WHO launches new global influenza strategy    
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WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread ...

USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza    
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o further protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat posed by highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, USDA is sharing a number of actions that we are taking with our federal partners to help us ...

USFDA: Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)    
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with state partners, continue to investigate an outbreak ...

Resources: Consensus sequences for U.S. H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b    
submitted by kickingbird at 3 days ago from Andersen Laboratory at Scripps Research
BioProject: PRJNA1102327Consensus genomes for 8 segments were generated with EPI_ISL_19032063 (source: GISAID) as a reference using iVar v1.4.2. Minimum depth was set at 1, minimum quality at 20, and the ...

USDA Publishes H5N1 Influenza A Virus Genetic Sequences on publicly available site    
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Today, the APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratories made available 239 genetic sequences from the U.S. H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b influenza virus recently found in samples associated with the ongoing highly ...

El-Shesheny, R., Franks, J., Kandeil, A. et al. Cross-species spill-over potential of the H9N2 bat influenza A virus. Nat Commun 15, 3449 (2024).  Abstract  
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In 2017, a novel influenza A virus (IAV) was isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat. In contrast to other bat influenza viruses, the virus was related to avian A(H9N2) viruses and was probably the result ...

Halwe, N.J., Hamberger, L., Sehl-Ewert, J. et al. Bat-borne H9N2 influenza virus evades MxA restriction and exhibits efficient replication and transmission in ferrets. Nat Commun 15, 3450 (2024).  Abstract  
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Influenza A viruses (IAVs) of subtype H9N2 have reached an endemic stage in poultry farms in the Middle East and Asia. As a result, human infections with avian H9N2 viruses have been increasingly reported. ...

Sandhu S, Ferrante C, MacCosham A, Atchessi N, Ban. Epidemiological characteristics of human infections with avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, China and Laos: A multiple case descriptive analysis, February 2014-June 2023. Can Commun Dis Rep. 2024 Jan 1;50(1-2):77-85.  Abstract  
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Background: The first human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus was reported in 2014. From then until June 30, 2023, 85 human cases with confirmed A(H5N6) infection have been ...

Choi YJ, Sohn JW, Choi WS, Wie SH, Lee J, Lee JS,. Interim Estimates of 2023-2024 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Among Adults in Korea. J Korean Med Sci. 2024 Apr 22;39(15):e146.  Abstract  
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In the 2023-2024 season, the influenza epidemic in South Korea peaked earlier than in recent years. In this study, we aimed to estimate the interim vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the influenza vaccination ...

Feoktistova, S.; Sayganova, M.; Trutneva, K.; Glaz. Abundant Intra-Subtype Reassortment Revealed in H13N8 Influenza Viruses. Viruses 2024, 16, 568.  Abstract  
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Influenza A viruses (IAVs) pose a serious threat to global health. On the one hand, these viruses cause seasonal flu outbreaks in humans. On the other hand, they are a zoonotic infection that has the potential ...