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 ...

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 ...

USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities    
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April 26, 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 U.S. ...

USCDC: Urgent field correction notice    
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The H5b component may fail to amplify, resulting in inconclusive result with CDC's human influenza virus real-time RT-PCR diagnostic panel influenza A/H5 subtyping kit.

Haley Stone, etc.,al. [preprint] Potential Pathways of Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A/H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b Across Dairy Farms in the United States. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.02.24306785.  Abstract  
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The emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) A/H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has led to an unprecedented intercontinental spread, affecting a broad spectrum of avian and mammalian species. Recent outbreaks ...

Charlotte Kristensen, etc.,al. [preprint] The avian and human influenza A virus receptors sialic acid (SA)-α2,3 and SA-α2,6 are widely expressed in the bovine mammary gland. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.03.592326.  Abstract  
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An outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic influenza A virus (HPIAV) has been detected in dairy cows in the United States. Influenza A virus (IAV) is a negative-sense, single-stranded, RNA virus that has not ...

Wesley Shemmings-Payne, Dilhani De Silva, Caroline. Repeatability and reproducibility of hunter-harvest sampling for avian influenza virus surveillance in Great Britain. Research in Veterinary Science, Vol 173, June 2024.  Abstract  
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Emerging pathogens can threaten human and animal health, necessitating reliable surveillance schemes to enable preparedness. We evaluated the repeatability and reproducibility of a method developed previously ...

Maud Dupont, Tim Krischuns, Quentin Giai Gianetto,. The RBPome of influenza A virus NP-mRNA reveals a role for TDP-43 in viral replication. Nucleic Acids Research, 2024;, gkae291.  Abstract  
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Genome-wide approaches have significantly advanced our knowledge of the repertoire of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that associate with cellular polyadenylated mRNAs within eukaryotic cells. Recent studies ...

Mihiretu, B.D.; Usui, T.; Kiyama, M.; Soda, K.; Ya. Novel Genotype of HA Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 Subtype High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus Emerged at a Wintering Site of Migratory Birds in Japan, 2021/22 Winter. Pathogens 2024, 13, 380.  Abstract  
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Surveillance of avian influenza virus (AIV) was conducted in the 2021–2022 winter season at a wintering site of migratory Anatidae in Japan. An H5N8 subtype high pathogenicity AIV (HPAIV) with a unique ...