May-June 2008: Vol 38 Nos 5-6

Clinical

Anonymous. (2008),
Lime - highly efficient for the control of avian influenza.
Zkg International 61(4), 52-53.
Anonymous. (2007),
Postivity of bird flu virus in veterinarians.
Veterinaria 21(3), 63.
Anonymous. (2008),
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Michigan Nurse 81(1), 12.
Amin, R, Ford-Jones, E, Richardson, SE, MacGregor, D, Tellier, R, Heurter, H, Fearon, M and Bitnun, A. (2008),
Acute childhood encephalitis and encephalopathy associated with influenza - A prospective 11-year review.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 27(5), 390-395.
Axon, JE, Russell, CM, Tyner, GA, Burbury, ME and Carrick, JB. (2008),
Clinical observations of equine influenza in a naive foal population.
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 22(3), 819.
Barry, S, Hessel, L and Gualde, N. (2007),
[Influenza, an eternal problem]. [French].
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadien d'Histoire de la Medecine 24(2), 445-66.
Beltran-Alcrudo, D, Bunn, DA, Sandrock, CE and Cardona, CJ. (2008),
Avian flu school: A training approach to prepare for HSN1 highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Public Health Reports 123(3), 323-332.
Bossi, P and Couderic, LJ. (2008),
To be taken before a suspicion of sporadic cases of avian flu.
Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 25(4), 497-499.
Bove, MJ, Kansal, S and Rosen, CA. (2008),
Influenza and the vocal performer: Update on prevention and treatment.
Journal of Voice 22(3), 326-332.
Butler, D. (2008),
Politically correct names given to flu viruses.
Nature 452(7190), 923.
Carre, P and Chouaid, C. (2008),
Bird flu.
Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 25(4), 488-489.
Chidiac, C. (2008),
[Influenza]. [Review] [8 refs] [French].
Revue du Praticien 58(4), 445-53.
Gambotto, A, Barratt-Boyes, SM, de Jong, MD, Neumann, G and Kawaoka, Y. (2008),
Human infection with highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus.
Lancet 371(9622), 1464-1475.
Ghasemian, R and Najafi, N. (2007),
General practitioners and medical student's knowledge and perspectives regarding influenza (treatment and prevention).
Tropical Medicine & International Health 12, 233-234.
Green, RJ, Feldman, C, Schoub, B, Richards, GA, Madhi, SA, Zar, HJ and Lalloo, U. (2008),
Influenza guideline for South Africa - Update 2008.
SAMJ South African Medical Journal 98(3 part 2), 224-230.
Hayes, CE. (2008),
Prevention of influenza.
Journal of Midwifery & Womens Health 53(3), 268-271.
Hien, NT, Farrar, J and Horby, P. (2008),
Person-to-person transmission of influenza A (H5N1).
Lancet 371(9622), 1392-1394.
Higgs, ES, Hayden, FG, Chotpitayasunondh, T, Whitworth, J and Farrar, J. (2008),
The Southeast Asian Influenza Clinical Research Network: Development and challenges for a new multilateral research endeavor.
Antiviral Research 78(1), 64-68.
Kelly, TR, Hawkins, MG, Sandrock, CE and Boyce, WM. (2008),
A review of highly pathogenic avian influenza in birds, with an emphasis on Asian H5N1 and recommendations for prevention and control.
Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 22(1), 1-16.
Korteweg, C and Gu, J. (2008),
Pathology, molecular biology, and pathogenesis of avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans.
American Journal of Pathology 172(5), 1155-1170.
Li, GY, Wang, N, Guzman, H, Sbrana, E, Yoshikawa, T, Tseng, CT, Tesh, RB and Xiao, SY. (2008),
Dhori virus (Orthomyxoviridae : Thogotovirus) infection of mice produces a disease and cytokine response pattern similar to that of highly virulent influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in humans.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78(4), 675-680.
Low, D. (2008),
Reducing antibiotic use in influenza: challenges and rewards. [Review] [75 refs].
Clinical Microbiology & Infection 14(4), 298-306.
Lowen, AC, Steel, J, Mubareka, S and Palese, P. (2008),
High temperature (30 degrees C) blocks aerosol but not contact transmission of influenza virus.
Journal of Virology 82(11), 5650-5652.
Macmahon, KL, Delaney, LJ, Kullman, G, Gibbins, JD, Decker, J and Kiefer, MJ. (2008),
Protecting poultry workers from exposure to avian influenza viruses.
Public Health Reports 123(3), 316-322.
Mancini, DAP, Alves, RCB, Mendonca, RMZ, Bellei, NJ, Carraro, E, Machado, AMO, Pinto, JR and Mancini, J. (2008),
Influenza virus and proteolytic bacteria co-infection in respiratory tract from individuals presenting respiratory manifestations.
Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo 50(1), 41-46.
Nagao, T, Morishima, T, Kimura, H, Yokota, S, Yamashita, N, Ichiyama, T, Kurihara, M, Miyazaki, C and Okabe, N. (2008),
Prognostic factors in influenza-associated encephalopathy.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 27(5), 384-389.
Nau, JY. (2008),
[What is a possible human case of avian flu?]. [French].
Revue Medicale Suisse 4(142), 315.
Nguyen, TH, Farrar, J and Horby, P. (2008),
Person-to-person transmission of influenza A (H5N1).[comment].
Lancet 371(9622), 1392-4.
Panknin, HT and Trautmann, M. (2008),
[Influenza in children: what should be considered in prevention and treatment?]. [German].
Kinderkrankenschwester 27(2), 61-4.
Patterson-Kane, JC, Carrick, JB, Axon, JE, Wilkie, I and Begg, AP. (2008),
The pathology of bronchointerstitial pneumonia in young foals associated with the first outbreak of equine influenza in Australia.
Equine Veterinary Journal 40(3), 199-203.
Phua, GC and Govert, J. (2008),
Mechanical ventilation in an airborne epidemic.
Clinics in Chest Medicine 29(2), 323-.
Ros Aranal, I, Navarra Vicente, B, Lavilla Fernandez, MJ, De Juan Martin, F, Bouthelier Moreno, M, Omenaca Teres, M and Ciria Calavia, L. (2008),
[Clinical characteristics and management of children hospitalized for influenza in four epidemic seasons (2002-2006)]. [Spanish].
Anales de Pediatria 68(1), 24-9.
Rothberg, MB, Bonner, AB, Rajab, MH, Stechenberg, BW and Rose, DN. (2008),
Do pediatricians manage influenza differently than internists?
BMC Pediatrics 8, 15.
Sandora, TJ, Shih, MC and Goldmann, DA. (2008),
Reducing absenteeism from gastrointestinal and respiratory illness in elementary school students: A randomized, controlled trial of an infection-control intervention.
Pediatrics 121(6), E1555-E1562.
Sandrock, C and Stollenwerk, N. (2008),
Acute febrile respiratory illness in the ICU - Reducing disease transmission.
Chest 133(5), 1221-1231.
Scheibl, P. (2008),
Field report from large-scale killing of ducks.
Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift 115(4), 158-161.
Scocco, P and Pedini, V. (2008),
Localization of influenza virus sialoreceptors in equine respiratory tract.
Histology and Histopathology 23(8), 973-978.
Suzuki, E and Ichihara, K. (2008),
The course of fever following influenza virus infection in children treated with oseltamivir.
Journal of Medical Virology 80(6), 1065-1071.
Thomas, C, King, DJ and Swayne, DE. (2008),
Thermal inactivation of avian influenza and Newcastle disease viruses in chicken meat.
Journal of Food Protection 71(6), 1214-1222.
Turnberg, W, Daniell, W, Seixas, N, Simpson, T, Van Buren, J, Lipkin, E and Duchin, J. (2008),
Appraisal of recommended respiratory infection control practices in primary care and emergency department settings.
American Journal of Infection Control 36(4), 268-275.
Twentyman, B. (2008),
Equine influenza: a team effort.
Australian Veterinary Journal 86(6), N4.
Wang, KC and Lu, CP. (2008),
Streptococcus suis type 2 culture supernatant enhances the infection ability of the Swine Influenza virus H3 subtype in MDCK cells.
Berliner Und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift 121(5-6), 198-202.
Watanabe, C, Kawashima, H, Takekuma, K, Hoshika, A and Watanabe, Y. (2008),
Increased nitric oxide production and GFAP expression in the brains of influenza A/NWS virus infected mice.
Neurochemical Research 33(6), 1017-1023.
Wiwanitkit, V. (2008),
Level of transaminase enzymes in the reported cases of bird flu infection in Thailand.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas 100(2), 115.
Yao, DB, Mizuguchi, H, Yamaguchi, M, Yamada, H, Chida, J, Shikata, K and Kido, H. (2008),
Thermal instability of compound variants of carnitine palmitoyltransferase II and impaired mitochondrial fuel utilization in influenza, associated encephalopathy.
Human Mutation 29(5), 718-727.
Zhang, WP, Li, HY, Cheng, GF, Hu, SS, Li, ZL and Bi, DG. (2008),
Avian influenza virus infection induces differential expression of genes in chicken kidney.
Research in Veterinary Science 84(3), 374-381.

Diagnosis and detection

Ao, ZJ, Patel, A, Tran, K, He, XY, Fowke, K, Coombs, K, Kobasa, D, Kobinger, G and Yao, XJ. (2008),
Characterization of a trypsin-dependent avian influenza H5N1-pseudotyped HIV vector system for high throughput screening of inhibitory molecules.
Antiviral Research 79(1), 12-18.
Brook, I and Gober, AE. (2008),
Concurrent influenza A and group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis.
Annals of Otology Rhinology and Laryngology 117(4), 310-312.
Chan, KH, Peiris, JSM, Lim, W, Nicholls, JM and Chiu, SS. (2008),
Comparison of nasopharyngeal flocked swabs and aspirates for rapid diagnosis of respiratory viruses in children.
Journal of Clinical Virology 42(1), 65-69.
Charles, PGP. (2008),
Early diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections (point-of-care tests).
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 14(3), 176-182.
Daly, J, Daas, A and Behr-Gross, ME. (2007),
Collaborative study for the establishment of a candidate equine influenza subtype 2 American-like strain A/EQ/South Africa/4/03 - horse antiserum biological reference preparation.
Pharmeuropa Bio 2007(1), 7-14.
Dong, J, Olano, JP, McBride, JW and Walker, DH. (2008),
Emerging pathogens: Challenges and successes of molecular diagnostics.
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 10(3), 185-197.
Egashira, N, Morita, S, Hifumi, E, Mitoma, Y and Uda, T. (2008),
Attomole detection of hemagglutinin molecule of influenza virus by combining an electrochemiluminescence sensor with an immunoliposome that encapsulates a Ru complex.
Analytical Chemistry 80(11), 4020-4025.
Fomovska, GN, Hoory, E, Perreault, S and Smith, MA. (2008),
Highly consistent Vivid (TM) lateral flow nitrocellulose membrane and a simple quantification set-up for the POC influenza a immunoassay.
Clinical Chemistry 54(6), A193.
Forster, JL, Harkin, VB, Graham, DA and McCullough, SJ. (2008),
The effect of sample type, temperature and RNAlater (TM) on the stability of avian influenza virus RNA.
Journal of Virological Methods 149(1), 190-194.
Freymuth, F and Vabret, A. (2008),
The diagnosis of a case of avian flu in practice.
Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 25(4), 500-501.
Guan, J, Chan, M, Ma, B, Grenier, C, Wilkie, DC, Pasick, J, Brooks, BW and Spencer, JL. (2008),
Development of methods for detection and quantification of avian influenza and newcastle disease viruses in compost by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and virus isolation.
Poultry Science 87(5), 838-843.
Khalenkov, A, Laver, WG and Webster, RG. (2008),
Detection and isolation of H5N1 influenza virus from large volumes of natural water.
Journal of Virological Methods 149(1), 180-183.
Koh, I, Hong, R, Weissleder, R and Josephson, L. (2008),
Sensitive NMR sensors detect antibodies to influenza.
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 47(22), 4119-4121.
Li, PQ, Zhang, J, Muller, CP, Chen, JX, Yang, ZF, Zhang, R, Li, J and He, YS. (2008),
Development of a multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of influenza virus type A including H5 and H9 subtypes.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 61(2), 192-197.
Mizukami, T, Imai, JI, Hamaguchi, I, Kawamura, M, Momose, H, Naito, S, Maeyama, JI, Masumi, A, Kuramitsu, M, Takizawa, K, Nomura, N, Watanabe, S and Yamaguchi, K. (2008),
Application of DNA microarray technology to influenza A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (H5N1) vaccine safety evaluation.
Vaccine 26(18), 2270-2283.
Mizuta, K, Abiko, C, Aoki, Y, Suto, A, Hoshina, H, Itagaki, T, Katsushima, N, Matsuzaki, Y, Hongo, S, Noda, M, Kimura, H and Ootani, K. (2008),
Analysis of monthly isolation of respiratory viruses from children by cell culture using a microplate method: a two-year study from 2004 to 2005 in Yamagata, Japan.
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 61(3), 196-201.
Mo, C, Yamagata, R, Pan, A, Reddy, J, Hazari, N and Duke, G. (2008),
Development of a high-throughput Alamar blue assay for the determination of influenza virus infectious dose, serum antivirus neutralization titer and virus ca/ts phenotype.
Journal of Virological Methods 150(1-2), 63-69.
Monne, I, Ormelli, S, Salviato, A, De Battisti, C, Bettini, F, Salomoni, A, Drago, A, Zecchin, B, Capua, I and Cattoli, G. (2008),
Development and validation of a one-step real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of subtype H5, H7, and H9 avian influenza viruses.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(5), 1769-1773.
Quan, PL, Briese, T, Palacios, G and Lipkin, WI. (2008),
Rapid sequence-based diagnosis of viral infection.
Antiviral Research 79(1), 1-5.
Reijans, M, Dingemans, G, Klaassen, CH, Meis, JF, Keijdener, J, Mulders, B, Eadie, K, van Leeuwen, W, van Belkum, A, Horrevorts, AM and Simons, G. (2008),
RespiFinder: a new multiparameter test to differentially identify fifteen respiratory viruses.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(4), 1232-1240.
Seto, R, Sawae, Y, Higurashi, E, Itoh, T, Masuda, T, Suzuki, K, Tukamoto, K, Ikehara, T, Maeda, R, Fujitsu, T and Sawada, R. (2008),
Micro-optical blood flow sensor based on system in package (SiP) technology that fuses optical MEMS and intergrated circuit to detect avian influenza.
Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry 38(3), 256-259.
Takahashi, H, Norman, SA, Mather, EL and Patterson, BK. (2008),
Evaluation of the NanoChip 400 system for detection of influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial, and parainfluenza viruses.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(5), 1724-1727.
Wang, RX, Soll, L, Dugan, V, Runstadler, J, Happ, G, Slemons, RD and Taubenberger, JK. (2008),
Examining the hemagglutinin subtype diversity among wild duck-origin influenza A viruses using ethanol-fixed cloacal swabs and a novel RT-PCR method.
Virology 375(1), 182-189.
Wei, YX, Yang, CM, Wei, BJ, Huang, J, Wang, LN, Meng, S, Zhang, R and Li, JM. (2008),
RNase-resistant virus-like particles containing long chimeric RNA sequences produced by two-plasmid coexpression system.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(5), 1734-1740.
Xing, Z, Cardona, C, Dao, P, Crossley, B, Hietala, S and Boyce, W. (2008),
Inability of real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay to detect subtype h7 avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(5), 1844-1846.
Yoo, SJ, Kuak, EY and Shin, BM. (2007),
Detection of 12 respiratory viruses with two-set multiplex reverse transcriptase-PCR assay using a dual priming oligonucleotide system.
Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine 27(6), 420-427.
Zhang, W, Li, M, Cao, K, Yang, J, Shi, Q, Wang, B, Jiang, Z and Li, H. (2006),
Construction of eukaryotic expressing plasmids encoding HA and HA1 of influenza A virus and their transient expression in HEK293 cells.
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology Medical Sciences. 26(2), 225-7, 230.

Epidemiology

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Avian influenza H5N1 virus in mosquitoes collected from Thai poultry farm.
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Anonymous. (2008),
H5N1 avian influenza virus in swans in Dorset.
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Influenza.
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Influenza.
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Abdullah Brooks, W, Terebuh, P, Bridges, C, Klimov, A, Goswami, D, Sharmeen, AT, Azim, T, Erdman, D, Hall, H, Luby, S and Breiman, RF. (2007),
Influenza A and B infection in children in urban slum, Bangladesh.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(10), 1507-8.
Al-Azemi, A, Bahl, J, Al-Zenki, S, Al-Shayji, Y, Al-Amad, S, Chen, HL, Guan, Y, Peiris, JSM and Smith, GJD. (2008),
Avian influenza A virus (H5N1) outbreaks, Kuwait, 2007.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 14(6), 958-961.
Arkema, JM, Meijer, A, Paget, WJ, van Casteren, V, Hungnes, O, Mazick, A and Van der Velden, J. (2008),
The influenza season has started in a number of European countries.
Euro Surveillance: Bulletin Europeen sur les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin 13(4), ppi 8021.
Bagchi, S. (2008),
Bird flu spreading in Asia.
Canadian Medical Association Journal 178(11), 1415.
Belov, AB and Ogarkov, PI. (2008),
[Zoonotic (avian) influenza. Prognoses of pandemic and reality]. [Review] [21 refs] [Russian].
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii (1), 90-5.
Blackburne, BP, Hay, AJ and Goldstein, RA. (2008),
Changing selective pressure during antigenic changes in human influenza H3.
PLoS Pathogens 4(5), e1000058.
Brockmann, D. (2008),
Anomalous diffusion and the structure of human transportation networks.
European Physical Journal-Special Topics 157, 173-189.
Burr, TL and Chowell, G. (2008),
Signatures of non-homogeneous mixing in disease outbreaks.
Mathematical and Computer Modelling 48(1-2), 122-140.
Caley, P, Philp, DJ and McCracken, K. (2008),
Quantifying social distancing arising from pandemic influenza.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 5(23), 631-639.
Chastel, C. (2007),
Global threats from emerging viral diseases.
Bulletin De L Academie Nationale De Medecine 191(8), 1563-1577.
Cheng, XW, Wu, CL, He, JF, Lv, X, Zhang, SX, Zhou, L, Wang, JW, Deng, RQ, Long, QX, Wang, XZ and Cheng, JQ. (2008),
Serologic and genetic characterization analyses of a highly pathogenic influenza virus (H5N1) isolated from an infected man in Shenzhen.
Journal of Medical Virology 80(6), 1058-1064.
Chowell, G, Miller, MA and Viboud, C. (2008),
Seasonal influenza in the United States, France, and Australia: transmission and prospects for control.
Epidemiology & Infection 136(6), 852-64.
Chutinimitkul, S, Thippamom, N, Damrongwatanapokin, S, Payungporn, S, Thanawongnuwech, R, Amonsin, A, Boonsuk, P, Sreta, D, Bunpong, N, Tantilertcharoen, R, Chamnanpood, P, Parchariyanon, S, Theamboonlers, A and Poovorawan, Y. (2008),
Genetic characterization of H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2 swine influenza virus in Thailand.
Archives of Virology 153(6), 1049-1056.
Cong, YL, Wang, CF, Yan, CM, Peng, JS, Jiang, ZL and Liu, JH. (2008),
Swine infection with H9N2 influenza viruses in China in 2004.
Virus Genes 36(3), 461-469.
Desikan, P. (2008),
Bird flu outbreak in West Bengal simmers down.
National Medical Journal of India 21(2), 103.
Di Giuseppe, G, Abbate, R, Albano, L, Marinelli, P and Angelillo, IF. (2008),
A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza in an adult population of Italy.
BMC Infectious Diseases 8, 36.
D'Onise, K and Raupach, JCA. (2008),
The burden of influenza in healthy children in South Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia 188(9), 510-513.
Doshi, P. (2008),
Trends in recorded influenza mortality: United States, 1900-2004.
American Journal of Public Health 98(5), 939-945.
Fang, L, de Vlas, SJ, Richardus, JH, Liang, S, Gong, P and Cao, W. (2007),
Spatiotemporal distributions and environmental factors of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5NI in mainland China.
Tropical Medicine & International Health 12, 160-161.
Fasina, FO, Sirdar, MM and Bisschop, SPR. (2008),
The financial cost implications of the highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza H5N1 in Nigeria.
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 75(1), 39-46.
Ferro, PJ, El-Attrache, J, Fang, XW, Rollo, SN, Jester, A, Merendino, T, Peterson, MJ and Lupiani, B. (2008),
Avian influenza surveillance in hunter-harvested waterfowl from the Gulf Coast of Texas (November 2005-January 2006).
Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(2), 434-439.
Figuie, M and Fournier, T. (2008),
Avian influenza in Vietnam: Chicken-hearted consumers?
Risk Analysis 28(2), 441-451.
Flahault, A. (2008),
Epidemiology of flu pandemics.
Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires 25(4), 492-496.
Gyarmati, P, Conze, T, Zohari, S, LeBlanc, N, Nilsson, M, Landegren, U, Baner, J and Belak, S. (2008),
Simultaneous genotyping of all hemagglutinin and neuraminidase subtypes of avian influenza viruses by use of padlock probes.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(5), 1747-1751.
Hall, JS, Minnis, RB, Campbell, TA, Barras, S, DeYoung, RW, Pabilonia, K, Avery, ML, Sullivan, H, Clark, L and McLean, RG. (2008),
Influenza exposure in United States feral swine populations.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(2), 362-368.
Hanson, BA, Luttrell, MP, Goekjian, VH, Niles, L, Swayne, DE, Senne, DA and Stallknecht, DE. (2008),
Is the occurrence of avian influenza virus in Charadriiformes species and location dependent?
Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(2), 351-361.
Influenza Project Team. (2008),
Oseltamivir resistance in human seasonal influenza viruses (A/H1N1) in EU and EFTA countries: an update.
Euro Surveillance: Bulletin Europeen sur les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin 13(6), ppi 8032.
Janies, D and Pol, D. (2008),
Large-scale phylogenetic analysis of emerging infectious diseases.
Tutorials in Mathematical Biosciences Iv: Evolution and Ecology 1922, 39-76.
Jian, JW, Chen, GW, Lai, CT, Hsu, LC, Chen, PJ, Kuo, SHS, Wu, HS and Shih, SR. (2008),
Genetic and epidemiological analysis of influenza virus epidemics in Taiwan during 2003 to 2006.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46(4), 1426-1434.
Kiselev, OI, Blinov, VM, Pisareva, MM, Ternovoy, VA, Agafonov, AP, Saraev, DV, Eropkin, MJ, Lobova, TG, Grigorieva, VA and Grudinin, MP. (2008),
Molecular genetic characterization of H5N1 influenza virus strains isolated from poultry in the Kurgan region in 2005.
Molecular Biology 42(1), 70-78.
Lavine, JS, Poss, M and Grenfell, BT. (2008),
Directly transmitted viral diseases: modeling the dynamics of transmission.
Trends in Microbiology 16(4), 165-172.
Li, FCK, Choi, BCK, Sly, T and Pak, AWP. (2008),
Finding the real case-fatality rate of H5N1 avian influenza.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62(6), 555-559.
Li, WC, Shih, SR, Huang, YC, Chen, GW, Chang, SC, Hsiao, MJ, Tsao, KC and Lin, TY. (2008),
Clinical and genetic characterization of severe influenza B-associated diseases during an outbreak in Taiwan.
Journal of Clinical Virology 42(1), 45-51.
Lorenzen, S. (2008),
Evolution and geographical spread of the Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Type Asia and the problem of biosecurity.
Tieraerztliche Umschau 63(6), 333-.
Mossong, J, Hens, N, Jit, M, Beutels, P, Auranen, K, Mikolajczyk, R, Massari, M, Salmaso, S, Tomba, GS, Wallinga, J, Heijne, J, Sadkowska-Todys, M, Rosinska, M and Edmunds, WJ. (2008),
Social contacts and mixing patterns relevant to the spread of infectious diseases.
PLoS Medicine 5(3), 381-391.
Munasinghe, S, Brown, G, Pereira, A, Keeble, B, Nair, P and Sundkvist, T. (2008),
Public health response to an avian influenza A (H5N1) poultry outbreak in Suffolk, United Kingdom, in November 2007.
Euro Surveillance: Bulletin Europeen sur les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin 13(5), ppi 8027.
Nelson, MI, Viboud, C, Simonsen, L, Bennett, RT, Griesemer, SB, George, KS, Taylor, J, Spiro, DJ, Sengamalay, NA, Ghedin, E, Taubenberger, JK and Holmes, EC. (2008),
Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 influenza A virus since 1918.
PLoS Pathogens 4(2), e1000012.
Nelson, R. (2008),
Rice and ducks have crucial role in avian influenza outbreaks.
Lancet Infectious Diseases 8(5), 284.
Newall, AT, Wood, JG and MacIntyre, CRA. (2008),
Influenza-related hospitalisation and death in Australians aged 50 years and older.
Vaccine 26(17), 2135-2141.
Nicas, M and Best, D. (2008),
A study quantifying the hand-to-face contact rate and its potential application to predicting respiratory tract infection.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 5(6), 347-352.
Nicoll, A. (2008),
(Yet) another human A/H5N1 influenza case and cluster - when should Europe be concerned?
Euro Surveillance: Bulletin Europeen sur les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin 13(15), ppi 18833.
Payungporn, S, Crawford, PC, Kouo, TS, Chen, LM, Pompey, J, Castleman, WL, Dubovi, EJ, Katz, JM and Donis, RO. (2008),
Influenza a virus (H3N8) in dogs with respiratory disease, Florida.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 14(6), 902-908.
Pillai, SPS, Suarez, DL, Pantin-Jackwood, M and Lee, CW. (2008),
Pathogenicity and transmission studies of H5N2 parrot avian influenza virus of Mexican lineage in different poultry species.
Veterinary Microbiology 129(1-2), 48-57.
Rambaut, A, Pybus, OG, Nelson, MI, Viboud, C, Taubenberger, JK and Holmes, EC. (2008),
The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of human influenza A virus.
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Immunology and immunity

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Pandemics - planning and threats

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The organisation of intensive care in a situation of pandemic avian influenza.
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Emergency preparedness and public health systems - Lessons for developing countries.
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Management of an epidemic by an occupational health service: Example of the influenza pandemic.
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Pandemic influenza community preparedness planning: Second National Congress on Health System Readiness.
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Pandemic influenza preparedness in Africa is a profound challenge for an already distressed region: analysis of national preparedness plans.
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The role of medical interventions for the treatment of healthcare workers during the next influenza pandemic.
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Exposure assessment of carcass disposal options in the event of a notifiable exotic animal disease: Application to avian influenza virus.
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Structure, function and genetics

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Contemporary North American influenza H7 viruses possess human receptor specificity: Implications for virus transmissibility.
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Homologous recombination is very rare or absent in human influenza A virus.
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Site-directed mutagenesis of the hinge peptide from the hemagglutinin protein: enhancement of the pH-responsive conformational change.
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Studying association of influenza virus HA with membrane-rafts using fluorescence-resonance-energy transfer (FRET).
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The structural basis for cap binding by influenza virus polymerase subunit PB2.
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Influenza A virus neuraminidase limits viral superinfection.
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The proteosomal degradation of fusion proteins cannot be predicted from the proteosome susceptibility of their individual components.
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Analysis of the interaction of influenza virus polymerase complex with human cell factors.
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Proteomics analysis of differential expression of cellular proteins in response to avian H9N2 virus infection in human cells.
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Qi, L, Carbone, KM, Ye, ZP, Liu, T, Ovanesov, M, Pletnikov, M, Sauder, C and Rubin, SA. (2008),
Genetic contributions to influenza virus attenuation in the rat brain.
Journal of Neurovirology 14(2), 136-142.
Skeik, N and Jabr, FI. (2008),
Influenza viruses and the evolution of avian influenza virus H5N1.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 12(3), 233-238.
Sumikoshi, M, Hashimoto, K, Kawasaki, Y, Sakuma, H, Suzutani, T, Suzuki, H and Hosoya, M. (2008),
Human influenza virus infection and apoptosis induction in human vascular endothelial cells.
Journal of Medical Virology 80(6), 1072-1078.
Takahashi, T, Murakami, K, Nagakura, M, Kishita, H, Watanabe, S, Honke, K, Ogura, K, Tai, T, Kawasaki, K, Miyamoto, D, Hidari, K, Guo, CT, Suzuki, Y and Suzuki, T. (2008),
Sulfatide is required for efficient replication of influenza A virus.
Journal of Virology 82(12), 5940-5950.
Varich, NL, Gitelman, AK, Shilov, AA, Smirnov, YA and Kaverin, NV. (2008),
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Archives of Virology 153(6), 1149-1154.
Wang, SX, Zhang, CH, Zhang, L, Li, J, Huang, ZH and Lu, S. (2008),
The relative immunogenicity of DNA vaccines delivered by the intramuscular needle injection, electroporation and gene gun methods.
Vaccine 26(17), 2100-2110.
Wasilenko, JL, Lee, CW, Sarmento, L, Spackman, E, Kapczynski, DR, Suarez, DL and Pantin-Jackwood, MJ. (2008),
NP, PB1, and PB2 viral genes contribute to altered replication of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in chickens.
Journal of Virology 82(9), 4544-4553.
Yamaguchi, M, Danev, R, Nishlyama, K, Sugawara, K and Nagayama, K. (2008),
Zernike phase contrast electron microscopy of ice-embedded influenza A virus.
Journal of Structural Biology 162(2), 271-276.
Yano, T, Nobusawa, E, Nagy, A, Nakajima, S and Nakajima, K. (2008),
Effects of single-point amino acid substitutions on the structure and function neuraminidase proteins in influenza A virus.
Microbiology and Immunology 52(4), 216-223.

Therapies and antivirals

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Antivirals prescribed for UK seasonal influenza.
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Ahmad, M, Khan, MA, Zafar, M and Sultana, S. (2007),
Treatment of common ailments by plant-based remedies among the people of District Attock (Punjab) of northern Pakistan.
African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines 4(1), 112-120.
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QSAR analysis of influence of artifical ribonucleases structure on their anti-influenza activity.
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Beigel, J and Bray, M. (2008),
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Boltz, DA, Rehg, JE, McClaren, J, Webster, RG and Govorkova, EA. (2008),
Oseltamivir prophylactic regimens prevent H5N1 influenza morbidity and mortality in a ferret model.
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Bray, M. (2008),
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Antiviral Research 78(1), 1-8.
Callan, RJ, Ashton, LV and Goehring, LS. (2008),
Nitazoxanide and tizoxanide inhibit EHV-1 and influenza type a virus replication in vitro.
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 22(3), 738.
Chan-Tack, KM and Murray, JS. (2008),
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Dupuis, K and Sawyer, L. (2008),
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Goris, N, Vandenbussche, F and De Clercq, K. (2008),
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Antiviral Research 78(1), 170-178.
Govorkova, E, Ilyushina, N, McClaren, J, Naipospos, T, Yilmas, N, Douangngeun, B and Webster, R. (2008),
Factors affecting susceptibility of H5N1 influenza viruses to neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir.
Antiviral Research 78(2), A18-A19.
Gravenstein, S. (2008),
Initiating influenza chemoprophylaxis with the first influenza case: A new institutional standard?
Clinical Infectious Diseases 47(1), 53-55.
Kaihatsu, K, Mori, S and Kato, N. (2008),
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Kanekiyo, K, Hayashia, K, Lee, JB, Takenaka, H and Hayashi, T. (2008),
Structure and antiviral activity of an acidic polysaccharide from an edible blue-green alga, Nostoc flagelliforme.
Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 128(5), 725-731.
Kolobukhina, LV, Malinovskaia, VV, Gatich, RZ, Merkulova, LN, Burtseva, EI, Isaeva, EI, Parshina, OV, Guseva, TS, Orlova, TG and Voronina, FV. (2008),
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Gabexate mesilate suppresses influenza pneumonia in mice through inhibition of cytokines.
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Inhibition of influenza A H3N8 virus infections in mice by morpholino oligomers.
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Malaisree, M, Rungrotmongkol, T, Decha, P, Intharathep, P, Aruksakunwong, O and Hannongbua, S. (2008),
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Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 71(4), 1908-1918.
Mayr, J, Haselhorst, T, Langereis, MA, Dyason, JC, Huber, W, Frey, B, Vlasak, R, de Groot, RJ and von Itzstein, M. (2008),
Influenza C virus and bovine coronavirus esterase reveal a similar catalytic mechanism: new insights for drug discovery.
Glycoconjugate Journal 25(5), 393-399.
McGeer, A and Low, D. (2008),
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Clinical Infectious Diseases 46(10), 1629-1630.
McSharry, J, Weng, QM, Soldani, K and Zager, K. (2008),
Use of AX-4 cells for the study of the pharmacodynamics of oseltamivir carboxylate for influenza viruses in an in vitro hollow fiber infection model system.
Antiviral Research 78(2), A44-A45.
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Mileva, M, Galabov, AS, Simeonova, L and Gegova, G. (2008),
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Antiviral Research 78(3), 194-201.
Nicoll, A, Ciancio, B, Kramarz, P and Influenza Project, T. (2008),
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Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 31(4), 638-642.
Pletnev, D, Evdokimov, A, Belanov, E, Malygin, E, Balachnin, S, Serova, O, Zinoviev, V, Zarytova, V, Levina, A, Repkova, M, Ismagilov, Z, Shikina, N, Zagrebelnyi, S and Baiborodin, S. (2008),
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Antiviral Research 78(2), A48.
Shibasaki, M and Kanai, M. (2008),
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European Journal of Organic Chemistry (11), 1839-1850.
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Biochemical Journal 412, 323-329.
Uchide, N and Toyoda, H. (2008),
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Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 8(5), 491-495.
von Itzstein, M. (2008),
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Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 12(1), 102-108.
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Antiviral Research 78(2), A18.
Yagi, H, Yasukawa, N, Yu, SY, Guo, CT, Takahashi, N, Takahashi, T, Bukawa, W, Suzuki, T, Khoo, KH, Suzuki, Y and Kato, K. (2008),
The expression of sialylated high-antennary N-glyeans in edible bird's nest.
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Yamazaki, Y, Doy, M, Yamato, S, Kawada, Y and Ogata, T. (2008),
Effects of oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu (R)) in human sera on results of microneutralization and hemagglutinin-inhibition tests for H5N2 avian influenza virus.
Archives of Virology 153(5), 945-949.
Yun, NE, Linde, NS, Zacks, MA, Barr, IG, Hurt, AC, Smith, JN, Dziuba, N, Holbrook, MR, Zhang, L, Kilpatrick, JM, Arnold, CS and Paessler, S. (2008),
Injectable peramivir mitigates disease and promotes survival in ferrets and mice infected with the highly virulent influenza virus, A/Vietnam/1203/04 (H5N1).
Virology 374(1), 198-209.
Zhang, J, Wang, Q, Fang, H, Xu, WF, Liu, AL and Du, GH. (2008),
Design, synthesis, inhibitory activity, and SAR studies of hydrophobic p-aminosalicylic acid derivatives as neuraminidase inhibitors.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 16(7), 3839-3847.
Zhang, J, Xu, WF, Liu, AL and Du, GH. (2008),
Design, synthesis, and preliminary evaluation of new pyrrolidine derivatives as neuraminidase inhibitors.
Medicinal Chemistry 4(3), 206-209.

Vaccination and vaccines

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2007-2008 influenza vaccine reasonably effective despite mismatch.
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Ackerman, LK. (2008),
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Amorij, JP, Huckriede, A, Wischut, J, Frifflink, HW and Hinrichs, WLJ. (2008),
Development of stable influenza vaccine powder formulations: Challenges and possibilities.
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Bangkok International Conference on Avian Influenza 2008.
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JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association 299(20), 2381-2384.
Benjamin, SR, Trehane, A and Quilty, BM. (2008),
Uptake of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in patients attending a community hospital rheumatology clinic.
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Brezinschek, HP, Hofstaetter, T, Leeb, BF, Haindl, P and Graninger, WB. (2008),
Immunization of patients with rheumatoid arthritis with antitumor necrosis factor α therapy and methotrexate.
Current Opinion in Rheumatology 20(3), 295-299.
Bryant, N, Rash, A, Lewis, N, Elton, D, Montesso, F, Ross, J, Newton, R, Paillot, R, Watson, J and Jeggo, M. (2008),
Australian equine influenza: vaccine protection in the UK.
Veterinary Record 162(15), 491-492.
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Vaccine 26(19), 2350-2359.
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Chawla, T, Khanna, N and Swaminathan, S. (2008),
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Chi, R, Boyko, E, Lipsky, B, Reiber, G and Neuzil, K. (2008),
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56(4), S205.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56(4), S125.
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Influenza vaccination in secondary prevention from coronary ischaemic events in coronary artery disease: FLUCAD study.
European Heart Journal 29(11), 1350-1358.
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Vaccine 26(16), 1990-1998.
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Anaphylaxis from the influenza virus vaccine.
International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 146(1), 85-88.
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An influenza A vaccine based on tetrameric ectodomain of matrix protein 2.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 283(17), 11382-11387.
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Vaccine 26(19), 2314-2321.
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A novel approach to improve influenza vaccination rates among health care professionals: A prospective randomized controlled trial.
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Journal of Immunological Methods 334(1-2), 11-20.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56(4), S205-S206.
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 27(5), 444-452.
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Gerontology 53(6), 382-387.
Gelinck, LBS, van der Bijl, AE, Beyer, WEP, Visser, LG, Huizinga, TWJ, van Hogezand, RA, Rimmelzwaan, GF and Kroon, FP. (2008),
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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 67(5), 713-716.
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Journal of Infectious Diseases 197(10), 1448-54.
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Healy, B. (2004),
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Hellemans, A. (2008),
Beating the flu in a single shot.
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A broadly protective vaccine against globally dispersed clade 1 and clade 2 H5N1 influenza viruses.
Journal of Infectious Diseases 197(8), 1185-1188.
Holman, DH, Wang, D, Raja, NU, Luo, M, Moore, KM, Woraratanadharm, J, Mytle, N and Dong, JY. (2008),
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Vaccine 26(21), 2627-2639.
Howard, MK, Kistner, O and Barrett, PN. (2008),
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Biological Chemistry 389(5), 569-577.
Hussain, SS, Rastogi, A, Kan, C, Lam, A, Mackworth-Young, CG and Abraham, SM. (2008),
Uptake of influenza vaccine in general medical patients - Need to improve uptake in the less than 65 year age group and immunosuppressed patients.
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Prime-boost vaccination with a combination of proteosome-degradable and wild-type forms of two influenza proteins leads to augmented CTL response.
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Microbiology and Immunology 52(2), 55-63.
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Survey of vaccine distribution and delivery issues in the USA: from pediatrics to pandemics. [Review] [57 refs].
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Kalbfuss, B, Knochlein, A, Krober, T and Reichl, U. (2008),
Monitoring influenza virus content in vaccine production: Precise assays for the quantitation of hemagglutination and neuraminidase activity.
Biologicals 36(3), 145-161.
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American Journal of Nephrology 28(4), 654-660.
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Influenza vaccination in renal transplant patients: A defect in peripheral antibody secreting cells (ASC).
American Journal of Transplantation 8, 526.
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Response to: Larger dose of intradermal influenza vaccination may be more immunogenic in transplant recipients.
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May-June 2008: Vol 38 Nos 5-6

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