Monday, June 30, 2025

ECDC: Updated Reporting Protocol for Zoonotic Influenza Virus

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  #18,776  A year ago, in the wake of the discovery of 3 ( now > 6 dozen ) human infections with H5N1 in the United States, the ECDC issu...

JID: HPAI H5N1 Subclade 2.3.4.4b Isolated from a European Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is Highly Virulent in Ferrets

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Gray Seals - Credit Wikipedia #18,775 Up until 4 about years ago, HPAI H5N1 was considered mostly a disease of birds, with rare (but often s...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Cambodia Reports 2 More Human H5N1 Cases for 2025

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  #18,774 According to my count, the latest update from the ECDC , and FluTracker's list , Cambodia has reported ( prior to today ) 7 h...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Virus Research: A 15-year Study of Neuraminidase Mutations and the Increasing of S247N Mutation in Spain

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  Credit NIAID #18,773 While current seasonal ( and novel ) influenza viruses remain largely susceptible to our limited antiviral armamentar...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Japan: Suspected Animal-to-Human Transmission of SFTS in Veterinarian's Death

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Asian Longhorned Tick - Credit CDC #18,772 SFTS  or  Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome  -  a  tickborne Phlebovirus - was  first ...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

WHO TAG-VE Risk Assessment On COVID VUM (Variant Under Monitoring) XFG

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#18,771 Over the past few months we've been seeing r eports of increasing COVID activity , particularly in Asia, and thirty days ago we...