Influenza preparedness including H1N1

2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Seroepidemiology

Construction of Influenza A/H1N1 Virosomal Nanobioparticles

Background and Aims: Influenza is one of the main respiratory infections of humans, responsible for 300,000–500,000 annual deaths world-wide. Vaccination is one of the best ways to prevent infections including influenza. Influenza virosomes are virus-like particles, which retain the cell binding and membrane fusion properties of the native virus, but lack the ribonucleoprotein (RNP). A vi...

A rapid test for the detection of influenza A virus including pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009.

A new rapid diagnostic test for detection of influenza A virus was evaluated with four sets of experiments: first, a comparison with a commercial diagnostic kit against a panel of virus strains was conducted; second, the kit was tested against a collection of 40 strains of influenza A virus isolated from five different host species and 26 strains of other respiratory viruses used as controls; t...

Influenza surveillance from November 2008 to 2011; including pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Bhutan

OBJECTIVE Describe the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Bhutan. DESIGN Observational study from sentinel surveillance sites. SETTING Bhutan remains isolated, with only one to two flights a day at the lone airport, no trains, and only three major roads that enter from India. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES PCR positive human respiratory samples. RESULTS The first case of A(H1N1)pdm09 infection was de...

Influenza Pandemic Preparedness

n the list of potential bioterrorist agents, influenza would be classified as a category C agent (1). While previous influenza pandemics were naturally occurring events, an influenza pandemic could be started with an intentional release of a deliberately altered influenza strain. Even if a deliberately altered strain is not released, an influenza pandemic originating from natural origins will i...