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INFLUENZA >> 
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Avian Influenza  
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Latest News  

May 9
New Item India, South Korea, Vietnam confirm H5N1 outbreaks

May 6
New Item WHO begins pandemic guidance update

May 5
New Item South Korea, Japan find more H5N1 in birds

Apr 29
New Item Toronto officials approve antivirals for city workers

New Item Indonesian boy dies of avian flu; Japan confirms H5N1 in swans

Apr 28
New Item Japan finds H5 virus in swans; India, Vietnam cite outbreaks

Apr 23
New Item Indonesia denies seeking payment for virus samples

Apr 22
New Item HHS official reports on Southeast Asia issues

Apr 21
New Item South Korea raises H5N1 culling target to 5.3 million

Apr 18
New Item Boy's illness raises Egypt's H5N1 count to 50

Apr 17
New Item South Korea raises H5N1 alert as outbreak reports rise

New Item HHS secretary blogs on impasse with Indonesia

Apr 15
New Item Japan set to begin prepandemic vaccination

Apr 14
New Item H5N1 strikes poultry in South Korea, Russia

Apr 11
New Item Egypt reports another H5N1 death

Apr 9
New Item Chinese man probably caught H5N1 from son

Apr 7
New Item India, South Korea, China report H5N1 outbreaks

New Item 19-year-old Egyptian dies of avian flu

Apr 4
New Item H5N1 resurfaces in South Korean poultry

Apr 3
New Item Two more H5N1 cases from Pakistan cluster verified

Mar 31
New Item Three cases raise Indonesia's H5N1 count to 132

Mar 27
New Item Swiss find H5N1 in wild duck; India has new outbreak

Mar 26
New Item Ducks, rice, people add up to risk of H5N1 outbreaks

Mar 25
New Item US officials launch regional stockpile to fight H5N1 in Asia

Mar 19
New Item Turkey, Laos report more H5N1 in poultry

Mar 18
New Item Face up to socioeconomic toll of H5N1, experts urge

New Item FAO: H5N1 levels in Indonesia raise pandemic risk

New Item Vietnamese boy dies of avian flu

Mar 17
New Item Avian, human flu coinfection reported in Indonesian teen

Mar 10
New Item India, Vietnam report more H5N1 outbreaks

New Item H5N1 infects another Egyptian boy

Mar 5
New Item Indonesia: Recent H5N1 viruses show no mutation

New Item WHO confirms two H5N1 cases in Egypt

Mar 3
New Item New case raises Egypt's H5N1 count to 45

Feb 28
New Item FAO praises India's H5N1 response, urges vigilance

Feb 26
New Item H5N1 infections reported in China, Vietnam, Egypt

Feb 25
New Item China, Pakistan, and Vietnam report fresh H5N1 outbreaks

Feb 22
New Item CDC expecting H5N1 samples from Indonesia

Feb 18
New Item Pakistan reports another H5N1 outbreak

New Item H5N1 cases rise in China, Indonesia, Vietnam

Feb 15
New Item Man's death raises Vietnam's H5N1 fatalities to 50

Feb 14
New Item Vietnam reports two new H5N1 cases, one fatal

Feb 13
New Item USDA seeks more funds for food defense

Feb 12
New Item H5N1 strikes birds in Laos

New Item Daughter of Indonesian H5N1 patient infected

Feb 5
New Item WHO: H5N1 strikes two more Indonesians

New Item Bangladesh, Pakistan report fresh H5N1 outbreaks

Feb 1
New Item Indonesia's H5N1 death toll rises to 102

Jan 30
New Item Saudi Arabia, Tibet report H5N1 outbreaks

Jan 28
New Item H5N1 spreads to more districts in India, Bangladesh

New Item Indonesia logs 4 H5N1 cases; death toll reaches 100

Jan 25
New Item Cambodian study hints at subclinical H5N1 cases

Jan 24
New Item WHO confirms H5N1 deaths in Vietnam, Indonesia

New Item FAO: Spate of H5N1 outbreaks warrants stronger controls

Jan 23
New Item Vietnam reports H5N1 fatality

Jan 22
New Item WHO catalogs H5N1 viruses, launches tracking system

New Item Indonesia reports another H5N1 case

New Item More H5N1 outbreaks in India; virus hits Turkish poultry

Jan 18
New Item H5N1 reappears in Ukraine; India battles outbreaks

New Item Deaths raise Indonesia's H5N1 fatality count to 97

Jan 17
New Item Avian flu resurfaces in Iran, sparks worries in India

Jan 16
New Item Exposure source unclear in 25% of human H5N1 cases

Jan 15
New Item H5N1 strikes poultry in India again

      
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New Item Development and validation of a one-step real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of subtype H5, H7, and H9 avian influenza viruses
From May J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item Simultaneous genotyping of all hemagglutinin and neuraminidase subtypes of avian influenza viruses by use of padlock probes
From May J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item H2N5 influenza virus isolates from terns in Australia: genetic reasssortants between those of the Eurasian and American lineages
From Virus Genes, published online May 3

 
New Item Safety and reactogenicity profile of an adjuvanted H5N1 pandemic candidate vaccine in adults within a phase III safety trial
From May 2 Vaccine

 
New Item Serological and genetic characterization analyses of a highly pathogenic influenza virus (H5N1) islolated from an infected man in Shenzhen
From Apr 21 J Med Virol

 
New Item Human infection with highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus
From Apr 25 Lancet

 
New Item Children, avian influenza H5N1, and preparing for the next pandemic
From May Arch Dis Childhood

 
New Item Identification of oxidative stress and toll-like receptor 4 signalling as a key pathway of acute lung injury
From Apr 18 Cell

 
New Item Hydrophobic inactivation of influenza viruses confers preservation of viral structure with enhanced immunogenicity
From May J Virol

 
New Item Comparative efficacy of neutralizing antibodies elicited by recombinant hemagglutinin proteins from avian H5N1 influenza virus
From J Virol, published online Apr 16

 
New Item Confronting an influenza pandemic with inexpensive generic agents: can it be done?
From Lancet Infect Dis, published online Apr 16

 
New Item Combinatorial antibody libraries from survivors of the Turkish H5N1 avian influenza outbreak reveal virus neutralization strategies
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Apr 14

 
New Item Pathology, molecular biology, and pathogenesis of avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans
From Am J Pathol, published online Apr 10

 
New Item Evidence for avian influenza A infections among Iowa's agricultural workers
From Influenza Other Resp Viruses, published online Apr 7

 
New Item Human-like receptor specificity does not affect the neuraminidase-inhibitor susceptibility of H5N1 viruses
From PLos Pathog, published online Apr 11

 
New Item Injectable peramivir mitigates disease and promotes survival in ferrets and mice infected with the highly virulent influenza virus A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1)
From Apr Virology

 
New Item Understanding avian influenza
FAO overview released Apr 7

 
New Item Probable limited person-to-person transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China
From Lancet, published online Apr 8

 
New Item Avian Influenza: Proceedings of the Educational Seminar of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (ESAP)
Special issue Respirology, published online Mar 28

 
New Item Global epidemiology of human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses
From special issue Respirology, published online Mar 28

 
New Item Update on influenza vaccines
From special issue Respirology, published online Mar 28

 
New Item Update on influenza antivirals
From special issue Respirology, published online Mar 28

 
New Item Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): Implications for Human Disease
CIDRAP-authored overview updated Apr 3


  
New Item Transmission of avian influenza virus (H3N2) to dogs
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 28

 
New Item The influenza primer design resource: a new tool for translating influenza sequence data into effective diagnostics
From Jan Influenza Other Resp Viruses, available online Mar 28

 
New Item Mapping H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza risk in Southeast Asia
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Mar 24

 
New Item The influenza primer design resource: a new tool for translating influenza sequence data into effective diagnostics
From Jan Influenza Other Resp Viruses, available online Mar 28

 
New Item Wild ducks as long-distance vectors of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1)
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 21

 
New Item Multiple sublineages of influenza A virus (H5N1), Vietnam, 2005-2007
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 21

 
New Item Reassortant avian influenza virus (H5N1) in poultry, Nigeria, 2007
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 21

 
New Item Oseltamivir prophylactic regimens prevent H5N1 influenza morbidity and mortality in a ferret model
From J Infect Dis, published online Mar 21

 
New Item Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): Agricultural and Wildlife Considerations
CIDRAP-authored overview updated Mar 17


  
New Item Bird flu situation in Indonesia critical
FAO report released Mar 18

 
New Item A broadly protective vaccine against globally dispersed clade 1 and clade 2 H5N1 influenza viruses
From J Infect Dis, published online Mar 18

 
New Item A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza in an adult population of Italy
From Mar 17 BMC Infect Dis

 
New Item Current and future antiviral therapy of severe seasonal and avian influenza
From Apr Antiviral Res

 
New Item The Southeast Asian Influenza Clinical Research Network: development and challenges for a new multilateral research endeavor
From Apr Antiviral Res

 
New Item Protection of cats against lethal influenza H5N1 challenge infection
From Apr J Gen Virol

 
New Item Ecology of H3 avian influenza viruses in Korea and assessment of their pathogenic potentials
From Apr J Gen Virol

 
New Item Identification of the progenitors of Indonesian and Vietnamese avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses from southern China
From Apr J Virol

 
New Item Development of Eurasian H7N7/PR8 high growth reassortant virus for clinical evaluation as an inactivated pandemic influenza vaccine
From Mar 25 Vaccine

 
New Item Avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in a patient in China, 2006
From Sep/Nov 2007 Influenza Other Resp Viruses

 
New Item Cross-neutralization of antibodies elicited by an inactivated split-virion influenza A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (H5N1) vaccine in healthy adults against H5N1 clade 2 strains
From Sep/Nov 2007 Influenza Other Resp Viruses

 
New Item Determination of oseltamivir quality by colorimetric and liquid chromatographic methods
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 5

 
New Item Avian influenza knowledge, medical students, Iran
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Mar 5

 
New Item Protective efficacy of several vaccines against highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus under experimental conditions
From Mar 20 Vaccine

 
New Item Rapid differentiation of influenza A virus subtypes and genetic screening for virus variants by high-resolution melting analysis
From Mar J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item Development of an immunochromatographic strip for rapid detection of H9 subtype avian influenza viruses
From Mar Clin Vaccine Immunol

 
New Item Effects of adjuvants on the safety and immunogenicity of an avian influenza H5N1 vaccine in adults
From Mar 1 J Infect Dis supplement

 
New Item Flu virus research yields results but no magic bullet for pandemic
News analysis from Feb 29 Science

 
New Item Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in domestic poultry and relationship with migratory birds, South Korea
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Feb 26

 
New Item Low frequency of infection with avian influenza virus (H5N1) among poultry farmers, Thailand, 2004
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Feb 26

 
New Item Influenza A H5N1 immigration is filtered out at some international borders
From Feb 27 PLoS ONE

 
New Item National Avian Influenza Surveillance Information
Web page from US Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center

 
New Item Map of Confirmed Cases of H5N1 Avian Flu
From pandemicflu.gov; updated frequently

 
New Item Avian Influenza FAQs
New from WHO

 
 

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