Resources with keywords: Influenza Virus
International experts reach consensus on a set of descriptors to describe how pathogens are transmitted through the air and the related modes of transmission.
This Health Advisory also includes a summary of interim CDC recommendations for preventing, monitoring, and conducting public health investigations of potential human infections with HPAI A(H5N1) virus.
Describes the case of a person who had exposure to dairy cattle in Texas presumed to be infected with HPAI A(H5N1) viruses.
CDC’s new page has county-level information on how Flu, COVID-19 and RSV viruses are trending in your area, and other useful info.
Halwe NJ, Hamberger L, Sehl-Ewert J, et al.
We show that bat H9N2 has high replication and transmission potential in ferrets, efficiently infects human lung explant cultures, and is able to evade antiviral inhibition by MxA in transgenic B6 mice. Together with its low antigenic similarity to the N2 of seasonal human strains, bat H9N2 fulfils key criteria for pre-pandemic IAVs.
France began vaccinating ducks against bird flu in October to try and stem the virus that killed millions of birds worldwide, a move that prompted the United States to impose trade restrictions on French poultry imports.
Several countries from the southern hemisphere have been reporting an early start of the increase of acute respiratory infection during the recent 2023 season of circulation of respiratory viruses, suggesting a shift of seasonal pattern observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
