WHO: Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus - update    
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5 March 2014 - On 4 March 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) ...

WHO: Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus - update    
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7 March 2014 - On 4 March 2014, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China, notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with ...

WHO: Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus - update    
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3 March 2014 - On 27 February, 28 February and 1 March 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of eight additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza,Korea (Rep. of), (Follow-up report No. 3)    
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Information received on 28/02/2014 from Dr TaeYung Kim, Director General, Livestock Policy Bureau, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Sejong-Si, Korea (Rep. of) Summary Report ...

WHO: Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus - update    
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27 February 2014 - On 25 February 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza ...

SUN Y, Xu Q, Shen Y, Liu L, et al. Naturally occurring mutations in the PA gene are key contributors to increased virulence of pandemic H1N1/09 influenza virus in mice.. J Virol. 2014.  Abstract  
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We examined the molecular basis of virulence of pandemic H1N1/09 influenza viruses by reverse genetics based on two H1N1/09 virus isolates (A/California/04/2009 [CA04] and A/swine/Shandong/731/2009 [SD731]) ...

TARNOW C, Engels G, Arendt A, Schwalm F, et al. TMPRSS2 is a host factor that is essential for pneumotropism and pathogenicity of H7N9 influenza A virus in mice. J Virol. 2014 Feb 12.  Abstract  
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Cleavage of the hemagglutinin (HA) by host proteases is essential for the infectivity of influenza viruses. We have analysed here the role of the serine protease TMPRSS2 activating HA in the human respiratory ...

NEUMANN G, Macken CA, Kawaoka Y. Identification of amino acid changes that may have been critical for the genesis of A(H7N9) influenza viruses. J Virol. 2014 Feb 12.  Abstract  
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Novel influenza A viruses of the H7N9 subtype [A(H7N9)] emerged in the spring of 2013 in China and have infected 163 people as of January 10, 2014; fifty of them died of the severe respiratory infection ...

YANG H, Chang JC, Guo Z, Carney PJ, et al. Structural stability of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus hemagglutinins. J Virol. 2014 Feb 12..  Abstract  
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The non-covalent interactions that mediate trimerization of the influenza hemagglutinin (HA) are important determinants of its biological activities. Recent studies have demonstrated that mutations in ...

HE L, Wu Q, Jiang K, Duan Z, et al. Differences in transmissibility and pathogenicity of reassortants between H9N2 and 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A viruses from humans and swine. Arch Virol. 2014 Feb 9.  Abstract  
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Both H9N2 subtype avian influenza and 2009 pandemic H1N1 viruses (pH1N1) can infect humans and pigs, which provides the opportunity for virus reassortment, leading to the genesis of new strains with potential ...