Influenza Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in influenza and flu pandemics. The objectives of Influenza Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for influenza and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to influenza.

Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses), that affects humans, birds and other mammals. The virus spreads easily from person to person. Influenza circulates worldwide and can affect anybody in any age group. Influenza causes annual epidemics that peak during winter in temperate regions. Influenza is a serious public health problem that causes severe illnesses and deaths for higher risk populations. The most common symptoms of the disease are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness/fatigue and general discomfort. Sore throat, fever and coughs are the most frequent symptoms. In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly for the young and the elderly. An influenza epidemic can take an economic toll through lost workforce productivity, and strain health services. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent infection.

 

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• PRO/EDR> Influenza (31): CDC update
  Sat, 19 May 2012 03:39:27
  Influenza — United States
  Synopsis
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  During week 19 (6-12 May 2012), influenza activity declined nationally and in most regions, but remained elevated in some areas of the United States.
  - U.S. Virologic Surveillance: Of the 2171 specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories and reported to CDC/Influenza Division, 288 (13.3 percent) were positive for influenza.
  - Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I)

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  Meliopoulos VA, Andersen LE, Brooks P, et al. 
• De-Novo Transcriptome Sequencing of a Normalized cDNA Pool from Influenza Infected Ferrets.
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• Permissible Variation in the 3' Non-Coding Region of the Haemagglutinin Genome Segment of the H5N1 Candidate Influenza Vaccine Cirus NIBRG-14.
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• Combining Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics to Predict the Binding Modes of Flavonoid Derivatives with the Neuraminidase of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Virus.
  Lu SJ, Chong FC 
• A 3-month-old baby with H1N1 and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
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• CD62L- memory T cells enhance T-cell regeneration after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by eliminating host resistance in mice.
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• Effect of the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 Pandemic on Viral Respiratory Infections in the First Year of Life.
  Ede LC, Loeffelholz MJ, Alvarez-Fernandez P, et al. 
• Self-reported fever and measured temperature in emergency department records used for syndromic surveillance.
  Kass-Hout TA, Buckeridge D, Brownstein J, et al. 
• An investigation into the prevalence and outcome of patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit with viral respiratory tract infections in Cape Town, South Africa.
  Ghani AS, Morrow BM, Hardie DR, et al. 
• In contrast to conventional inactivated influenza vaccines, 4xM2e.HSP70c fusion protein fully protected mice against lethal dose of H1, H3 and H9 influenza A isolates circulating in Iran.
  Ebrahimi SM, Dabaghian M, Tebianian M, et al.