April 2009: Vol 39 No 4

Categories

• Clinical
• Diagnosis and detection
• Epidemiology
• Immunology and immunity
• Pandemics - planning and threats
• Structure, function and genetics
• Therapies and antivirals
• Vaccination and vaccines

Clinical

• Bartlett, JG. (2006),
  The Jeremiah Metzger Lecture: avian influenza.
  Transactions of the American Clinical & Climatological Association 117, 285-93; discussion 294-5.
• Capua, I and Alexander, DJ. (2009),
  Avian influenza infection in birds: A challenge and opportunity for the poultry veterinarian.
  Poultry Science 88(4), 842-846.
• Cardona, C, Slemons, R and Perez, D. (2009),
  The prevention and control of avian influenza: The avian influenza coordinated agriculture project.
  Poultry Science 88(4), 837-841.
• Cardona, C, Yee, K and Carpenter, T. (2009),
  Are live bird markets reservoirs of avian influenza?
  Poultry Science 88(4), 856-859.
• Daugherty, EL, Perl, TM, Needham, DM, Rubinson, L, Bilderback, A and Rand, CS. (2009),
  The use of personal protective equipment for control of influenza among critical care clinicians: A survey study.
  Critical Care Medicine 37(4), 1210-1216.
• Dias, PJ and Gopal, S. (2009),
  Refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura following influenza vaccination.
  Anaesthesia 64(4), 444-6.
• Harper, SA, Bradley, JS, Englund, JA, File, TM, Gravenstein, S, Hayden, FG, McGeer, AJ, Neuzil, KM, Pavia, AT, Tapper, ML, Uyeki, TM and Zimmerman, RK. (2009),
  Seasonal Influenza in Adults and Children-Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management: Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
  Clinical Infectious Diseases 48(8), 1003-1032.
• Hassan, F, Lewis, TC, Davis, MM, Gebremariam, A and Dombkowski, K. (2009),
  Hospital Utilization and Costs Among Children with Influenza, 2003.
  American Journal of Preventive Medicine 36(4), 292-296.
• Katz, JM, Veguilla, V, Belser, JA, Maines, TR, Van Hoeven, N, Pappas, C, Hancock, K and Tumpey, TM. (2009),
  The public health impact of avian influenza viruses.
  Poultry Science 88(4), 872-879.
• Khanna, N, Steffen, I, Studt, JD, Schreiber, A, Lehmann, T, Weisser, M, Flueckiger, U, Gratwohl, A, Halter, J and Hirsch, HH. (2009),
  Outcome of influenza infections in outpatients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
  Transplant Infectious Disease 11(2), 100-105.
• Kotan, D. (2008),
  Widespread subarachnoidal pneumocephalus development as a complication of influenza: a case report.
  Archives of Medical Science 4(4), 471-473.
• Larson, E, Ferng, Y-H, Wong, J, Alvarez-Cid, M, Barrett, A, Gonzalez, MJ, Wang, S and Morse, SS. (2009),
  Knowledge and misconceptions regarding upper respiratory infections and influenza among urban Hispanic households: need for targeted messaging.
  Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health 11(2), 71-82.
• Marcos, MA, Esperatti, M and Torres, A. (2009),
  Viral pneumonia.
  Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 22(2), 143-147.
• McCombe, JA, Narayansingh, MJ and Jhamandas, JH. (2009),
  Cranial Nerve Palsies Associated with Influenza B.
  Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 36(2), 262-264.
• McNeil, S, Halperin, B and MacDonald, N. (2009),
  Influenza in pregnancy: the case for prevention.
  Advances in Experimental Medicine & Biology 634, 161-83.
• Mosleh, N, Dadras, H and Mohammadi, A. (2009),
  Evaluation of H9N2 avian influenza virus dissemination in various organs of experimentally infected broiler chickens using RT-PCR.
  Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research 10(1), 12-20.
• Sandu, N and Schaller, B. (2008),
  Pneumacephalus after Influenza virus infection and its implication to modern anterior skull base surgery.
  Archives of Medical Science 4(4), 474-475.
• Sarmento, L, Pantin-Jackwood, M, Kapczynski, DR, Swayne, DE and Afonso, CL. (2007),
  Immediate Early Responses of Avian Tracheal Epithelial Cells to Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus.
  International Symposium on Animal Genomics for Animal Health, 175-183.
• Simpson, BS and Rajabally, YA. (2009),
  Sensori-motor Guillain-BarrE syndrome with anti-GD1b antibodies following influenza A infection.
  European Journal of Neurology 16(4), E81.
• Vainer-Mossel, ED, Mekori, YA and Mor, A. (2009),
  Ischemic Stroke in a Patient with Lupus Following Influenza Vaccination: A Questionable Association.
  Israel Medical Association Journal 11(3), 186-187.
• Venables, PH, Liu, J, Raine, A and Mednick, SA. (2007),
  Prenatal influenza exposure and delivery complications: implications for the development of schizophrenia.
  Family & Community Health 30(2), 151-9.
• Weingartl, HM, Albrecht, RA, Lager, KM, Babiuk, S, Marszal, P, Neufeld, J, Embury-Hyatt, C, Lekcharoensuk, P, Tumpey, TM, Garcia-Sastre, A and Richt, JA. (2009),
  Experimental Infection of Pigs with the Human 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus.
  Journal of Virology 83(9), 4287-4296.
• Wilke, A, Borta, A, Waldegger, S, Klingmueller, V and Maier, RF. (2009),
  Flu symptoms, increased creatine and thrombocytopenia:Hantavirus-infection also to be thought about!
  Klinische Padiatrie 221(2), 90.
• Willyard, C. (2009),
  Biosafety bungle leads to bird flu contamination.
  Nature Medicine 15(4), 349.
• Wise, TG, Schafer, DS, Lowenthal, JW and Doran, TJ. (2007),
  The Use of RNAi and Transgenics to Develop Viral Disease Resistant Livestock.
  International Symposium on Animal Genomics for Animal Health, 377-382.
• Xu, T, Qiao, J, Zhao, L, He, G, Li, K, Wang, J, Tian, Y and Wang, H. (2009),
  Effect of dexamethasone on acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by the H5N1 virus in mice.
  European Respiratory Journal 33(4), 852-860.

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Diagnosis and detection

• Abolnik, C. (2008),
  A rapid and sensitive real-time reverse transcription PCR for the pathotyping of South African H5N2 avian influenza viruses.
  Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 75(4), 347-351.
• Chantratita, W, Sukasem, C, Kaewpongsri, S, Srichunrusami, C, Pairoj, W, Thitithanyanont, A, Chaichoune, K, Ratanakron, P, Songserm, T, Damrongwatanapokin, S and Landt, O. (2008),
  Qualitative detection of avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses: A comparative evaluation of four real-time nucleic acid amplification methods.
  Molecular and Cellular Probes 22(5-6), 287-293.
• Deng, J, Sheng, Z, Zhou, K, Duan, M, Yu, C-y and Jiang, L. (2009),
  Construction of Effective Receptor for Recognition of Avian Influenza H5N1 Protein HA1 by Assembly of Monohead Glycolipids on Polydiacetylene Vesicle Surface.
  Bioconjugate Chemistry 20(3), 533-537.
• Fereidouni, SR, Starick, E, Grund, C, Globig, A, Mettenleiter, TC, Beer, M and Harder, T. (2009),
  Rapid molecular subtyping by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction of the neuraminidase gene of avian influenza A viruses.
  Veterinary Microbiology 135(3-4), 253-260.
• Gaspard, P, Mosnier, A, Cohen, JM, Gunther, D, Roth, C, Eschbach, E, Stoll-Keller, F and Gayet, S. (2009),
  Immunoassay rapid test for influenza diagnosis in institutions for elderly people: A four-year surveillance with the Grog Geronto-Alsace.
  Pathologie Biologie 57(1), 90-96.
• Gromadzka, B, Smietanka, K, Dragun, J, Minta, Z, Gora-Sochacka, A and Szewczyk, B. (2008),
  Detection of changes in avian influenza genome fragments by multitemperature single-strand conformational polymorphism.
  Molecular and Cellular Probes 22(5-6), 301-304.
• Hemerka, JN, Wang, D, Weng, Y, Lu, W, Kaushik, RS, Jin, J, Harmon, AF and Li, F. (2009),
  Detection and Characterization of Influenza A Virus PA-PB2 Interaction through a Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Assay.
  Journal of Virology 83(8), 3944-3955.
• Hymas, WC and Hillyard, DR. (2009),
  Evaluation of Nanogen MGB Alert (R) Detection Reagents in a multiplex real-time PCR for influenza virus types A and B and respiratory syncytial virus.
  Journal of Virological Methods 156(1-2), 124-128.
• Kim, SR, Ki, C-S and Lee, NY. (2009),
  Rapid detection and identification of 12 respiratory viruses using a dual priming oligonucleotide system-based multiplex PCR assay.
  Journal of Virological Methods 156(1-2), 111-116.
• Lee, D-H, Chung, I-H, Roh, M-R, Lee, H-J, Lee, Y-J, Jung, J-W, Lee, J-B, Park, S-Y, Choi, I-S, In, Y-H, Hwang, SY and Song, C-S. (2009),
  A Diagnostic Microarray for Subtyping and Pathotyping Avian Influenza Virus.
  Biochip Journal 3(1), 57-64.
• Lee, J, Choi, Y, Kim, J, Park, E and Song, R. (2009),
  Positively Charged Compact Quantum Dot-DNA Complexes for Detection of Nucleic Acids.
  Chemphyschem 10(5), 806-811.
• Lin, B, Malanoski, AP, Wang, Z, Blaney, KM, Long, NC, Meador, CE, Metzgar, D, Myers, CA, Yingst, SL, Monteville, MR, Saad, MD, Schnur, JM, Tibbetts, C and Stenger, DA. (2009),
  Universal Detection and Identification of Avian Influenza Virus by Use of Resequencing Microarrays.
  Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47(4), 988-993.
• Prabakaran, M, Ho, H-T, Prabhu, N, Velumani, S, Szyporta, M, He, F, Chan, K-P, Chen, L-M, Matsuoka, Y, Donis, RO and Kwang, J. (2009),
  Development of epitope-blocking ELISA for universal detection of antibodies to human H5N1 influenza viruses.
  PLoS ONE [Electronic Resource] 4(2), e4566.
• Shoji, M, Shoji, S, Okamoto, M, Ohmi, A and Nishimura, H. (2009),
  [Re-evaluation of clinical utility of throat swab specimens for a rapid influenza diagnostic test]. [Japanese]
  Kansenshogaku Zasshi - Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 83(1), 19-25.
• Spyridaki, IS, Christodoulou, I, de Beer, L, Hovland, V, Kurowski, M, Olszewska-Ziaber, A, Carlsen, K-H, Lodrup-Carlsen, K, van Drunen, CM, Kowalski, ML, Molenkamp, R and Papadopoulos, NG. (2009),
  Comparison of four nasal sampling methods for the detection of viral pathogens by RT-PCR-A GA(2)LEN project.
  Journal of Virological Methods 156(1-2), 102-106.
• Steininger, C, Redlberger, M, Graninger, W, Kundi, M and Popow-Kraupp, T. (2008),
  Near-patient assays for diagnosis of influenza virus infection in adult patients.
  European-Society-of-Clinical-Microbiology-and-Infectious-Diseases, 267-273.
• Watanabe, M, Nakagawa, N, Ito, M and Ihara, T. (2009),
  Sensitivity of rapid immunoassay for influenza A and B in the early phase of the disease.
  Pediatrics International 51(2), 211-215.
• Yacoub, A, Kiss, I, Zohari, S, Hakhverdyan, M, Czifra, G, Mohamed, N, Gyarmati, P, Blomberg, J and Belak, S. (2009),
  The rapid molecular subtyping and pathotyping of avian influenza viruses.
  Journal of Virological Methods 156(1-2), 157-161.
• Yu, Z-J, Jin, M-L, Xu, X-J, Zhang, R-H and Chen, H-C. (2005),
  [A latex agglutination test for detection of hemagglutinin serum antibodies to H5 avian influenza virus in chicken]. [Chinese]
  Wei Sheng Wu Hsueh Pao - Acta Microbiologica Sinica 45(6), 942-6.

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Epidemiology

• Anonymous. (2009),
  H6N1 avian influenza in East Anglia.
  Veterinary Record 164(10), 284.
• Bitar, D, Goubar, A and Desenclos, JC. (2009),
  International travels and fever screening during epidemics: a literature review on the effectiveness and potential use of non-contact infrared thermometers. [Review]
  Bulletin Europeen sur les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin 14(6), RA1.
• Bouma, A, Claassen, I, Natih, K, Klinkenberg, D, Donnelly, CA, Koch, G and van Boven, M. (2009),
  Estimation of transmission parameters of H5N1 avian influenza virus in chickens.
  PLoS Pathogens 5(1), e1000281.
• Burton, C, Vaudry, W, Moore, D, Scheifele, D, Bettinger, J, Halperin, S, Tam, T, Law, B and Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, A. (2008),
  Children hospitalized with influenza during the 2006-2007 season: a report from the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT).
  Canada Communicable Disease Report = Releve des Maladies Transmissibles au Canada 34(12), 17-32.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009),
  Update: influenza activity--United States, September 28, 2008-April 4, 2009, and composition of the 2009-10 influenza vaccine.
  MMWR - Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 58(14), 369-74.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2009),
  Use of northern hemisphere influenza vaccines by travelers to the southern hemisphere.
  MMWR - Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 58(12), 312.
• Chang, C-M, Lebarbenchon, C, Gauthier-Clerc, M, Le Bohec, C, Beaune, D, Le Maho, Y and van der Werf, S. (2009),
  Molecular surveillance for avian influenza A virus in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus).
  Polar Biology 32(4), 663-665.
• Cheng, X, Lin, H and Guo, Y. (1997),
  [Aetiologic study on the outbreaks of influenza-like disease in Shenzhen]. [Chinese]
  Chinese Journal of Experimental & Clinical Virology 11(2), 166-9.
• Dormitorio, TV, Giambrone, JJ, Guo, K and Hepp, GR. (2009),
  Detection and characterization of avian influenza and other avian paramyxoviruses from wild waterfowl in parts of the southeastern United States.
  Poultry Science 88(4), 851-855.
• Ellis, TM, Dyrting, KC, Wong, CW, Chadwick, B, Chan, C, Chiang, M, Li, C, Li, P, Smith, GJD, Guan, Y and Peiris, JSM. (2009),
  Analysis of H5N1 avian influenza infections from wild bird surveillance in Hong Kong from January 2006 to October 2007.
  Avian Pathology 38(2), 107-119.
• Farnsworth, ML and Ward, MP. (2009),
  Identifying spatio-temporal patterns of transboundary disease spread: examples using avian influenza H5N1 outbreaks.
  Veterinary Research 40(3), 20.
• Fasina, OF, Bisschop, SPR, Ibironke, AA and Meseko, CA. (2009),
  Avian Influenza Risk Perception among Poultry Workers, Nigeria.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases 15(4), 616-617.
• Goddard, N, Zucs, P, Ciancio, B, Plata, F, Hungnes, O, Mazick, A, Meijer, A, Hay, A, Daniels, R, Nicoll, A and Zambon, M. (2009),
  Start of the influenza season 2008-9 in Europe - increasing influenza activity moving from West to East dominated by A(H3N2).
  Bulletin Europeen sur les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin 14(3), RC8.
• Gumulka, M, Banas, K and Rosol, M. (2009),
  Relationship of productivity and profitability of broiler chicken production to incidence of Avian Influenza in wild birds in Poland.
  Annals of Animal Science 9(1), 89-97.
• Henning, J, Pfeiffer, DU and Vu, LT. (2009),
  Risk factors and characteristics of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) post-vaccination outbreaks.
  Veterinary Research 40(3), 15.
• Honigsbaum, M. (2009),
  Profile Hongjie Yu: monitoring avian influenza in China.
  Lancet 373(9671), 1243-1243.
• Jeong, O-M, Kim, M-C, Kim, M-J, Kang, H-M, Kim, H-R, Kim, Y-J, Joh, S-J, Kwon, J-H and Lee, Y-J. (2009),
  Experimental infection of chickens, ducks and quails with the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus.
  Journal of Veterinary Science 10(1), 53-60.
• Kaden, V, Lange, E, Hanel, A, Hlinak, A, Mewes, L, Hergarten, G, Irsch, B, Dedek, J and Bruer, W. (2009),
  Retrospective serological survey on selected viral pathogens in wild boar populations in Germany.
  European Journal of Wildlife Research 55(2), 153-159.
• Kawakami, C, Obuchi, M, Saikusa, M, Noguchi, Y, Ujike, M, Odagiri, T, Iwata, M, Toyozawa, T and Tashiro, M. (2009),
  Isolation of oseltamivir-resistant influenza A/H1N1 virus of different origins in Yokohama City, Japan, during the 2007-2008 influenza season.
  Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 62(1), 83-6.
• Kim, T, Hwang, WC, Zhang, AD, Sell, S and Ramanathan, M. (2008),
  Multi-Agent Model Analysis of the Containment Strategy for Avian Influenza (AI) in South Korea.
  IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, 335-338.
• Kuo, HI, Lu, CL, Tseng, WC and Li, HA. (2009),
  A spatiotemporal statistical model of the risk factors of human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in South-east Asian countries and China.
  Public Health 123(2), 188-193.
• Lee, JH, Pascua, PNQ, Song, M-S, Baek, YH, Kim, C-J, Choi, H-W, Sung, M-H, Webby, RJ, Webster, RG, Poo, H and Choi, YK. (2009),
  Isolation and Genetic Characterization of H5N2 Influenza Viruses from Pigs in Korea.
  Journal of Virology 83(9), 4205-4215.
• Li, H-Y, Yu, D-S, Chen, J-H and Liu, X-Z. (2008),
  [Analysis of influenza surveillance from 2000 to 2007 in Gansu province]. [Chinese]
  Chinese Journal of Experimental & Clinical Virology 22(4), 266-8.
• Liao, Q, Lam, WWT, Jiang, CQ, Ho, EYY, Liu, YM, Zhang, WS and Richard, F. (2009),
  Avian influenza risk perception and live poultry purchase in Guangzhou, China, 2006.
  Risk Analysis 29(3), 416-24.
• Mishra, AC, Cherian, SS, Chakrabarti, AK, Pawar, SD, Jadhav, SM, Pal, B, Raut, S, Koratkar, S and Kode, SS. (2009),
  A unique influenza A (H5N1) virus causing a focal poultry outbreak in 2007 in Manipur, India.
  Virology Journal 6, 26.
• Morens, DM, Taubenberger, JK and Fauci, AS. (2009),
  Was Bacterial Pneumonia the Predominant Cause of Death in the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic? Reply.
  Journal of Infectious Diseases 199(9), 1409-1410.
• Naditz, A. (2009),
  Online physician community technology to track influenza, other outbreaks.
  Telemedicine Journal and E-Health 15(2), 130-130.
• Nitsch-Osuch, A. (2008),
  Influenza as a health problem of sea travellers.
  International Maritime Health 59(1-4), 103-12.
• Ou, C-q, Deng, Z-h, Yang, L and Chen, P-y. (2008),
  [Effect of influenza-like diseases on the number of outpatient visits]. [Chinese]
  Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao = Journal of Southern Medical University 28(8), 1446-8.
• Perk, S, Golender, N, Banet-Noach, C, Shihmanter, E, Pokamunsky, S, Pirak, M, Tendler, Y, Lipkind, M and Panshin, A. (2009),
  Phylogenetic analysis of hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, and nucleoprotein genes of H9N2 avian influenza viruses isolated in Israel during the 2000-2005 epizootic.
  Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 32(3), 221-238.
• Saitoh, M, Kimura, H, Kozawa, K and Shoji, A. (2008),
  Molecular Evolution of HA1 in Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses Isolated in Japan from 1989 to 2006.
  Intervirology 51(6), 377-384.
• Spackman, E. (2009),
  The ecology of avian influenza virus in wild birds: What does this mean for poultry?
  Poultry Science 88(4), 847-850.
• Unuvar, E, Yildiz, I, Kilic, A, Aslan, SS, Cakal, B, Toprak, S, Badur, S, Oguz, F and Sidal, M. (2009),
  Viral Etiology and Symptoms of Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children.
  Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 39(1), 29-35.
• Vaillancourt, JP. (2009),
  Canadian experiences with avian influenza: A look at regional disease control-Past, present, and future.
  Poultry Science 88(4), 885-891.
• Yu, H, Zhou, Y-J, Li, G-X, Zhang, G-H, Liu, H-L, Yan, L-P, Liao, M and Tong, G-Z. (2009),
  Further evidence for infection of pigs with human-like H1N1 influenza viruses in China.
  Virus Research 140(1-2), 85-90.
• Zhang, P-H, Liu, X-W, Qian, Z-M, Tang, Y-H and Liu, X-F. (2005),
  [Phylogenetic analysis of the surface glycoprotein genes of an aquatic bird origin influenza virus isolate A/Duck/Yangzhou/233/2002 (H6N2)]. [Chinese]
  Wei Sheng Wu Hsueh Pao - Acta Microbiologica Sinica 45(4), 491-5.

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Immunology and immunity

• Ekiert, DC, Bhabha, G, Elsliger, M-A, Friesen, RHE, Jongeneelen, M, Throsby, M, Goudsmit, J and Wilson, IA. (2009),
  Antibody Recognition of a Highly Conserved Influenza Virus Epitope.
  Science 324(5924), 246-251.
• Guillonneau, C, Mintern, JD, Hubert, F-X, Hurt, AC, Besra, GS, Porcelli, S, Barr, IG, Doherty, PC, Godfrey, DI and Turner, SJ. (2009),
  Combined NKT cell activation and influenza virus vaccination boosts memory CTL generation and protective immunity.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106(9), 3330-5.
• Hamm, S, Mossdorf, E, Zenhaeusern, G, Durovic, B, Steffen, I, Gasser, O, Battegay, M, Nueesch, R and Hess, C. (2009),
  Dissociating CD4+T cell-counts, influenza-specific CD4+T cell-function and antibody-response in HIV-infected individuals.
  Swiss Medical Weekly 139(9-10), 40S.
• Harari, A, Enders, FB, Cellerai, C, Bart, P-A and Pantaleo, G. (2009),
  Distinct profiles of cytotoxic granules in memory CD8 T cells correlate with function, differentiation stage, and antigen exposure.
  Journal of Virology 83(7), 2862-71.
• Kugel, D, Kochs, G, Obojes, K, Roth, J, Kobinger, GP, Kobasa, D, Haller, O, Staeheli, P and von Messling, V. (2009),
  Intranasal Administration of α Interferon Reduces Seasonal Influenza A Virus Morbidity in Ferrets.
  Journal of Virology 83(8), 3843-3851.
• Li, X, Li, R and Li, Z-g. (2008),
  [Relationship between HLA-DR4/1 subtypes and T cell response to influenza virus hemagglutinin or anti-HA308-317 antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis]. [Chinese]
  Chung-Hua i Hsueh Tsa Chih [Chinese Medical Journal] 88(27), 1881-3.
• Martinez, O, Tsibane, T and Basler, CF. (2009),
  Neutralizing anti-influenza virus monoclonal antibodies: therapeutics and tools for discovery. [Review]
  International Reviews of Immunology 28(1), 69-92.
• Melchjorsen, J, Kristiansen, H, Christiansen, R, Rintahaka, J, Matikainen, S, Paludan, SR and Hartmann, R. (2009),
  Differential Regulation of the OASL and OAS1 Genes in Response to Viral Infections.
  Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research 29(4), 199-207.
• Palmowski, MJ, Parker, M, Choudhuri, K, Chiu, C, Callan, MFC, van der Merwe, PA, Cerundolo, V and Gould, KG. (2009),
  A single-chain H-2Db molecule presenting an influenza virus nucleoprotein epitope shows enhanced ability at stimulating CD8+ T cell responses in vivo.
  Journal of Immunology 182(8), 4565-71.
• Qu, T, Bogdanovic, J, Resnick, B, Xue, Q, Xu, X, Walston, JD, Fried, LP and Leng, SX. (2009),
  Antibody Response to Influenza Immunization in Frailty.
  Annual Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society, S88.
• Si-Tahar, M, Touqui, L and Chignard, M. (2009),
  Innate immunity and inflammation - two facets of the same anti-infectious reaction.
  Clinical and Experimental Immunology 156(2), 194-198.
• Spitsin, S, Andrianov, V, Pogrebnyak, N, Smirnov, Y, Borisjuk, N, Portocarrero, C, Veguilla, V, Koprowski, H and Golovkin, M. (2009),
  Immunological assessment of plant-derived avian flu H5/HA1 variants.
  Vaccine 27(9), 1289-1292.
• Xie, D. (2009),
  Fluorescent dye labeled influenza virus mainly infects innate immune cells and activated lymphocytes and can be used in cell-mediated immune response assay.
  Journal of Immunological Methods 343(1), 42-48.
• Zeng, J, Joo, HM, Rajini, B, Wrammert, JP, Sangster, MY and Onami, TM. (2009),
  The Generation of Influenza-Specific Humoral Responses Is Impaired in ST6Gal I-Deficient Mice.
  Journal of Immunology 182(8), 4721-4727.

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Pandemics - planning and threats

• Bennett, B. (2009),
  Legal rights during pandemics: Federalism, rights and public health laws - a view from Australia.
  Public Health 123(3), 232-236.
• Crouse Quinn, S. (2008),
  Crisis and emergency risk communication in a pandemic: a model for building capacity and resilience of minority communities.
  Health Promotion Practice 9(4 Suppl), 18S-25S.
• Elledge, BL, Brand, M, Regens, JL and Boatright, DT. (2008),
  Implications of public understanding of avian influenza for fostering effective risk communication.
  Health Promotion Practice 9(4 Suppl), 54S-59S.
• Farmer, Y. (2009),
  [The Canadian plan to struggle against influenza epidemics: legal plea for a normative global approach.]. [French]
  Canadian Journal of Public Health [Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique] 100(1), 70-2.
• Fedson, DS. (2009),
  Was Bacterial Pneumonia the Predominant Cause of Death in the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic?
  Journal of Infectious Diseases 199(9), 1408-1409.
• Freimuth, VS, Hilyard, KM, Barge, JK and Sokler, LA. (2008),
  Action, not talk: a simulation of risk communication during the first hours of a pandemic.
  Health Promotion Practice 9(4 Suppl), 35S-44S.
• Hui, DS, Chow, BK, Chu, LCY, Ng, SS, Hall, SD, Gin, T and Chan, MTV. (2009),
  Exhaled Air and Aerosolized Droplet Dispersion During Application of a Jet Nebulizer.
  Chest 135(3), 648-654.
• Ives, J, Greenfield, S, Parry, JM, Draper, H, Gratus, C, Petts, JI, Sorell, T and Wilson, S. (2009),
  Healthcare workers' attitudes to working during pandemic influenza: a qualitative study.
  BMC Public Health 9, 56.
• Jones, SC and Iverson, D. (2008),
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Structure, function and genetics

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Therapies and antivirals

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Vaccination and vaccines

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• Laddy, DJ, Yan, J, Khan, AS, Andersen, H, Cohn, A, Greenhouse, J, Lewis, M, Manischewitz, J, King, LR, Golding, H, Draghia-Akli, R and Weiner, DB. (2009),
  Electroporation of Synthetic DNA Antigens Offers Protection in Nonhuman Primates Challenged with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus.
  Journal of Virology 83(9), 4624-4630.
• Levy, DJ, Ambrose, CS, Oleka, N and Lewin, EB. (2009),
  A survey of pediatricians' attitudes regarding influenza immunization in children.
  BMC Pediatrics 9, 8.
• Liebowitz, D and Lu, B. (2009),
  Making improvements in influenza vaccines: incremental change or transformational evolution?
  Future Virology 4(2), 133-141.
• Lowen, AC, Steel, J, Mubareka, S, Carnero, E, Garcia-Sastre, A and Palese, P. (2009),
  Blocking interhost transmission of influenza virus by vaccination in the guinea pig model.
  Journal of Virology 83(7), 2803-18.
• Lynkowski, D. (2008),
  Get the flu shot, not the flu!
  Canadian Journal of Public Health [Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique] 99(6), 444.
• Moran, K, Maaten, S, Guttmann, A, Northrup, D and Kwong, JC. (2009),
  Influenza vaccination rates in Ontario children: Implications for universal childhood vaccination policy.
  Vaccine 27(17), 2350-2355.
• Nasi, A, Bosse, KD and Hayney, MS. (2009),
  Influenza immunization for college students: An important intervention that can improve class attendance and help keep up with homework.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association: JAPhA 49(1), 122-3.
• Newell, A. (2008),
  Preventing flu in health workers: vaccination challenge is launched.
  Nursing for Women's Health 12(6), 529-30.
• Nii, T, Kubota, T, Nanki, T, Komano, Y, Harigai, M, Kohsaka, H, Hirose, W, Nagasaka, K, Sakurai, T and Miyasaka, N. (2009),
  Reevaluation of antibody titers 1 year after influenza vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving TNF blockers.
  Modern Rheumatology 19(2), 216-218.
• Noah, DL, Hill, H, Hines, D, White, EL and Wolff, MC. (2009),
  Qualification of the Hemagglutination Inhibition Assay in Support of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Licensure.
  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 16(4), 558-566.
• Pebody, RG, Begum, F, Gates, P, Noakes, K and Salisbury, D. (2008),
  Influenza vaccination coverage in England, 2000-2008.[comment].
  Bulletin Europeen sur les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin 13(51), L1.
• Polgreen, PM, Polgreen, LA, Evans, T and Helms, C. (2009),
  A Statewide System for Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates in Hospital Employees.
  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 30(5), 474-478.
• Qiao, C, Jiang, Y, Tian, G, Wang, X, Li, C, Xin, X, Chen, H and Yu, K. (2009),
  Recombinant fowlpox virus vector-based vaccine completely protects chickens from H5N1 avian influenza virus.
  Antiviral Research 81(3), 234-238.
• Quan, FS, Yoo, D-G, Song, J-M, Clements, JD, Compans, RW and Kang, S-M. (2009),
  Kinetics of Immune Responses to Influenza Virus-Like Particles and Dose-Dependence of Protection with a Single Vaccination.
  Journal of Virology 83(9), 4489-4497.
• Ragni-Alunni, R and Van de Zande, S. (2008),
  Efficacy of Equilis (R) prequenza T6 in horses individually challenged with A/equi2/Ohio/03.
  Ippologia 19(4), 9-14.
• Rao, S, Kong, W-P, Wei, C-J, Yang, Z-Y, Nason, M, Styles, D, DeTolla, LJ, Sorrell, EM, Song, H, Wan, H, Ramirez-Nieto, GC, Perez, D and Nabel, GJ. (2008),
  Multivalent HA DNA vaccination protects against highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza infection in chickens and mice.
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• Rao, SS, Styles, D, Kong, W, Andrews, C, Gorres, JP and Nabel, GJ. (2009),
  A gene-based avian influenza vaccine in poultry.
  Poultry Science 88(4), 860-866.
• Sasaki, T, Isoda, N, Soda, K, Sakamoto, R, Saijo, K, Hagiwara, J, Kokumai, N, Ohgitani, T, Imamura, T, Sawata, A, Lin, Z, Sakoda, Y and Kida, H. (2009),
  Evaluation of the potency, optimal antigen level and lasting immunity of inactivated avian influenza vaccine prepared from H5N1 virus.
  Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research 56(4), 189-198.
• Talbot, HK, Poehling, KA, Williams, JV, Zhu, Y, Chen, Q, McNabb, P, Edwards, KM and Griffin, MR. (2009),
  Influenza in older adults: Impact of vaccination of school children.
  Vaccine 27(13), 1923-1927.
• Tao, P, Luo, M, Pan, R, Ling, D, Zhou, S, Tien, P and Pan, Z. (2009),
  Enhanced protective immunity against H5N1 influenza virus challenge by vaccination with DNA expressing a chimeric hemagglutinin in combination with an MHC class I-restricted epitope of nucleoprotein in mice.
  Antiviral Research 81(3), 253-260.
• Taylor, L and Zhou, XH. (2007),
  Multiple Imputation Methods for Treatment Noncompliance and Nonresponse in Randomized Clinical Trials.
  7th BIRTHA Conference on Informal Empire, 88-95.
• Tian, X, Bogdanovic, J, Resnick, B, Xue, Q, Xu, X, Hamilton, R and Leng, SX. (2009),
  Influenza Immunization in Old Adults Over 70 Years of Age: How Effective Is It?
  Annual Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society, S9-S10.
• Toro, H and Tang, DC. (2009),
  Protection of chickens against avian influenza with nonreplicating adenovirus-vectored vaccine.
  Poultry Science 88(4), 867-871.
• Vellozzi, C, Burwen, DR, Dobardzic, A, Ball, R, Walton, K and Haber, P. (2009),
  Safety of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccines in adults: Background for pandemic influenza vaccine safety monitoring.
  Vaccine 27(15), 2114-2120.
• Wu, J, Fang, H-H, Chen, J-T, Zhou, J-C, Feng, Z-J, Li, C-G, Qiu, Y-Z, Liu, Y, Lu, M, Liu, L-Y, Dong, S-S, Gao, Q, Zhang, X-M, Wang, N, Yin, W-D and Dong, X-P. (2009),
  Immunogenicity, Safety, and Cross-Reactivity of an Inactivated, Adjuvanted, Prototype Pandemic Influenza (H5N1) Vaccine: A Phase II, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial.
  Clinical Infectious Diseases 48(8), 1087-1095.
• Yang, P-H, An, W-Q, Shi, X-F, Duan, Y-Q, Luo, D-Y, Zhang, P-F, Tang, C, Xing, L, Zhang, Y-J, Liu, X-F and Wang, X-L. (2009),
  Development and Identification of a Live Attenuated Influenza B Virus Vaccine Candidate.
  Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 36(3), 358-363.
• Zhou, F, Goodsell, A, Uematsu, Y and Vajdy, M. (2009),
  Prolonged Protection against Intranasal Challenge with Influenza Virus following Systemic Immunization or Combinations of Mucosal and Systemic Immunizations with a Heat-Labile Toxin Mutant.
  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 16(4), 471-478.

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