Novel swine-origin H1N1 influenza

Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Viral Encephalitis

The World Health Organization declared that a new strain of novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus was responsible for the pandemic infection in June 2009. We report a case of encephalitis diagnosed as the H1N1 virus infection. We describe a 17-year-old patient who had a seizure attack, diagnosed with a H1N1 virus infection via real time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-...

Swine- Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic Revisited

Since the beginning of January 2008 sporadic cases of infections in humans caused by influenza A (H1N1) virusresistant to available anti-influenza drugs have been reported worldwide [1,2]. The World Health Organization (WHO) in its report published on 18 March 2009 indicated that during weeks 1-4 (28 December 08-24 January 09), the level of overall influenza activity in the world increased. Dur...

2009 Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Resembles Previous Influenza Isolates

BACKGROUND In April 2009, novel swine-origin influenza viruses (S-OIV) were identified in patients from Mexico and the United States. The viruses were genetically characterized as a novel influenza A (H1N1) strain originating in swine, and within a very short time the S-OIV strain spread across the globe via human-to-human contact. METHODOLOGY We conducted a comprehensive computational search...

Novel "swine-origin" A/H1N1 influenza in people: thoughts from a swine flu virologist.

Identification of host encoded microRNAs interacting with novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus and swine influenza virus

The discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) is a remarkable breakthrough in the field of life science, and they are important actors which regulate gene expression in diverse cellular processes. Recently, several reports indicated that miRNAs can also target viruses and regulate virus replication. Here we discovered 36 pig-encoded miRNAs and 22 human-encoded miRNAs which have putative targets in swine ...