Evaluation of a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibodies against the H5 subtype of Influenza A virus in waterfowl.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We determined influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 antibody levels before and after the first wave of the pandemic in an urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh. METHODS:We identified a cohort of households by stratified random sampling. We collected baseline serum specimens during July-August 2009, just prior to the initia...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Nasreen S,Rahman M,Hancock K,Katz JM,Goswami D,Sturm-Ramirez K,Holiday C,Jefferson S,Branch A,Wang D,Veguilla V,Widdowson MA,Fry AM,Brooks WA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory protective devices are critical in protecting against infection in healthcare workers at high risk of novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19); however, recommendations are conflicting and epidemiological data on their relative effectiveness against COVID-19 are limited. PURPOSE:To compare medi...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Bartoszko JJ,Farooqi MAM,Alhazzani W,Loeb M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospitalization burden associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is uncertain due to ambiguity in the inference methodologies employed for its estimation. OBJECTIVES:Utilization of a new method to quantitate the above burden. METHODS:Weekly hospitalization rates for several principal ...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Goldstein E,Greene SK,Olson DR,Hanage WP,Lipsitch M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The annual differences in the seasonal influenza vaccine and the circulating strains make it necessary to assess influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) yearly. We assessed the effectiveness of the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 influenza seasons among children in Guangz...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Fu C,He Q,Li Z,Xu J,Li Y,Lu J,Li K,Yang Q,Dong Z,Liu X,Wen S,Hu W,Zhang D,Lv J,Zhu W,Wang M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza surveillance helps time prevention and control interventions especially where complex seasonal patterns exist. We assessed influenza surveillance sustainability in Africa where influenza activity varies and external funds for surveillance have decreased. METHODS:We surveyed African Network for Inf...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Igboh LS,McMorrow M,Tempia S,Emukule GO,Talla Nzussouo N,McCarron M,Williams T,Weatherspoon V,Moen A,Fawzi D,Njouom R,Nakoune E,Dauoda C,Kavunga-Membo H,Okeyo M,Heraud JM,Mambule IK,Sow SO,Tivane A,Lagare A,Adebay

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are particularly relevant in influenza vaccine trials in the elderly where reduction in symptom severity could prevent illness-related functional impairment. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate PROs in people aged ≥ 65 years receiving two different vaccines. METHODS:This was a phase III...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： van Essen GA,Beran J,Devaster JM,Durand C,Duval X,Esen M,Falsey AR,Feldman G,Gervais P,Innis BL,Kovac M,Launay O,Leroux-Roels G,McElhaney JE,McNeil S,Oujaa M,Richardus JH,Ruiz-Palacios G,Osborne RH,Oostvogels L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A wide range of methods have been used for estimating influenza-associated deaths in temperate countries. Direct comparisons of estimates produced by using different models with US mortality data have not been published. OBJECTIVE:Compare estimates of US influenza-associated deaths made by using four models...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Thompson WW,Weintraub E,Dhankhar P,Cheng PY,Brammer L,Meltzer MI,Bresee JS,Shay DK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N6) virus occurred between November 20, 2016, and March 1, 2017 in poultry farms, in the Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. To identify the risk of transmission of H5N6 to depopulation workers, active and passive surveillance was conducted. Virological testing o...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Ryu S,Lim JS,Cowling BJ,Chun BC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Northern Territory (NT) of Australia has a mix of climates, sparsely distributed population and a large proportion of the populace are Indigenous Australians, and influenza is known to have a disproportionate impact upon this group. Understanding the epidemiology of influenza in this region would inform ...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Weinman AL,Sullivan SG,Vijaykrishna D,Markey P,Levy A,Miller A,Tong SYC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A candidate pandemic influenza H5N1 vaccine should provide rapid and long-lasting immunity against antigenically drifted viruses. As H5N1 viruses are poorly immunogenic, this may require a combination of immune potentiating strategies. An attractive approach is combining the intrinsic immunogenicity of viros...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Pedersen G,Major D,Roseby S,Wood J,Madhun AS,Cox RJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza antiviral drugs are important for the control of influenza, most specifically for the treatment of influenza patients with severe disease following infection with a seasonal influenza virus, a newly emerging influenza strain, or in the event of a pandemic. Many influenza antivirals that are currently under i...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Koszalka P,Tilmanis D,Hurt AC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the onset of the pandemic H1N1/09 influenza A outbreak in Australia, health authorities devised official clinical case definitions to guide testing and access to antiviral therapy. OBJECTIVES:To assess the diagnostic accuracy of these case definitions and to attempt to improve on them using a scoring sys...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Mahony AA,Cheng AC,Olsen KL,Aboltins CA,Black JF,Johnson PD,Lindsay Grayson M,Torresi J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses reemerged in humans in 2003 and have caused fatal human infections in Asia and Africa as well as ongoing outbreaks in poultry. These viruses have evolved substantially and are now so antigenically varied that a single vaccine antigen may not protect against all circul...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Ducatez MF,Webb A,Crumpton JC,Webby RJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Molecular testing for viral pathogens has resulted in increasing detection of multiple viruses in respiratory secretions of ill children. The clinical impact of multiple virus infections on clinical presentation and outcome is unclear. OBJECTIVES:To compare clinical characteristics and viral load between ch...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Martin ET,Kuypers J,Wald A,Englund JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza vaccine coverage rates among healthcare workers (HCWs) in acute care facilities in Canada remain below national targets. OBJECTIVE:To determine factors associated with influenza vaccine uptake among HCWs. METHODS:This secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study included HCWs aged 18-69 years...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Hussain H,McGeer A,McNeil S,Katz K,Loeb M,Simor A,Powis J,Langley J,Muller M,Canadian Health Care Worker Study Group.,Coleman BL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wild birds are the natural hosts for influenza A viruses (IAVs) and provide a niche for the maintenance of this virus. OBJECTIVES:This study was undertaken to analyze nucleotide sequences of the matrix (M) gene of AIVs isolated from wild birds and live bird markets (LBMs) to index the changes occurring in t...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Chander Y,Jindal N,Sreevatsan S,Stallknecht DE,Goyal SM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe the occurrence of two novel swine influenza viruses (SIVs) in pigs in Argentina. These viruses are the result of two independent reassortment events between the H1N1 pandemic influenza virus (H1N1pdm) and human-like SIVs, showing the constant evolution of influenza viruses at the human-swin...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Pereda A,Rimondi A,Cappuccio J,Sanguinetti R,Angel M,Ye J,Sutton T,Dibárbora M,Olivera V,Craig MI,Quiroga M,Machuca M,Ferrero A,Perfumo C,Perez DR

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of a novel swine-origin pandemic influenza virus in 2009, together with the continuing circulation of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 viruses and the urgent global need to produce effective vaccines against such public health threats, has prompted a renewed interest in improving our understanding of the imm...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Haaheim LR,Katz JM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the best efforts of influenza scientists, companies and health officials to prepare for the next pandemic, most of the world's people will not have access to affordable supplies of vaccines and antiviral agents. They will have to rely on 19th century public health 'technologies' to see them through. In the 21s...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Fedson DS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reviews of the global response to the 2009 pandemic of influenza A/H1N1 affirmed the importance of assessment of preparedness and response capabilities. DESIGN:The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners developed the National Inventory of Core Capabilities for Pandemic Influenza...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： MacDonald G,Moen AC,St Louis ME

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated the diagnostic value of measuring the levels of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) to differentiate children co-infected with H1N1 influenza and bacteria from children infected with H1N1 influenza alone. METHODS:Consecutive patients (children aged < 5 years) with laboratory...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Li Z,He L,Li S,He W,Zha C,Ou W,Hou Q,Wang W,Sun X,Liang H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review was to identify factors predicting actual or intended adherence to antivirals as treatment or prophylaxis for influenza. Literature from inception to March 2015 was systematically reviewed to find studies reporting predictors of adherence to antivirals and self-reported reasons for non-adherence...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Smith LE,D'Antoni D,Jain V,Pearce JM,Weinman J,Rubin GJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the impact of obesity on influenza disease severity. Individuals with obesity were more likely to have lower pulmonary disease manifestations [OR=1·97 (95% CI 1·05, 3·69), P=0·03] and to be admitted to an inpatient ward [OR=2·93 (95% CI 1·50, 5·71), P=0·002] when c...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Martin ET,Archer C,McRoberts J,Kulik J,Thurston T,Lephart P,Kaye KS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Equine influenza (EI) is a highly contagious respiratory disease of horses. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate two rapid antigen detection kits (Directigen or DFA, and Espline) and a commercial ELISA for the detection of EI nucleoprotein in nasal swabs. METHOD:Nasal swab samples from naturall...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Galvin P,Gildea S,Nelly M,Quinlivan M,Arkins S,Walsh C,Cullinane A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 1918 influenza pandemic caused disproportionately high mortality among certain age groups. The mechanisms underlying these differences are not fully understood. OBJECTIVES:To explore the dynamics of the 1918 pandemic and to identify potential age-specific transmission patterns. METHODS:We examined 1915...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Yang W,Petkova E,Shaman J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two important challenges to the use of serological assays for influenza surveillance include the substantial amount of experimental effort involved and the inherent noisiness of serological data. RESULTS:I show that log-transformed serological data exist in an effectively one-dimensional space. I use this r...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Ndifon W

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower respiratory tract illness is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide, however, information about the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of LRTIs caused by HMPV and HBoV in China is limited. OBJECTIVES:Human bocavirus (HBoV) and human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are two impo...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Zhou JY,Peng Y,Peng XY,Gao HC,Sun YP,Xie LY,Zhong LL,Duan ZJ,Xie ZP,Cao YD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine factors associated with severe hospitalized Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated LRTI and to describe management in tertiary care center. METHODS:Retrospective medical record review was conducted among children under 5 years old hospitalized with RSV-associated LRTI at King Chulalongkorn Memor...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Aikphaibul P,Theerawit T,Sophonphan J,Wacharachaisurapol N,Jitrungruengnij N,Puthanakit T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oseltamivir-resistant 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infections associated with neuraminidase (NA) H275Y have been identified sporadically. Strains possessing the hemagglutinin (HA) D222G mutation have been detected in small numbers of fatal 2009 H1N1 cases. We report the first clinical description of 2009 H1N1 virus infec...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： DeVries A,Wotton J,Lees C,Boxrud D,Uyeki T,Lynfield R

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiviral drugs continue to be an important option for the treatment of influenza disease and will likely be the only option during the early phases of pandemic. However, the limited number of drug classes licensed for treatment of influenza raises several issues, particularly in the face of drug resistance. Two class...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Wathen MW,Barro M,Bright RA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00