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Alerta epidemiológica: infecciones humanas causadas por influenza aviar A (H5N1) en la Región de las Américas - 8 de octubre del 2024

La Organización Panamericana de la Salud / Organización Mundial de la Salud (OPS/OMS) hace un llamado a los Estados Miembros para trabajar de forma colaborativa e intersectorial con el fin de preservar la sanidad animal y proteger la salud pública. La OPS/OMS insta a los Estados Miembros a reforzar lo...

Influenza aviar H5N1. ¿Debemos preocuparnos?

Rev. chil. infectol; 40 (3), 2023
Desde la segunda mitad de 2022 se ha reportado un aumento de casos de influenza en aves migratorias en Latinoamérica. Los virus influenza A y B son los principales agentes asociados a influenza estacional epidémica en humanos. Los virus influenza A circulan no solo en humanos sino también en animales,...

Efficacy of some avian influenza H5 vaccines against local highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses subtype H5N8 isolated in 2018 and 2020 in Egypt

Commercial inactivated avian influenza H5 vaccine is used as an essential control strategy for avian influenza disease in Egypt. Since the initial outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8, the virus has diverged with new genotypes and variant viruses continuing to emerge which mainly stand beh...

Impact of H5N8 duck and chicken viral isolates on the immunological profile of vaccinated specific pathogen free chickens

Nowadays, there is a global concern about outbreaks caused by the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4 which caused devastating losses in the poultry industry sector. This clade was subdivided into two waves: clade 2.3.4.4A from 2014 to 2015 and clade 2.3.4.4b from 2016 until now. I...

Molecular diagnosis of avian viruses in grassland passerines and captive yellow cardinals Gubernatrix cristata in Brazil

Pesqui. vet. bras; 41 (), 2021
Avian influenza viruses (AIVs), Newcastle disease virus (NDV), West Nile virus (WNV), adenovirus (AV) and herpesvirus (HV) play an important role in the health of human and animal populations. However, knowledge of the prevalence of these viruses in wild birds is restricted to some groups (e.g. shorebird...

Influenza A/H1N1 e COVID-19 no Brasil: impactos e diferenças epidemiológicas

Justificativa e Objetivos: Em 2009, o Brasil enfrentou a pandemia de influenza A/H1N1pdm09 que infectou, pelo menos, 50 mil pessoas. Em 2020, enfrenta outra pandemia causada pelo vírus SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19). Por se tratar de uma doença nova, há muita especulação sobre a mesma, assim como comparaçã...