OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Chinese Taipei    
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 26, 2018 from OIE
Information received on 26/07/2018 from Dr Tai-Hwa Shih, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of Agriculture ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei    
submitted by kickingbird at 5 hours ago from OIE
Information received on 13/08/2018 from Dr Tai-Hwa Shih, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of Agriculture Executive ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia    
submitted by kickingbird at 4 days ago from OIE
Information received on 08/08/2018 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Moscow, Russia Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei    
submitted by kickingbird at 4 days ago from OIE
Information received on 08/08/2018 from Dr Tai-Hwa Shih, Chief Veterinary Officer, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of Agriculture ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Malaysia    
submitted by kickingbird at 7 days ago from OIE
Information received on 05/08/2018 from Dr Quaza Nizamuddin Bin Hassan Nizam, Deputy Director General (Veterinary Health), Department of veterinary services, Division of livestock resources & technology ...

Thompson MG, Pierse N, Sue Huang Q, Prasad N, et a. Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing influenza-associated intensive care admissions and attenuating severe disease among adults in New Zealand 2012-2015. Vaccine 2018 Aug 1. pii: S0264-410X(18)30997.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 1 days ago from Vaccine 2018 Aug 1. pii: S0264-410X(18)30997
BACKGROUND: Little is known about inactivated influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) in preventing very severe disease, including influenza-associated intensive care unit (ICU) admissions.METHODS: The Southern ...

Wu S, Pan Y, Zhang X, Zhang L, et al. Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in outpatient settings: A test-negative case-control study in Beijing, China, 2016/17 season. Vaccine 2018 Aug 4. pii: S0264-410X(18)31097.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 1 days ago from Vaccine 2018 Aug 4. pii: S0264-410X(18)31097
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the 2016/17 epidemic of co-circulating influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) viruses in Beijing, the capital ...

Shinjoh M, Sugaya N, Yamaguchi Y, Iibuchi N, et al. Inactivated influenza vaccine effectiveness and an analysis of repeated vaccination for children during the 2016/17 season. Vaccine 2018 Aug 6.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 1 days ago from Vaccine 2018 Aug 6
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) in children 6?months to 15?years of age during the 2016/17 season. In addition, we estimated the impact of ...

Maier HE, Lopez R, Sanchez N, Ng S, et al. Obesity Increases the Duration of Influenza A Virus Shedding in Adults. J Infect Dis 2018 Aug 2..  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 1 days ago from J Infect Dis 2018 Aug 2.
Epidemiologic studies indicate that obesity increases the risk of severe complications and death from influenza virus infections, especially in elderly individuals. This work investigates the effect of ...

Brodskaia AV, etc.,al. Inhibition of influenza A virus by mixed siRNAs, targeting the PA, NP, and NS genes, delivered by hybrid microcarriers. Antiviral Res. 2018 Aug 6. pii: S0166-3542(17)3073.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 3 days ago from Antiviral Res. 2018 Aug 6. pii: S0166-3542(17)3073
In the present study, a highly effective carrier system has been developed for the delivery of antiviral siRNA mixtures. The developed hybrid microcarriers, made of biodegradable polymers and SiO2 nanostructures, ...