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 ...

U.S.: HPAI detection in Idaho poultry flock    
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA)
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) has confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus in a flock of domestic chickens in Bingham County. This is the first confirmed case of HPAI ...

USDA: Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds    
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Captive wild birds, defined by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) as a wild animal that is captive or otherwise lives under or requires human supervision or control, are included in the numbers ...

GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu Circulating in Dairy Cows in the United States    
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The clade of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses causing outbreaks in wild and domestic birds around the world, is now appearing in dairy farms across several U.S. states. These viruses recently ...

USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update    
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May 3, 2024 – CDC continues to respond to the public health challenge posed by a multistate outbreak of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or “A(H5N1) virus,” in dairy cows and other animals in the United ...

S. Lair et al. Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Seals, St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jun.  Abstract  
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We describe an unusual mortality event caused by a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b involving harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray (Halichoerus grypus) seals in the St. ...

Mehta R, Jha BK, Awal B, Sah R, Shrestha L, Sherpa. Molecular characterization of influenza virus circulating in Nepal in the year 2019. Sci Rep. 2024 May 7;14(1):10436.  Abstract  
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Influenza (sometimes referred to as "flu") is a contagious viral infection of the airways in the lungs that affects a significant portion of the world's population. Clinical symptoms of influenza virus ...

Shah SAW, Palomar DP, Barr I, Poon LLM, Quadeer AA. Seasonal antigenic prediction of influenza A H3N2 using machine learning. Nat Commun. 2024 May 7;15(1):3833.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from Nat Commun. 2024 May 7;15(1):3833
Antigenic characterization of circulating influenza A virus (IAV) isolates is routinely assessed by using the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays for surveillance purposes. It is also used to determine ...

Saverio Caini, Adam Meijer, Marta C Nunes, Laetitia Hena. Probable extinction of influenza B/Yamagata and its public health implications: a systematic literature review and assessment of global surveillance databases. The Lancet MicrobePublished: May 8, 2024.  Abstract  
submitted by kickingbird at 2 days ago from The Lancet MicrobePublished: May 8, 2024
SummaryEarly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the detection of influenza B/Yamagata cases decreased globally. Given the potential public health implications of this decline, in this Review, we ...

Flu-crew at the US National Animal Disease Center. Code to reproduce analysis in Nguyen et al, Emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in dairy cattle.. https://github.com/flu-crew.  Abstract  
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This repository will host scripts and describe how to reproduce the computational analysis in: Nguyen, et al. Emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in dairy cattle. ...