Influenza News

WASHINGTON — Neurologic complications of influenza lead to increased morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children, according to study results presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Neurologic complications of influenza lead to increased morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children, according to study results presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Neurologic complications of influenza lead to increased morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children, according to study results presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting.

The novel avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China may have evolved from four origins and has evolved into at least two different lineages, researchers from Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing reported in The Lancet.

Screening airplane passengers as they leave an area during an infectious disease outbreak, such as the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic, is significantly more efficient than screening passengers after they arrive at their final destination.

Screening airplane passengers as they leave an area during an infectious disease outbreak, such as the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic, is significantly more efficient than screening passengers after they arrive at their final destination.

The viral isolates of a patient with influenza A(H7N9) and an epidemiologically linked market chicken were found to be almost identical, researchers from China reported in The Lancet.

New data published in PLOS One suggest that approximately half of the prescriptions for oseltamivir during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic went unused in England.

The case count for influenza A(H7N9) has passed the triple-digit mark, with 126 laboratory-confirmed cases in China, according to WHO. There also have been 24 deaths.

Phase 3 clinical trial data of GlaxoSmithKline’s quadrivalent influenza vaccine are showing “superior immunogenicity for the additional B strain” over the trivalent influenza vaccine, according to results published online.