New computational modeling of avian influenza variants’ immunoprotein interactions – developed by a research team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte – reveals the H5N1 influenza virus is ...

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian influenza virus, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine ...

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian ...

Catani and colleagues provide data on antigenic properties of neuraminidase proteins of pandemic H1N1 and show that antigenic diversity of the neuraminidase from 2009 to 2020 largely falls into two ...

To maintain vaccine efficacy, WHO regularly updates influenza vaccine strains based on global epidemiological, virological, ...

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

Yoshi Kawaoka: H5N1 is a subtype of influenza A virus known for primarily infecting birds. It’s called H5N1 because of two surface glycoproteins on the virus. Hemagglutinin — H, and ...

The two major antigens on the surface of influenza viruses are hemagglutinin and NA, and influenza viruses are known for their ability to mutate, Lucar said. One such mutation could be for the NA ...

This page requires JavaScript to be enabled to properly display data shown within components like charts, tables, etc.. Circulation of respiratory viruses is normally ...

One Canada goose was tested for highly pathogenic avian influenza and tested non-negative, which is a presumed positive. ODNR is currently awaiting more test results from the National Veterinary ...

On February 19, Tulane University reported that a new variant of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, was found in cows and a dairy worker. But that's not the only bad news.