http://content.nejm.org/ The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) RSS feed — collection updates for Avian Influenza. NEJM (http://www.nejm.org) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice. http://content.nejm.org/icons/nejm_name_220.gifhttp://content.nejm.org/The New England Journal of Medicine is owned, published, and copyrighted © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.en-usTo the Editor: Antigenically distinct avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses are widely dispersed.1 Clade 1 H5N1 viruses previously predominated in Indochina. Indonesian, Eurasian, and African viruses are clustered in a...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/15/1631?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Iain Stephenson, M.A., F.R.C.P., Karl G. Nicholson, F.R.C.Path., F.R.C.P., Katja Hoschler, Ph.D., Maria C. Zambon, Ph.D., Kathy Hancock, Ph.D., Joshua DeVos, M.P.H., Jacqueline M. Katz, Ph.D., Michaela Praus, and Angelika Banzhoff, M.D.Thu, 09  Oct  2008 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/15/1631?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58The emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses in Asia and their spread globally have delivered a timely reminder of the public health and clinical challenges an influenza pandemic...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/15/1621?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Cameron Simmons, Ph.D., and Jeremy Farrar, M.D., D.Phil.Thu, 09  Oct  2008 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/15/1621?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58To the Editor: The incidence of influenza A (H1N1) viruses that carry the neuraminidase H274Y mutation has increased by 30% this year in the Netherlands.1 Influenza A (H1N1) viruses that...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/10/1074?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Erhard van der Vries, M.Sc., Bart van den Berg, M.D., Ph.D., and Martin Schutten, Ph.D.Thu, 04  Sep  2008 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/10/1074?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58<em>Background:</em> Widespread infections of avian species with avian influenza H5N1 virus and its limited spread to humans suggest that the virus has the potential to cause a human influenza pandemic....http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/24/2573?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Hartmut J. Ehrlich, M.D., Markus Müller, M.D., Helen M.L. Oh, M.D., Paul A. Tambyah, M.B., B.S., Christian Joukhadar, M.D., Emanuele Montomoli, Ph.D., Dale Fisher, F.R.A.C.P., Greg Berezuk, M.S., Sandor Fritsch, Ph.D., Alexandra Löw-Baselli, Ph.D., Nina Vartian, Ph.D., Roman Bobrovsky, Ph.D., Borislava G. Pavlova, Ph.D., Eva Maria Pöllabauer, M.D., Otfried Kistner, Ph.D., and P. Noel Barrett, Ph.D., for the Baxter H5N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Clinical Study TeamThu, 12  Jun  2008 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/24/2573?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58The quest for a fully immunogenic vaccine against influenza H5N1 viruses has gone on for more than 10 years, since this family of potentially pandemic viruses emerged as a cause...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/24/2540?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Thu, 12  Jun  2008 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/24/2540?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58The unprecedented epizootic of avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses among birds continues to cause human disease with high mortality and to pose the threat of a pandemic. This review updates...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/3/261?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Writing Committee of the Second World Health Organization Consultation on Clinical Aspects of Human Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) VirusThu, 17  Jan  2008 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/3/261?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58The precise role of airway smooth muscle in the pathogenesis of asthma remains uncertain. The contraction of airway smooth muscle certainly causes acute narrowing of the airway and airflow obstruction...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/13/1367?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Julian Solway, M.D., and Charles G. Irvin, Ph.D.Thu, 29  Mar  2007 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/13/1367?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58<em>Background:</em> The efficacy of influenza vaccines may decline during years when the circulating viruses have antigenically drifted from those included in the vaccine.<br/><br/><em>Methods:</em> We carried out a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/24/2513?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Suzanne E. Ohmit, Dr.P.H., John C. Victor, Ph.D., M.P.H., Judy R. Rotthoff, R.N., Esther R. Teich, M.A., Rachel K. Truscon, M.P.H., Laura L. Baum, M.S., Bhavya Rangarajan, M.P.H., Duane W. Newton, Ph.D., Matthew L. Boulton, M.D., M.P.H., and Arnold S. Monto, M.D.Thu, 14  Dec  2006 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/24/2513?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58<em>Background:</em> Since 2003, the widespread ongoing epizootic of avian influenza A (H5N1) among poultry and birds has resulted in human H5N1 cases in 10 countries. The first case of H5N1...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/21/2186?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58I. Nyoman Kandun, M.D., M.P.H., Hariadi Wibisono, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Endang R. Sedyaningsih, M.D., D.P.H., Yusharmen, M.D., Widarso Hadisoedarsuno, M.D., Wilfried Purba, D.V.M., M.P.H., Hari Santoso, M.Epid., Chita Septiawati, M.D., Erna Tresnaningsih, M.D., Ph.D., Bambang Heriyanto, M.Epid., Djoko Yuwono, M.S., Syahrial Harun, M.S., Santoso Soeroso, M.D., M.H.A., Sardikin Giriputra, M.D., M.H.A., Patrick J. Blair, Ph.D., Andrew Jeremijenko, M.B., B.S., M.H.A., Herman Kosasih, M.D., Shannon D. Putnam, Ph.D., Gina Samaan, M.App.Epid., Marlinggom Silitonga, M.D., M.Epid., K.H. Chan, Ph.D., Leo L.M. Poon, Ph.D., Wilina Lim, M.D., Alexander Klimov, Ph.D., D.Sc., Stephen Lindstrom, Ph.D., Yi Guan, M.D., Ph.D., Ruben Donis, Ph.D., Jacqueline Katz, Ph.D., Nancy Cox, Ph.D., Malik Peiris, D.Phil., M.D., and Timothy M. Uyeki, M.D., M.P.H.Thu, 23  Nov  2006 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/21/2186?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58<em>Background:</em> An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) that had previously been detected throughout Asia, with major economic and health repercussions, extended to eastern Turkey in late December...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/21/2179?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Ahmet Faik Oner, M.D., Ali Bay, M.D., Sukru Arslan, M.D., Hayrettin Akdeniz, M.D., Huseyin Avni Sahin, M.D., Yasar Cesur, M.D., Serdar Epcacan, M.D., Neziha Yilmaz, M.D., Ibrahim Deger, M.D., Baran Kizilyildiz, M.D., Hasan Karsen, M.D., and Mehmet Ceyhan, M.D.Thu, 23  Nov  2006 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/21/2179?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58There is no question that there will be another influenza pandemic someday. We simply don't know when it will occur or whether it will be caused by the H5N1 avian...http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/21/2174?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58Thu, 23  Nov  2006 00:00:00 -05:00http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/355/21/2174?rss=1&ssource=collectionSearchRss&queryTerm=58