China: 2 more H7N9 cases in south China´s Guangdong, one dies    
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The number of H7N9 human cases in south China´s Guangdong Province reached 30 since the start of the year with two more cases reported, local health authorities said Saturday. A 48-year-old man from ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Japan, (Follow-up report No. 12)    
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Information received on 30/01/2015 from Dr Toshiro Kawashima, CVO, Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo , Japan Summary Report type Follow-up ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei, (Follow-up report No. 6)    
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Information received on 28/01/2015 from Dr Ping-Cheng Yang, Vice President, Agriculture Technology Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Hsinchu City, Chinese Taipei Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei, (Follow-up report No. 6)    
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Information received on 28/01/2015 from Dr Ping-Cheng Yang, Vice President, Agriculture Technology Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Hsinchu City, Chinese Taipei Summary Report ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Chinese Taipei, (Follow-up report No. 3)    
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Information received on 28/01/2015 from Dr Ping-Cheng Yang, Vice President, Agriculture Technology Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Hsinchu City, Chinese Taipei Summary Report ...

Li XY, etc.,al. Virological Characteristics of Influenza A (H3N2) Virus in Mainland China during 2013-2014. Chinese Journal of Virology.  Abstract  
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Virological Characteristics of Influenza A (H3N2) Virus in Mainland China during 2013-2014  

Pauly MD, Lauring AS.. Effective lethal mutagenesis of influenza virus by three nucleoside analogs. J Virol 2015 Jan 14. pii: JVI.03483.  Abstract  
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Lethal mutagenesis is a broad-spectrum antiviral strategy that exploits the high mutation rate and low mutational tolerance of many RNA viruses. This approach uses mutagenic drugs to increase viral mutation ...

Ma C, Lam TT, Chai Y, Wang J, et al. Emergence and evolution of H10 subtype influenza viruses in poultry in China. J Virol 2015 Jan 14. pii: JVI.03167..  Abstract  
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The H10N8 human infection cases identified in late 2013 and early 2014 in Jiangxi, China have raised concerns over its origin, prevalence and development in this region. Our long term influenza surveillance ...

van de Sandt CE, Hillaire ML, Geelhoed-Mieras MM,. Human influenza A virus-specific CD8+ T cell response is long-lived. J Infect Dis 2015.  Abstract  
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Animal and human studies have demonstrated the importance of influenza A virus (IAV)-specific CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in heterosubtypic cross-protective immunity. Using peripheral blood mononuclear ...

Babady NE, Laplante JM, Tang YW, St George K, et a. Detection of a transient R292K mutation in Influenza A/H3N2 viruses shed for several weeks by an immunocompromised patient. J Clin Microbiol 2015 Jan 14.  Abstract  
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We describe the case of an immunocompromised patient, positive for influenza A virus (H3N2), in whom the neuraminidase R292K mutation was transiently detected during oseltamivir treatment. The R292K mutation ...