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CIDRAP recently released the following influenza resource update that many ISDS followers may find interesting:

SEASONAL/GENERAL FLU & VACCINES
Comparability of different methods for estimating influenza infection rates over a single epidemic wave
From Aug 15 Am J Epidemiol.

Broadly neutralizing human antibody that recognizes the receptor-binding pocket of influenza virus hemagglutinin
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Aug 8

Detecting transmission and reassortment events for influenza A viruses with genotype profile method
From Aug 9 Virol J.

Efficacy of dual vaccination of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza on institutionalized elderly: a one-year prospective cohort study
From Vaccine, published online Aug 5

Serious adverse events following receipt of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in Korea, 2003-2010
From Vaccine, published online Aug 7

Seasonal influenza: the burden of disease in children
From Vaccine, published online Aug 4

Cost-effectiveness and socio-economic aspects of childhood influenza vaccination
From Vaccine, published online Aug 4

Effectiveness and safety of influenza vaccination in children: European perspective
From Vaccine, published online Aug 4

Vaccination during pregnancy to protect infants against influenza: why and why not?
From Vaccine, published online Aug 4

Vaccination strategies to protect children against seasonal and pandemic influenza
From Vaccine, published online Aug 4

Different influenza vaccine formulations and adjuvants for childhood influenza vaccination
From Vaccine, published online Aug 4

Mitigating effects of vaccination on influenza outbreaks given constraints in stockpile size and daily administration capacity
From Aug 1 BMC Infect Dis

One-step assay for detecting influenza virus using dynamic light scattering and gold nanoparticles
From Aug 1 Analyst

A neutralizing antibody selected from plasma cells that binds to group 1 and group 2 influenza A hemagglutinins
From Science, published online Jul 28

2009 H1N1 PANDEMIC FLU
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection: persistent viral shedding after oseltamivir treatment
From J Infect, published online Aug 9

Hemagglutinin--neuraminidase balance confers respiratory-droplet transmissibility of the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in ferrets
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Aug 8

Prevention of influenza virus shedding and protection from lethal H1N1 challenge using a consensus 2009 H1N1 HA and NA adenovirus vector vaccine
From Vaccine, published online Aug 5

Effectiveness of H1N1/09 monovalent and trivalent influenza vaccines against hospitalization with laboratory-confirmed H1N1/09 influenza in Australia: a test-negative case control study
From Vaccine, published online Jul 31

College students' perceptions of H1N1 flu risk and attitudes toward vaccination
From Vaccine, published online Aug 7

Safety of pandemic H1N1 vaccines in children and adolescents
From Vaccine, published online Aug 5

Adverse events following pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccines in pregnant women--Taiwan, November 2009-August 2010
From Aug 5 PLoS ONE

The age-specific cumulative incidence of infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 was similar in various countries prior to vaccination
From Aug 5 PLoS ONE

Impact of pandemic A/H1N1/2009 influenza on children and their families: comparison with seasonal A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 influenza viruses
From J Infect, published online Aug 3

Factors associated with severe illness in pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection: implications for triage in primary and secondary care
From J Infect, published online Aug 3

Safety and immunogenicity of a virus-like particle pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccine in a blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of adults in Mexico
From Vaccine, published online Aug 2

Early use of glucocorticoids as a risk factor for critical disease and death from pH1N1 infection
From Aug 15 Clin Infect Dis

Estimating time to onset of swine influenza symptoms after initial novel A(H1N1v) viral infection
From Sep 1 Epidemiol Infect

Seasonal influenza vaccination predicts pandemic H1N1 vaccination uptake among healthcare workers in three countries
From Vaccine, published online Jul 30

Pandemic influenza A H1N1 vaccine in recipients of solid organ transplants: immunogenicity and tolerability outcomes after vero cell derived, non-adjuvanted, whole-virion vaccination
From Vaccine, published online Jul 29

'Out of two bad choices, I took the slightly better one': vaccination dilemmas for Scottish and polish migrant women during the H1N1 influenza pandemic
From Public Health, published online Jul 29 Visit link...

Delayed oseltamivir treatment is associated with longer viral shedding of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus
From Epidemiol Infect, published online Jul 29

AVIAN FLU
Limiting worker exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1): a repeat survey at a rendering plant processing infected poultry carcasses in the UK
From Aug 5 BMC Public Health

H7 avian influenza virus vaccines protect chickens against challenge with antigenically diverse isolates
From Vaccine, published online Jul 29