Cross-protection against homo and heterologous influenza viruses via intranasal administration of an HA chimeric multiepitope nanoparticle vaccine by Yongqiang Zhao, Jia Liu, Chun Peng, Shuangshuang Guo, Bo Wang, Longping Chen, Yating Wang, Haiwen Tang, Liming Liu, Qi Pan, Shiren Li, Jingyu Wang, Dongni Yang, Enqi Du

Subjects: “…Influenza virus…”
Get full text

Limited transmission of avian influenza viruses, avulaviruses, coronaviruses and Chlamydia sp. at the interface between wild birds and a free-range duck farm by Chloé Le Gall-Ladevèze, Benjamin Vollot, Julien Hirschinger, Laëtitia Lèbre, Rachid Aaziz, Karine Laroucau, Jean-Luc Guérin, Mathilde Paul, Julien Cappelle, Guillaume Le Loc’h

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of avian influenza viruses (AIV), avulaviruses, coronaviruses and Chlamydia sp. in commensal wild birds on a free-range duck farm in southwestern France and to evaluate possible transmission events at the wild‒domestic interface. …”
Get full text

Genetic characteristics and pathogenesis of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus isolated from poultry in South Korea, 2022–2023 by Ra Mi Cha, Min-Ji Park, Yoon-Gi Baek, Yu-Na Lee, Yunyueng Jang, Yong-Myung Kang, Gyeong-Beom Heo, Se-Hee An, Kwang-Nyeong Lee, Jae-Kyeom Kim, Hye-Ryoung Kim, Youn-Jeong Lee, Eun-Kyoung Lee

Get full text

Real World Evaluation of Next-Day Molecular Respiratory Infectious Disease Testing on Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs by French AJ, Fragala MS, Evans AS, Upadhyay P, Goldberg SE, Reddy J

Subjects: Get full text

Research Note: Novel reassortant avian influenza A(H9N2) Viruses in Wild Birds in Shanghai, China, 2020–2023 by Jie Hu, Yuting Xu, Min Ma, Chenyao Zhao, Yue Yuan, Guimei He

Subjects: “…Avian influenza virus…”
Get full text

Increased Risk of Influenza-Like Illness Clusters in Schools, Taiwan from 2011 to 2020: A Retrospective Study by Yu-Ching Chou, Fu-Huang Lin, Chi-Jeng Hsieh, Chia-Peng Yu

“…The present study investigated the epidemiological characteristics, differences, and epidemiological trends of influenza viruses, noninfluenza respiratory pathogens, and locations where clusters occurred in Taiwan between 2011 and 2020. …”
Get full text

Avian Influenza A virus: Bird Flu by Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly

“…Roxanne Connelly, provides information about the A strain of the influenza virus in a question-and-answer format. Includes references. …”
Get full text

Uptake, safety and effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in inflammatory bowel disease: a UK-wide study by Abhishek Abhishek, Christian D Mallen, Georgina Nakafero, Matthew J Grainge, Tim Card, Jonathan S Nguyen Van-Tam

“…Administration of the IIV was not associated with IBD flare.Conclusion The uptake of influenza vaccine was low in people with IBD, and the majority were not vaccinated before influenza virus circulated in the community. Vaccination with the IIV was not associated with IBD flare. …”
Get full text

Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“…Norovirus, similar to Norwalk virus, causes an illness called gastroenteritis, which is commonly referred to as “the stomach flu” (no relation to the common flu, which is a respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus).  This document is FSHN05-18, one of a series of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension. …”
Get full text

Anthroponoses: humans infecting animals with infectious diseases by Clement Meseko, Peace Ochai, Meshach Maina

“…The recurring classical H1N1 swine influenza virus, which is circulating even now, is a spillover from the 1918 human influenza pandemic that was introduced into the pig population. …”
Get full text

Optimized production and antiviral activity evaluation of recombinant chicken interferon-alpha using an improved Baculovirus expression system by Yuxia Zhang, Wenwen Dong, Feng Li, Kai Meng, Guiming Li, Xiaoyuan Yuan

“…Moreover, the administration of chIFN-α to SPF chicken inhibited H9N2 subtype low pathogenicity avian influenza virus (LPAIV) proliferation and reduced the viral-shedding rate. …”
Get full text

Rapid aging of influenza epidemics in China from 2005/06 to 2016/17: A population-based study by Weibo Tang, Hao Lei, Nan Zhang, Yaojing Wang, Shimeng Cai, Shuyi Ji, Lei Yang, Mengya Yang, Can Chen, Shigui Yang, Dayan Wang, Yuelong Shu

“…Methods: We collected weekly influenza surveillance data from 2005/06 to 2016/17, and quantified the aging of influenza-like illness (ILI) and influenza virus-positive cases in China via the mean age of the influenza cases and the proportion of individuals aged 65 and above among the influenza cases. …”
Get full text

A study on Bacterial Infections Associated with Central Nervous System in Pakistani Population by Muneeba Afzal, Hamza Altaf, Tayyaba Faiz, Samra Mannan

“…Major pathogens included Streptococcus pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Enterobacter cloacae, Enterococcus faecium, and Haemophilus influenzae, Viruses, fungi, and parasites were also involved. …”
Get full text