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Public Response to Community Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
We report the results of a national survey conducted to help public health officials understand the public’s response to community mitigation interventions for a severe outbreak of pandemic influenza.
Robert J. Blendon, Lisa M. Koonin, John M. Benson, Martin S. Cetron, William E. Pollard, Elizabeth W. Mitchell, Kathleen J. Weldon, Melissa J. Herrmann   +7 more
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Results from the centers for disease control and prevention's predict the 2013-2014 Influenza Season Challenge [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Early insights into the timing of the start, peak, and intensity of the influenza season could be useful in planning influenza prevention and control activities.
Allen, Christopher, Alper, David, Aman, Susan, Anil Kumar, V. S., Aslam, Anoshã, Bakach, Iurii, Barrett, Chris, BASAGNI, Stefano, Biggerstaff, Matthew, Bisset, Keith, Broniatowski, David, Brooks, Logan, Brownstein, John S., Butler, Patrick, Chakraborty, Prithwish, Chandra, Priyadarshini, Chen, Jiangzhuo, Del Valle, Sara Y., Deshpande, Alina, Dredze, Mark, Eggo, Rosalind, Eubank, Stephen, Fairchild, Geoffrey, Farrow, David, Finelli, Lyn, Fox, Spencer, Fung, Isaac Chun Hai, Gambhir, Manoj, Generous, Nicholas, GESUALDO, Francesco, Goldstein, Ed, Hao, Yi, Henderson, Jette, Hickman, Kyle S., Hickmann, Kyle S., Hyman, James M., Hyun, Sangwon, Karspeck, Alicia, Kaup, Hemchandra, Khadivi, Pejman, Krishnan, Ramesh, Laskowski, Kathy, Lewis, Bryan, Lipsitch, Marc, Lum, Kristian, Madhavan, Satish, Marathe, Madhav, Markar, Ashirwad, Mekaru, Sumiko R., Meyers, Lauren Ancel, Nagel, Anna, Nsoesie, Elaine O., Pashley, Bryanne, Paul, Michael, PERRA, NICOLA, Priedhorsky, Reid, Ramakrishnan, Anurekha, Ramakrishnan, Naren, Rosenfeld, Roni, Scarpino, Sam, Schaible, Braydon J., Scott, James, Sexton, Jessica K., Shaman, Jeffrey, Singh, Bismark, Srinivasan, Ravi, STILO, GIOVANNI, Tibshirani, Ryan J., Tozzi, Alberto E., Tse, Zion Tsz Ho, Tsou, Ming Hsiang, VELARDI, Paola, Vespignani, Alessandro, Yang, Wan, Ying, Yuchen, Zhang, Qian   +75 more
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Effects of School Closures, 2008 Winter Influenza Season, Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
In winter 2008, kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong were closed for 2 weeks after media coverage indicated that 3 children had died, apparently from influenza.
Benjamin J. Cowling, Eric H.Y. Lau, Conrad L.H. Lam, Calvin K.Y. Cheng, Jana Kovar, Kwok Hung Chan, J.S. Malik Peiris, Gabriel M. Leung   +7 more
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Influenza Illness and Partial Vaccination in the First Two Years of Life

Vaccines, 2021
More information about influenza in low- and middle-income countries could guide the establishment of pediatric influenza vaccine programs. This study (1) characterizes the burden of influenza in infants, and (2) compares signs and symptoms by prior ...
Abram L. Wagner, Lionel Gresh, Nery Sanchez, Guillermina Kuan, John Kubale, Roger Lopez, Sergio Ojeda, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Angel Balmaseda, Aubree Gordon   +9 more
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Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness among US Military Basic Trainees, 2005–06 Season

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Virtually all US military basic trainees receive seasonal influenza vaccine. Surveillance data collected from December 2005 through March 2006 were evaluated to estimate effectiveness of the influenza vaccine at 6 US military basic training centers ...
Jennifer K. Strickler, Anthony W. Hawksworth, Christopher Myers, Marina Irvine, Margaret A.K. Ryan, Kevin L. Russell   +5 more
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Influenza research database: an integrated bioinformatics resource for influenza research and surveillance. [PDF]

, 2012
BackgroundThe recent emergence of the 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus has highlighted the value of free and open access to influenza virus genome sequence data integrated with information about other important virus characteristics.DesignThe ...
Baumgarth, Nicole, Deitrich, Jon, García-Sastre, Adolfo, Hunt, Victoria, Klem, Edward, Kumar, Sanjeev, Larsen, Christopher N, Macken, Catherine, Noronha, Jyothi, Pickett, Brett E, Ramsey, Alvin, Scheuermann, Richard H, Squires, R Burke, Suarez, David, Zaremba, Sam, Zhang, Yun, Zhou, Liwei   +16 more
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Fear of Illness and Convenient Access to Vaccines Appear to Be the Missing Keys to Successful Vaccination Campaigns: Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Decisions of Hospital Staff in Poland concerning Vaccination against Influenza and COVID-19

Vaccines, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for two years as of 2022, and it is common knowledge that vaccines are an essential tool to mitigate the health, economic, and social fallout.
Robert Susło, Piotr Pobrotyn, Artur Mierzecki, Jarosław Drobnik   +3 more
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Viral factors in influenza pandemic risk assessment [PDF]

, 2016
The threat of an influenza A virus pandemic stems from continual virus spillovers from reservoir species, a tiny fraction of which spark sustained transmission in humans.
Barclay, Wendy, Beauchemin, Catherine A.A., Bedford, Trevor, Belser, Jessica A., Cobey, Sarah, Friedrich, Thomas C., Handel, Andreas, Herfst, Sander, Kasson, Peter M., Lipsitch, Marc, Lloyd-Smith, James O., Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Murcia, Pablo R., Raman, Rahul, Riley, Steven, Roche, Benjamin, Russell, Charles J., Russell, Colin A., Wilke, Claus O.   +18 more
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Avian Influenza Virus Tropism in Humans

Viruses, 2023
A pandemic happens when a novel influenza A virus is able to infect and transmit efficiently to a new, distinct host species. Although the exact timing of pandemics is uncertain, it is known that both viral and host factors play a role in their emergence.
Umarqayum AbuBakar, Lina Amrani, Farah Ayuni Kamarulzaman, Saiful Anuar Karsani, Pouya Hassandarvish, Jasmine Elanie Khairat   +5 more
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Nanomolecular detection of human influenza virus type A using reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assisted with rod-shaped gold nanoparticles [PDF]

, 2014
Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) and rod-shaped gold nanoparticles (gold nanorods; GNRs) were employed for nanomolecular detection of human influenza virus type A RNA.
Gill, P., Niazi, A., Nikbakht, H., Tabarraei, A.   +3 more
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