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.

• The flu season started early this year. Is it connected to a rise in influenza type B? - USA TODAY
  Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:40 GMT
• As influenza activity picks up, 1 more child dies of flu - CIDRAP
  Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:52 GMT
• New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses - Phys.org
  Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• An 'unusual' start to flu season: Influenza B predominates early - Healio
  Wed, 27 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• State health officials say spike in school absences likely caused by Influenza B - KTUU.com
  Thu, 28 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• Oseltamivir plus usual care versus usual care for influenza-like illness in primary care: an open-label, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial - The Lancet
  Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:37 GMT
• Canada Approves Cell-Based Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine - Vax Before Travel
  Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:17 GMT
• Influenza B accounts for majority of flu cases in West Michigan - WZZM13.com
  Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:30 GMT
• Sanofi awarded $226M to expand influenza vaccine production capabilities in Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Business Report
  Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:55 GMT
• US flu picks up pace ahead of Thanksgiving - CIDRAP
  Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• US flu activity gains more steam - CIDRAP
  Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• Flu Scan for Nov 26, 2019 | CIDRAP - CIDRAP
  Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• Early part of flu season 'not as scary' as feared, but CDC urges vaccinations - USA TODAY
  Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:00 GMT
• Influenza Health Advisory From Sonoma County Government | Sonoma Valley - Patch.com
  Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:48 GMT
• Avian influenza confirmed in UK - Poultry World
  Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:00 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (53): UK (England) poultry, LPAI H5, OIE
  Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:58:22 -0500
  Avian Influenza -- United Kingdom
  Information received on 11 Dec 2019 from Dr Christine Middlemiss, Chief Veterinary Officer, DEFRA, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London, United Kingdom
  Summary
  Report type: immediate notification
  Date of start of the event: 4 Dec 2019
  Date of confirmation of the event: 10 Dec 2019
  Report date: 11 Dec 2019
  Date submitted to OIE: 11 Dec 2019
  Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease
  Date of previous occurrence: 20 Jan 2016
  Manifestation of


• PRO/AH/EDR> Canine influenza - Canada: (ON) H3N2, 1st rep, corr
  Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:19:53 -0500
  Influenza H3N2 -- Canada
  [1]
  Date: Wed 11 Dec 2019
  From: Scott Weese [edited]
  
  The recent ProMED post about canine influenza in Ontario appears to be incorrect. The cited news report has verbatim text from January 2018 articles describing the previous outbreak (full details at ). I am unaware of any canine influenza activity in Canada since October 2018.
  --
  J Scott Weese DVM DVSc DipACVIM
  Ontario Veterinary College and Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses
  University of Guelph
  Guelph,


• PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (11): China (FJ,AH) H9N2
  Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:05:49 -0500
  Avian Influenza -- China
  First reported by WHO/WPRO:
  1. Avian Influenza Weekly Update Number 716; 22 Nov 2019 #5 [CHP Fujian Province: A 4-year-old girl with onset on 26 Oct 2019].
  2. Avian Influenza Weekly Update Number 717; 29 Nov 2019 #6 [CHP Anhui Province: A 5-year-old girl with onset on 12 Nov 2019].
  
  Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP):
  3. Avian Influenza Report, 15(49); reporting period: 1 Dec-7 Dec 2019 (week 49) (Published 10 Dec 2019)
  
  Taiwan Centers for Disease Control:
  4. Mainland


• PRO/AH/EDR> Canine Influenza - Canada: (ON) H3N2, 1st rep, ex South Korea
  Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:01:52 -0500
  Canine Influenza -- Canada
  The public health authority in southern Ontario says it has confirmed what they believe to be the 1st 2 known cases of canine influenza in Canada.
  The H3N2 strain of the virus was detected by a veterinarian in dogs imported by an adoption agency from South Korea via the United States.
  "A small number of dogs having close with the affected dogs also have mild respiratory disease, but test results from those animals are not yet available," the health unit said in a press

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