Serious threats posed by influenza Imrul Shahriar, a scientist at Eradivir, said the influenza virus remains a serious health threat for multiple reasons. One is that current FDA-approved drugs are ...

Gut microbiota influence severity of respiratory viral infection Date: January 30, 2024 Source: Georgia State University Summary: The composition of microbiota found in the gut influences how ...

Influenza A can also infect other animals, notably birds (e.g., the H5N1 subtype behind the ongoing outbreak) and pigs (such as in the 2009 H1N1 "Swine Flu" pandemic). In contrast, influenza B can ...

Molecular and serologic features of influenza virus infection in minks Sequences from the GISAID repository show that IAVs detected in minks are phylogenetically related to prevailing human, avian ...

Study findings Influenza A infection three days before SARS-CoV-2 infection resulted in the suppression of SARS-CoV-2 replication by more than 10,000-fold at 72 hours post-inoculation.

Influenza virus hacks cell's internal system Date: April 30, 2025 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own ...

As for the clinical presentation, most kids had fever (93%) and seizures (68%). They also had elevated liver enzymes (78%), ...

Imagine a world in which we never catch the flu, have no need for vaccines and can wipe out the virus if an infection has taken hold. A super-effective molecule that stops influenza from even ...

Influenza A is believed to be the most severe type of flu virus for humans, although this is the subject of debate, as there is some evidence to suggest that influenza B might be equally as dangerous.

But experts have their eye on the threat it could potentially pose to humans. Veterinarians first identified influenza D in pigs in 2011 and later sleuthed out the virus’s primary host: cattle.