The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred
regularly throughout history. Major pandemics and epidemics such as plague, cholera, flu …

The influenza virus is a global threat to human health causing unpredictable yet recurring
pandemics, the last four emerging over the course of a hundred years. As our knowledge of …

Influenza viruses are a major pathogen of both humans and animals. Recent studies using
gene-knockout mice have led to an in-depth understanding of the innate sensors that detect …

A new edition of a classic book on viral catastrophes--the Spanish flu, the Avian flu, and
now, Covid-19 In his book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike …

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 virus can cause morbidity and mortality in
humans but thus far has not acquired the ability to be transmitted by aerosol or respiratory …

本ガイドラインは,「医療におけるエピデミックおよびパンデミック傾向にある急性呼吸器疾患の予防と
制御に関する世界保健機関 (WHO) 暫定ガイドライン (2007)」 の最新版である …

Background The first identified cases of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infection in humans
occurred in China during February and March 2013. We analyzed data obtained from field …

In 1918, a strain of influenza A virus caused a human pandemic resulting in the deaths of 50
million people. A century later, with the advent of sequencing technology and corresponding …

Seasonal and pandemic influenza are the two faces of respiratory infections caused by
influenza viruses in humans. As seasonal influenza occurs on an annual basis, the …

The challenges in successful vaccination against influenza using conventional approaches
lie in their variable efficacy in different age populations, the antigenic variability of the …