Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...

During the 2015 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) on poultry farms in the midwestern United States, concern was raised about the potential for HPAI to contaminate groundwater.

In cattle, avian influenza can lower milk production, with rare but existing reports of infections in dairy workers. FAO has been monitoring the risks of avian influenza, providing joint assessments ...

The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has been declared free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Puerto Rico had its first and only instance of HPAI confirmed in mid-January, in which a backyard ...

Maternal Influenza A vaccination and viral infection alter gut and nasal microbial communities. Relative abundance of the top ten genera found in A) nasal and B) gut microbial communities of ...

The structure−activity relationship (SAR) of a novel hydrophobic binding interaction within a subsite of the influenza neuraminidase (NA) active site was characterized and optimized for a series of ...

Moreover, oseltamivir-resistant strains, baloxavir-resistant strains, and highly pathogenic avian influenza strains were also sensitive to onradivir. 16 In vivo, onradivir effectively reduced IAV ...

1 Introduction The initial human instance of H5N6 influenza was documented in Sichuan Province in 2014, with a resurgence occurring in 2021. By December 31, 2024, there had been 16 documented cases of ...

In the last 30 days, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in: 10 cases in poultry in two states. 22 cases in livestock in two ...

Purdue Researchers Develop a New Avian Influenza Test(NAFB.com) – Purdue University researchers have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian influenza. The ...