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May 24, 2023 5:23 AM
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Worker infected with bird flu travelled to Scotland and risked 'creating new pandemic'

Worker infected with bird flu travelled to Scotland and risked 'creating new pandemic' | Virology News | Scoop.it
The poultry worker contracted the virus in England and then travelled to Scotland - with experts saying he risked spreading the deadly disease.
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May 24, 2023 5:21 AM
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Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic

Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic | Virology News | Scoop.it
Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said.
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May 24, 2023 5:19 AM
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Factbox: Some 25 types of mammals died in latest bird flu outbreak

Factbox: Some 25 types of mammals died in latest bird flu outbreak | Virology News | Scoop.it
About 25 types of mammals have died in the latest bird flu outbreak, a larger number than in previous ones, increasing the risk of the virus turning into a pandemic, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said.
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May 24, 2023 5:18 AM
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Porcine Circovirus Modulates Swine Influenza Virus Replication in Pig Tracheal Epithelial Cells and Porcine Alveolar Macrophages

Porcine Circovirus Modulates Swine Influenza Virus Replication in Pig Tracheal Epithelial Cells and Porcine Alveolar Macrophages | Virology News | Scoop.it
The pathogenesis of porcine circovirus type 2b (PCV2b) and swine influenza A virus (SwIV) during co-infection in swine respiratory cells is poorly understood. To elucidate the impact of PCV2b/SwIV co-infection, newborn porcine tracheal epithelial cells (NPTr) and immortalized porcine alveolar...
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May 24, 2023 5:17 AM
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Brazil declares 180-day animal health emergency amid avian flu cases in wild birds

Brazil declares 180-day animal health emergency amid avian flu cases in wild birds | Virology News | Scoop.it
Brazil declared a state of animal health emergency for 180 days in response to the country’s first-ever detection of the highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds...
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May 24, 2023 5:16 AM
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Huge Jorō spiders are actually gentle giants

Huge Jorō spiders are actually gentle giants | Virology News | Scoop.it
Don't freak out if you happen to see a humongous yellow and black Jorō spider.They're "really more afraid of you than the reverse."...
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May 24, 2023 5:15 AM
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Schools hit hard as influenza epidemic extends into May [in Japan]

Schools hit hard as influenza epidemic extends into May [in Japan] | Virology News | Scoop.it
Influenza outbreaks continue to be reported at schools across Japan, pushing into May an epidemic that typically subsides by March.
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May 15, 2023 8:28 AM
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CpG dinucleotide enrichment in the influenza A virus genome as a live attenuated vaccine development strategy 

Author summary CpG dinucleotides are under-represented in vertebrate genomes, wherein cytosines in the CpG conformation are methylated to regulate transcription. Methylated cytosines are prone to deamination, resulting in TpG dinucleotides replacing CpGs.
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Novavax’s stock soars 51% after positive COVID and flu trial data and news of plan to lay off 25% of workforce

Novavax’s stock soars 51% after positive COVID and flu trial data and news of plan to lay off 25% of workforce | Virology News | Scoop.it
Novavax Inc.’s stock soared 51% Tuesday after the biotech company reported positive results from a trial of three flu and COVID vaccines and unveiled a…...
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So profitability is just around the corner, but they shed 25% of the workforce?? Harsh!
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May 15, 2023 8:26 AM
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Bird flu costs Quantum Foods R34m and 420 000 chickens (South Africa)

Bird flu costs Quantum Foods R34m and 420 000 chickens (South Africa) | Virology News | Scoop.it
The group warns that the outbreak could affect egg availability – and most likely prices – in the Western Cape.
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May 15, 2023 8:25 AM
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US - Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in a wild striped skunk in MT, wild red foxes in RI, wild mountain lions in MT, NE and WY

US - Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in a wild striped skunk in MT, wild red foxes in RI, wild mountain lions in MT, NE and WY | Virology News | Scoop.it
United States of America - Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) - Follow up report 29 GENERAL INFORMATION COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE ZONE ANIMAL TYPE TERRESTRIAL DISEASE CATEGORY OIE-listed EVENT ID 4451 DISEASE Influenza A viruses of...
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May 15, 2023 8:24 AM
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Common and unique features of viral RNA-dependent polymerases

Common and unique features of viral RNA-dependent polymerases | Virology News | Scoop.it
Eukaryotes and bacteria can be infected with a wide variety of RNA viruses. On average, these pathogens share little sequence similarity and use different replication and transcription strategies. Nevertheless, the members of nearly all RNA virus families depend on the activity of a virally...
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Uruguay - Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 (N untyped) in captive South-American coatis in the Natural Reserve in the department of Flores 

Uruguay - Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 (N untyped) in captive South-American coatis in the Natural Reserve in the department of Flores  | Virology News | Scoop.it
Uruguay - Outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 (N untyped) in captive South-American coatis in the Natural Reserve in the department of Flores (WOAH, May 10, 2023)...
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May 24, 2023 5:22 AM
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Brazil's bird flu scare a danger for South Africa's poultry industry and low income families

Brazil's bird flu scare a danger for South Africa's poultry industry and low income families | Virology News | Scoop.it
An expert says government needs to consider measures to prevent the potential devastating impact on consumers should chicken imports be halted if virus spreads.
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May 24, 2023 5:21 AM
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Influenza: exposing the true killer

In the early 1930s, Richard Shope isolated influenza virus from infected pigs. Shope's finding was quickly followed by the isolation of the influenza virus from humans, proving that a virus—not a bacterium, as was widely believed—caused ...
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India develops first local test to detect flu, Covid in single swab

India develops first local test to detect flu, Covid in single swab | Virology News | Scoop.it
The Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has developed the kit, known as a multiplex single tube realtime RT-PCR test.| Latest News India...
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May 24, 2023 5:18 AM
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Australian-first universal flu vaccine trial begins at Brisbane's Mater Hospital 

Australian-first universal flu vaccine trial begins at Brisbane's Mater Hospital  | Virology News | Scoop.it
Researchers at Brisbane's Mater Hospital are starting to trial a vaccine that could mean flu jabs are only necessary every few years, instead of annually.
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May 24, 2023 5:17 AM
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Lakes, not just caves, hold clues to human survival of ice age

Lakes, not just caves, hold clues to human survival of ice age | Virology News | Scoop.it
New findings expand the range of livable regions in interior South Africa nearly 200,000 years ago, during an ice age called MIS6.
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May 24, 2023 5:15 AM
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Clover Expands Sales and Distribution Network for Upcoming Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Launch in China 

Clover Expands Sales and Distribution Network for Upcoming Quadrivalent Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Launch in China  | Virology News | Scoop.it
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May 15, 2023 8:29 AM
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Could a new COVID vaccine offer lifelong protection?

Could a new COVID vaccine offer lifelong protection? | Virology News | Scoop.it
"We need a better vaccine, one that provides years of robust protection with fewer booster shots against a variety of SARS-CoV-2 strains."...
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Positive Phase 2 Topline Results Show Novavax's COVID-Influenza Combination, Stand-alone Influenza and High-dose COVID Vaccine Candidates Demonstrate Robust Immune Responses

Positive Phase 2 Topline Results Show Novavax's COVID-Influenza Combination, Stand-alone Influenza and High-dose COVID Vaccine Candidates Demonstrate Robust Immune Responses | Virology News | Scoop.it
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May 15, 2023 8:27 AM
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COVID vaccine maker Novavax chops a quarter of workforce as pandemic eases

COVID vaccine maker Novavax chops a quarter of workforce as pandemic eases | Virology News | Scoop.it
Novavax seeks to slash expenses while dealing with an uncertain future after losing the vaccination race against rivals Pfizer and Moderna.
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May 15, 2023 8:26 AM
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After 30 polio-free years, Burundi fights the paralysing virus

After 30 polio-free years, Burundi fights the paralysing virus | Virology News | Scoop.it
An unvaccinated child in Bujumbura Province was the first diagnosed. Since then, the paralysing virus has infected a confirmed 16 – but vaccines are being deployed.
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New mRNA Vaccine Could Turn the Tides Against Pancreatic Cancer

New mRNA Vaccine Could Turn the Tides Against Pancreatic Cancer | Virology News | Scoop.it
By now, mRNA vaccines are mostly associated with COVID. But the technology may also help us save lives from one of the most lethal forms of cancers.
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China: Emergence of a Novel Reassortant H3N6 Canine Influenza Virus

China: Emergence of a Novel Reassortant H3N6 Canine Influenza Virus | Virology News | Scoop.it
China: Emergence of a Novel Reassortant H3N6 Canine Influenza Virus (https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/05/china-emergence-of-novel-ressortant.html) Dogs as potential `mixing vessels' for Influenza #17,449 For more than a decade we've been monitoring the emergence and spread of an avian H3N2 virus...
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