaminophen and co-administration of NI and acetaminophen have not ...

Lytras T, Mouratidou E, Andreopoulou A,et al. Effect of early oseltamivir treatment on mortality in critically ill patients with different types of influenza: a multi-season cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 7.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 7
Background: The available evidence on whether neuraminidase inhibitors reduce mortality in patients with influenza is inconclusive, and focuses solely on influenza A/H1N1pdm09. We assessed whether early ...

Nikolaev EV, Zloza A, Sontag ED. Immunobiochemical Reconstruction of Influenza Lung Infection-Melanoma Skin Cancer Interactions. Front Immunol. 2019 Jan 28;10:4.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Front Immunol. 2019 Jan 28;10:4
It was recently reported that acute influenza infection of the lung promoted distal melanoma growth in the dermis of mice. Melanoma-specific CD8+ T cells were shunted to the lung in the presence of the ...

Kwon JH, et al. Different pathogenicity of two strains of clade 2.3.4.4c H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses bearing different PA and NS gene in domestic ducks. Virology. 2019 Jan 15;530:11-18.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Virology. 2019 Jan 15;530:11-18
H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) have been disseminated to wide geographic regions since 2014. In 2016, five distinct genotypes (C-1 to C-5) of clade 2.3.4.4c H5N6 ...

Zhao L,Zhang X,Wu Z,Huang K,Sun X,Chen H, Jin M. The Downregulation of MicroRNA hsa-miR-340-5p in IAV-Infected A549 Cells Suppresses Viral Replication by Targeting RIG-I and OAS2. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2019 Jan 10;14:509-519..  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2019 Jan 10;14:509-519.
The influenza A virus poses serious public health challenges worldwide. Strikingly, small noncoding microRNAs (miRNAs) that modulate gene expression are closely involved in antiviral responses, although ...