Not exact matches
«The
influenza field is largely fixated on studying pandemic or potential pandemic
viruses, but those
viruses only infect a few dozen people every year whereas
seasonal flu infects millions — and yet we don't study
human influenzas closely enough.»
Using
virus histochemical analysis, the investigators looked at the pattern of attachment of two genetically engineered emerging H7
viruses (containing the hemagglutinin (HA) of either
influenza virus A / Shanghai / 1 / 13 or A / Anhui / 1 / 13) to fixed
human respiratory tract tissues and compared the findings to attachment patterns seen with
human influenza viruses with high transmissibility but low virulence (
seasonal H3N2 and pandemic H1N1) and highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI)
viruses with low transmissibility and high virulence (H5N1 and H7N7).
Currently,
seasonal flu vaccines are designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found on the surface of the
influenza virus that enables the
virus to enter a
human cell and initiate infection.
The vaccines targeted an
influenza A H1N1
seasonal flu strain as well as A (H7N9), a
virus considered to have the potential to trigger a
human pandemic.
Four
influenza virus lineages co-circulate in the
human population to cause
seasonal epidemics.
An analysis of 10 years» worth of data on
human influenza B
viruses has shed new light on the pathogen which can cause the
seasonal flu.
The never - before - described
virus did not involve the novel H1N1 but instead picked up the surface genes from the
seasonal human H1N1
virus that has long infected
humans and combined them with what's known as the triple - reassortant swine
influenza.
Influenza A virus (IAV) and influenza B virus (IBV) are responsible for seasonal epidemics of respiratory illness amon
Influenza A
virus (IAV) and
influenza B virus (IBV) are responsible for seasonal epidemics of respiratory illness amon
influenza B
virus (IBV) are responsible for
seasonal epidemics of respiratory illness among
humans.
Canine H3N2
influenza virus is different than the
human H3N2
influenza virus that is a common
seasonal flu
virus in people.
«Unlike
human influenza, this
virus is not
seasonal, so it can be contracted at any time of the year,» Nelson said in a university news release.