Pandemics throughout history

J Piret, G Boivin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred
regularly throughout history. Major pandemics and epidemics such as plague, cholera, flu …

Alarming situation of emerging H5 and H7 avian influenza and effective control strategies

J Shi, X Zeng, P Cui, C Yan, H Chen - Emerging microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Avian influenza viruses continue to present challenges to animal and human health. Viruses
bearing the hemagglutinin (HA) gene of the H5 subtype and H7 subtype have caused 2634 …

GISAID: Global initiative on sharing all influenza data–from vision to reality

Y Shu, J McCauley - Eurosurveillance, 2017 - eurosurveillance.org
Ten years ago, a correspondence [1, 2], signed by more than 70 championed 'A global
initiative on sharing avian flu data'(GISAID)[3], leading to the GISAID Initiative in 2008. What …

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: The most important research questions

KS Yuen, ZW Ye, SY Fung, CP Chan, DY ** - Cell & bioscience, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global health emergency. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical and clinical demonstration of immunogenicity by mRNA vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 influenza viruses

K Bahl, JJ Senn, O Yuzhakov, A Bulychev, LA Brito… - Molecular Therapy, 2017 - cell.com
Recently, the World Health Organization confirmed 120 new human cases of avian H7N9
influenza in China resulting in 37 deaths, highlighting the concern for a potential pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 influenza viruses of pandemic potential are immunogenic and well tolerated in healthy adults in phase 1 …

RA Feldman, R Fuhr, I Smolenov, AM Ribeiro… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Background We evaluated safety and immunogenicity of the first mRNA vaccines against
potentially pandemic avian H10N8 and H7N9 influenza viruses. Methods Two randomized …

Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome

Y Chen, W Liang, S Yang, N Wu, H Gao, J Sheng… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 virus emerged in eastern China
in February, 2013, and has been associated with exposure to poultry. We report the clinical …

The evolution and future of influenza pandemic preparedness

WN Harrington, CM Kackos, RJ Webby - Experimental & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The influenza virus is a global threat to human health causing unpredictable yet recurring
pandemics, the last four emerging over the course of a hundred years. As our knowledge of …

Advances in the development of influenza virus vaccines

F Krammer, P Palese - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2015 - nature.com
Influenza virus infections are a major public health concern and cause significant morbidity
and mortality worldwide. Current influenza virus vaccines are an effective countermeasure …

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of a fatal case of avian influenza A H10N8 virus infection: a descriptive study

HY Chen, H Yuan, R Gao, J Zhang, D Wang, Y **ong… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Human infections with different avian influenza viruses—eg, H5N1, H9N2, and
H7N9—have raised concerns about pandemic potential worldwide. We report the first …