Influenza Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in influenza and flu pandemics. 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.

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.

• FDA Expands Approval of Influenza Treatment to Post-Exposure Prevention - FDA.gov
  Mon, 23 Nov 2020 05:00 GMT
• Ask Rufus: The Influenza of 1918 - The Dispatch - The Commercial Dispatch
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• New study explains important cause of fatal influenza - Science Daily
  Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:00 GMT
• What Causes Influenza Infections To Become Deadly? - Technology Networks
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• Norway: H5N8 avian influenza detected in wild goose - Outbreak News Today
  Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:29 GMT
• Offer Advice on Influenza Antiviral Medication - Pharmacy Times
  Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:55 GMT
• A Case-Control Study of the 2019 Influenza Vaccine and Incidence of COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers - DocWire News
  Fri, 27 Nov 2020 06:00 GMT
• Not 'just like the flu': Experts say misconceptions, complacency, helped coronavirus spread - Chattanooga Times Free Press
  Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:46 GMT
• Flu and COVID: Five misconceptions about influenza as the coronavirus pandemic remains in full swing - MassLive.com
  Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:00 GMT
• Host ANP32A mediates the assembly of the influenza virus replicase - Nature.com
  Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:00 GMT
• Fewest Influenza Cases Confirmed in Years - Precision Vaccinations
  Wed, 11 Nov 2020 08:00 GMT
• Readiness for influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic - World Health Organization
  Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:00 GMT
• Capillary leakage provides nutrients and antioxidants for rapid pneumococcal proliferation in influenza-infected lower airways - pnas.org
  Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:54 GMT
• Maintaining surveillance of influenza and monitoring SARS-CoV-2 – adapting Global Influenza surveillance and Response System (GISRS) and sentinel systems during the COVID-19 pandemic - World Health Organization
  Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:00 GMT
• Two mAbs take a stab at influenza's NActive site - Science
  Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:00 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (97): Germany, Poland, wild bird, poultry, H5N8, H5N5, OIE
  Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:56:39 -0500
  Avian Influenza H5N8, Avian Influenza -- Germany
  Information received on [and dated] 27 Nov 2020 from Dr Dietrich Rassow, director for animal health and animal welfare, chief veterinary officer, directorate of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Berlin, Germany
  Summary
  Report type: immediate notification
  Date of start of the event: 16 Nov 2020
  Date of confirmation of the event: 25 Nov 2020
  Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
  Date of previous occurrence: 25 May


• PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (96): Iran (MK) HPAI, wild bird, H5N8, OIE
  Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:06:11 -0500
  Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Iran
  Information received on [and dated] 23 Nov 2020 from Dr. Ali Safar Maken Ali, Head, Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO), Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Tehran, Iran
  Summary
  Report type: Immediate notification
  Date of start of the event: 19 Nov 2020
  Date of confirmation of the event: 20 Nov 2020
  Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease
  Date of previous occurrence: 4 Feb 2018
  Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
  Causal agent: Highly pathogenic influenza A

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