Avian influenza virus ecology and evolution through a climatic lens

CW Morin, B Stoner-Duncan, K Winker, M Scotch… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Avian influenza virus (AIV) is a major health threat to both avian and human populations.
The ecology of the virus is driven by numerous factors, including climate and avian migration …

[HTML][HTML] PA-X: a key regulator of influenza A virus pathogenicity and host immune responses

J Hu, C Ma, X Liu - Medical microbiology and immunology, 2018 - Springer
PA-X, a fusion protein belonging to influenza A viruses (IAVs), integrating the N-terminal 191
amino acids of PA gene and the ribosomal frame-shifting product that lengthens out to 41 or …

Emergence and adaptation of a novel highly pathogenic H7N9 influenza virus in birds and humans from a 2013 human-infecting low-pathogenic ancestor

W Qi, W Jia, D Liu, J Li, Y Bi, S Xie, B Li, T Hu… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Since its emergence in 2013, the H7N9 low-pathogenic avian influenza virus (LPAIV) has
been circulating in domestic poultry in China, causing five waves of human infections. A …

Electrochemical detection of influenza virus H9N2 based on both immunomagnetic extraction and gold catalysis using an immobilization-free screen printed carbon …

M Sayhi, O Ouerghi, K Belgacem, M Arbi… - Biosensors and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Influenza is a viral infectious disease considered as a source of many health problems and
enormous socioeconomic disruptions. Conventional methods are inadequate for in-field …

Is there stability underneath health risk resilience in Hong Kong inbound tourism?

FE Otoo, S Kim - Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The impacts of health crises on tourism demand vary according to the crises' magnitude,
causes, and recoverability. In some cases, the effects of these unexpected incidents have …

A sample-to-answer labdisc platform integrated novel membrane-resistance valves for detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses

Q Liu, X Zhang, L Chen, Y Yao, S Ke, W Zhao… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work described a novel labdisc platform adopting membrane-resistance (MembR)
valves for fully automated sample-to-answer detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza …

Experimental infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, clade 2.3. 4.4 H5N6 and H5N8, in mandarin ducks from South Korea

K Son, YK Kim, JK Oem, WH Jheong… - Transboundary and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported worldwide. Wild
waterfowl play a major role in the maintenance and transmission of HPAI. Highly pathogenic …

Assessing the risk of downwind spread of avian influenza virus via airborne particles from an urban wholesale poultry market

J Wei, J Zhou, K Cheng, J Wu, Z Zhong, Y Song… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Interspecies transmissions of avian influenza viruses (AIV) occur at the human-poultry
interface, among which the live poultry markets (LPMs) are easily assessed by urban …

Comparative analysis of MicroRNA expression in dog lungs infected with the H3N2 and H5N1 canine influenza viruses

Y Zheng, X Fu, L Wang, W Zhang, P Zhou, X Zhang… - Microbial …, 2018 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs, a class of noncoding RNAs 18 to 23 nucleotides (nt) in length, play critical roles
in a wide variety of biological processes. The objective of this study was to examine …

A 627K variant in the PB 2 protein of H9 subtype influenza virus in wild birds

Y Ge, Q Yao, H Chai, Y Hua, G Deng… - Influenza and Other …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Wild birds are gaining increasing attention as gene‐mixing reservoirs for
influenza viruses. To investigate the molecular properties of the viruses isolated and …