Sunday, April 12, 2026

CHEST Review: Examining the Threat of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza to Human Health

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#19,115 This morning we've an open access review published in CHEST® -  the monthly clinical research journal of the American College o...
Saturday, April 11, 2026

WHO DON: Avian Influenza A(H9N2) - Italy (Ex Senegal)

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  Senegal - Base Map Credit Wikipedia #19,114 In late March we learned of the first ( imported ) human infection with H9N2 in Europe when I...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Eurosurveillance: Waning Humoral Immunity Following Monkeypox Virus Infection and Vaccination, Canada, 2020 to 2023

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   #19,113 Just over two years ago, in ECCMID 2024 Study: Mpox (monkeypox) Antibodies Wane Within A Year of Vaccination , we looked at a stu...
Thursday, April 09, 2026

Preprint: Using an Evolutionary Epidemiological Model of Pandemics to Estimate the Infection Fatality Ratio for Humans Infected with Avian Influenza Viruses

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Credit CDC #19,112 The assumption is - for practically every infectious disease - that official case counts are significant undercounts; aka...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Taiwan CDC: Letter To Doctors on Locally Acquired H7N7 Case

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  #19,111  Six days ago, in  Taiwan CDC: Human Infection with a Novel H7 Avian Virus , we saw the first locally acquired human H7 influenza ...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Preprint: Bovine H5N1 Influenza Viruses Have Adapted to More Efficiently Use Receptors Abundant in Cattle

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  Positively selected mutations in the cattle H5N1 head domain are reaching fixation as the virus continues to circulate . #19,110 We've...