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Last Posted: Jun 15, 2017

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• Just Small Genetic Tweaks To Chinese Bird Flu Virus Could Fuel A Human Pandemic  
  NPR, June 15, 2017
• Three mutations could make bird flu a potential pandemic: study  
  Reuters Health, June 15, 2017
• A novel twelve class fluctuation test reveals higher than expected mutation rates for influenza A viruses.  
  Pauly Matthew D et al. eLife 2017 Jun
• Rapid tests for influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and other respiratory viruses: a systematic review and meta-analysis  
  Bruning AH, et al. Clin Infect Dis, May 17, 2017.
• Frequency of respiratory virus infections and next-generation analysis of influenza A/H1N1pdm09 dynamics in the lower respiratory tract of patients admitted to the ICU.  
  Piralla Antonio et al. PloS one 2017 (6) e0178926
• Sensitive diagnostics confirm that influenza C is an uncommon cause of medically attended respiratory illness in adults.  
  Nesmith Natalie et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017 May
• Molecular Evolution and Emergence of H5N6 Avian Influenza Virus in Central China.  
  Du Yingying et al. Journal of virology 2017 Jun (12)
• Molecular characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in two rural populations of Thailand from 2009-2012.  
  Whistler Toni et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2017 May
• IFITM3, TLR3, and CD55 Genes SNPs and Cumulative Ge-netic Risks for Severe Outcomes in Chinese Patients with H7N9 / H1N1pdm09 Influenza.  
  Lee Nelson et al. The Journal of infectious diseases 2017 May
• Deep sequencing of H7N8 avian influenza viruses from surveillance zone supports H7N8 high pathogenicity avian influenza was limited to a single outbreak farm in Indiana during 2016.  
  Lee Dong-Hun et al. Virology 2017 Apr 216-219
• Global epidemiology of non-influenza RNA respiratory viruses: data gaps and a growing need for surveillance.  
  Tang Julian W et al. The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2017 Apr
• Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)PDM09 hemagglutinin gene circulating in São Paulo State , Brazil: 2016 anticipated influenza season.  
  Santos Katia Corrêa de Oliveira et al. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 2017 Apr 59e9
• Low Pathogenic Influenza A Viruses in North American Diving Ducks Contribute to the Emergence of a Novel Highly Pathogenic Influenza A(H7N8) Virus.  
  Xu Yifei et al. Journal of virology 2017 Feb
• Characterization of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus A(H5N6), Japan, November 2016.  
  Okamatsu Masatoshi et al. Emerging infectious diseases 2017 Apr (4) 691-695
• Integrating Patient And Whole Genome Sequencing Data To Provide Insights Into The Epidemiology Of Seasonal Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses  
  Goldstein EJ, et al. bioRxiv, Mar 28, 2017.
• Reassortment of Influenza A Viruses in Wild Birds in Alaska before H5 Clade 2.3.4.4 Outbreaks.  
  Hill Nichola J et al. Emerging infectious diseases 2017 Apr (4) 654-657

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