Pandemic Influenza and Canada's Children by Joanne M Langley

“…Paediatricians and others who care for children are familiar with the regular epidemic of respiratory illnesses that accompanies the annual visit of influenza virus each winter. In recent years, media interest in new strains of influenza has generated much public interest in, and often anxiety about, the threat of an influenza pandemic. …”
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The Development of a Novel Broad-Spectrum Influenza Polypeptide Vaccine Based on Multi-Epitope Tandem Sequences by Song Zhao, Junhao Luo, Wenhui Guo, Li Li, Siyu Pu, Libo Dong, Wenfei Zhu, Rongbao Gao

“…Methods: Immunoinformatics tools were used to screen conserved epitopes from different influenza virus subtypes (H1N1, H3N2, H5N1, H7N9, H9N2, and IBV). …”
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Active surveillance of avian influenza in the southwestern Poyang Lake area, China: Analyzing changes in wholesale and frozen fresh retail markets post-policy implementation by Wentao Song, Zhiqiang Deng, Fenglan He, Kang Fang, Lintao Sheng, Jingwen Wu, Junling Tu, Kun Zhou, Xi Wang, Wei Wang, Liu Yi, Kangguo Li, Buasiyamu Abudunaibi, Ping Zhang, Hui Li, Tianmu Chen

“…The type A avian influenza virus nucleic acids were detected using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (real-time RT-PCR), and a triplex real-time RT-PCR assay kit specific for H5/H7/H9 RNA was utilized on the influenza A-positive samples to differentiate among the avian influenza virus subtypes. …”
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Atraumatic Splenic Rupture Associated with Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Dilraj Deol, Huimin Wu, Anayansi Lasso-Pirot, Kathryn S Robinett, Montserrat Diaz-Abad

“…Influenza virus infection may present with fever, chills, headache, myalgia, malaise, and respiratory symptoms, with a few cases developing into pneumonia, respiratory failure, and other organ damage. …”
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A perspective on the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic in Mexico by Rodolfo Acuňa-Soto, Luis Castaňeda-Davila, Gerardo Chowell

“…In this article, we provide a chronological description of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in Mexico from the detection of severe respiratory disease among young adults in central Mexico and the identification of the novel swine-origin influenza virus to the response of Mexican public health authorities with the swift implementation of the National Preparedness and Response Plan for Pandemic Influenza. …”
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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. …”
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Influenza A/H1N1 Severe Pneumonia: Novel Morphocytological Findings in Bronchoalveolar Lavage by Paola Faverio, Stefano Aliberti, Clinton Ezekiel, Grazia Messinesi, Ambrogio Brenna, Alberto Pesci

“…We concluded that plasmoblastic/plasmocytoid-like type II pneumocytes might represent a morphologic marker of A/H1N1 influenza virus infection as well as reparative cellular activation after diffuse alveolar damage.…”
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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. …”
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H5N1 highly pathogenic influenza in Altaysky krai in 2014: causes and eradication by M. S. Volkov, A. V. Varkentin, V. N. Irza, A. S. Starova

“…The said cases prove the indisputable role of migrating wild birds in influenza virus circulation and spread maintenance. Today the only effective way to protect commercial poultry farms is a strict compliance with the biosecurity rules for closed poultry farms. …”
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Preface by Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Gerardo Chowell

“…A new A/H1N1 influenza virus strain was officially reported/identified in Mexico City on April 13 2009 and over a period of two-weeks the WHO pandemic alert was moved from level 3 to level 5. …”
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Selective suppression of influenza A/H5N1 virus replication <i>in vitro</i> using nanocomplexes consisting of siRNA and aminopropylsilanol nanoparticles by Marina N. Repkova, Asya S. Levina, Oleg Yu. Mazurkov, Elena V. Makarevich, Ekaterina I. Filippova, Natalya A. Mazurkova, Valentina F. Zarytova

“…Materials and methods. MDCK cells, influenza virus A/chicken/Kurgan/05/2005 (A/H5N1), aminopropylsilanol nanoparticles, and native and modified siRNA molecules. …”
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The need for novel influenza vaccines in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review by Julia R. Spinardi, Karan B. Thakkar, Verna L. Welch, Oladayo Jagun, Moe H. Kyaw

“…Influenza viruses cause 3–5 million severe cases and 300,000–600,000 deaths worldwide. …”
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The Demise of Poskanzer and Schwab’s Influenza Theory on the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease by Danny Estupinan, Sunina Nathoo, Michael S. Okun

“…This paper introduced the hypothesis that Parkinson’s disease was derived from a single aetiology, the influenza virus. We review the original Poskanzer and Schwab hypothesis that Parkinson’s disease was based on the association between the 1918-19 influenza epidemic and the later observation of Parkinsonism in some influenza sufferers. …”
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A new pathogen pattern of acute respiratory tract infections in primary care after COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-center study in southern China by Heng Zhang, Deqi Meng, Hao Huang, Longhao Feng, Yushao Li, Yong Jiang, Ling Wang, Ruoyu Deng, Yuchun Sun, Binqin Chen, Fuzhao Liao, Yumei Wu, Huancai Zheng, Junling Ding, Maokun Chen, Cui Zeng, Wanting Zhao, Meng Hou, Yinyan Li, Zhishen Li, Haibo Xia, Kai Yang, Lingwei Wang

“…In tNGS test, the positive rate was 89.1%, consisting of 64.7% for viruses, 55.2% for bacteria and 30.9% for viral-bacterial co-infection. Influenza virus B (18.2%), influenza virus A (16.8%) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (14.1%) were the three leading viral pathogens, and H. influenzae (36.1%), S. anginosus (15.7%) and S. pneumoniae (8.4%) were the three leading bacterial pathogens. …”
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Aging Adults and Seasonal Influenza: Does the Vitamin D Status (H)Arm the Body? by Pierre Olivier Lang, Dimitrios Samaras

“…Furthermore, we discuss how VitD status may play a role in host resistance to influenza virus and influence the immunogenicity of the influenza vaccines currently licensed for adults aged 65 years or over by its effects on innate and adaptive immunities.…”
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In Vitro Susceptibility of Canine Influenza A (H3N8) Virus to Nitazoxanide and Tizoxanide by Laura V. Ashton, Robert L. Callan, Sangeeta Rao, Gabriele A. Landolt

“…Infection of dogs with canine influenza virus (CIV) is considered widespread throughout the United States following the first isolation of CIV in 2004. …”
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Influenza Viral Manipulation of Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling to Modulate Host Defense System by Madhuvanthi Vijayan, Bumsuk Hahm

“…While sphingolipids such as sphingomyelin and ceramide were reported to influence the entry step of several viruses, sphingolipid-metabolizing enzymes could directly alter viral replication processes. Influenza virus was shown to increase the level of sphingosine kinase (SK) 1 to promote virus propagation. …”
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Epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia among hospitalised children in Indonesia: a multicentre, prospective study by Rina Triasih, Yan Mardian, Dewi Lokida, Helmia Farida, Herman Kosasih, Adhella Menur Naysilla, Arif Budiman, Chakrawati Hayuningsih, Moh Syarofil Anam, Dwi Wastoro, Mujahidah Mujahidah, Setya Dipayana, Amalia Setyati, Abu Tholib Aman, Nurhayati Lukman, Muhammad Karyana, Ahnika Kline, Aaron Neal, Chuen-Yen Lau, Clifford Lane

“…The five most common causative pathogens identified were Haemophilus influenzae non-type B (N=73, 38.8%), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (N=51, 27.1%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (N=43, 22.9%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (N=29, 15.4%) and Influenza virus (N=25, 13.3%). RSV and influenza virus diagnoses were highly associated with Indonesia’s rainy season (November–March). …”
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by Influenza B Virus Infection in a Patient with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva, María O. González-Herrera, Julia Texcocano-Becerra, Angel Herrera-Gómez

“…Critically ill patients with pneumonia caused by influenza virus may develop acute respiratory distress syndrome. …”
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用二次PCR方法检测鸟类禽流感的初探 by 陈 光 李 勇 朱功良 张 俊 冯 伟 陈 婧彭金山 郑和松 杨国祥

“…为进一步提高野生动物疫情监测、病原检测鉴定和应急防控的时效性,建立了对鸟类拭子样品直接进行禽流感病毒(Avian influenza virus,AIV)核酸检测鉴定的二次PCR方法。对比试验结果显示,该方法可行性较高,具有与实时荧光定量PCR(real-time quantitative PCR,qPCR)方法等同的特异性和敏感性。…”
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