Influenza virus is a common cause of human respiratory infection with a high rate of morbidity and mortality, particularly in the elderly and in infants. The influenza particle, or virion, is ...

Influenza A virus haemagglutinin conformational change drives the membrane fusion of viral and endosomal membranes at low pH. Membrane fusion proceeds through an intermediate called hemifusion1,2 ...

This is the first time we’ve had access to an influenza genome from the 1918–1920 pandemic in Switzerland. It opens up new insights into the dynamics of how the virus adapt ...

Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape-to become either spheres or larger filaments-to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according to ...

Influenza A virus rapidly adapts particle shape to environmental pressures. Nature Microbiology, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-01925-9 ...

Protective human monoclonal antibodies target conserved sites of vulnerability on the underside of influenza virus neuraminidase. Immunity, 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.02.003 ...

5. Burrough ER, Magstadt DR, Petersen B, et al. Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus infection in domestic dairy cattle and cats, United States, 2024.

In March 2024, a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of A (H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b was identified in lactating dairy cow herds in the panhandle region of Texas. As of August 1, 2024, a ...