China: CHP closely monitors two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland    
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     The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH)is today (February 28) closely monitoring two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the ...

China: CHP notified of additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Guangdong    
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     The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is today (February 27) closely monitoring an additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Guangdong ...

China: CHP notified of additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Guangdong    
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     The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is today (February 26) closely monitoring an additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Guangdong ...

WHO: Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus - China    
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On 23 February 2015, the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China notified WHO of 1 additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) ...

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,Hungary    
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Information received on 25/02/2015 from Dr Lajos Bognár, Deputy State Secretary Chief Veterinary Officer, Food Chain Safety Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary Summary Report ...

Dittmann M, Hoffmann HH, Scull MA, Gilmore RH, et. A serpin shapes the extracellular environment to prevent influenza a virus maturation. Cell 2015;160:631-643..  Abstract  
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Interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) act in concert to provide a tight barrier against viruses. Recent studies have shed light on the contribution of individual ISG effectors to the antiviral state, but ...

TAN Wei, XIE Zhixun. Research Progress in A Novel H17N10 Subtype of Bat Influenza A Virus. Chinese Journal of Virology.  Abstract  
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Abstract: A novel H17N10 subtype of the influenza A viruses was found in bats in 2012. Protein sequence and structural analyses revealed that the HA17 and NA10 proteins of this strain are different from ...

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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Abstract: To analyze the antigenic and genetic characteristics of the influenza A (H3N2) virus in mainland China during the surveillance year of 2013-2014, the antigenic characteristics of H3N2 virus were ...

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 ...