Pediatrics

• In the Journals

• H7N9 likely evolved from four origins

• May 2, 2013
• 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...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Video

• Maternal immunization encouraged as part of prudent health strategy

• April 29, 2013
• BALTIMORE — Carol J. Baker, MD, professor of pediatrics, molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas,...More »

• In the Journals

• Airport exit screenings more effective in assessing pandemic risk

• April 29, 2013
• Screening airplane passengers as they leave an area during an infectious disease outbreak, such as the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic, is significantly more...More »

• In the Journals

• Airport exit screenings more effective in assessing pandemic risk

• Infectious Disease News, May 2013
• Screening airplane passengers as they leave an area during an infectious disease outbreak, such as the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic, is significantly more...More »

• Breaking News

• Human H7N9 isolate linked to infected market chicken

• April 26, 2013
• The viral isolates of a patient with influenza A(H7N9) and an epidemiologically linked market chicken were found to be almost identical, researchers from...More »

• In the Journals

• Antiviral adherence low during H1N1 pandemic in England

• April 25, 2013
• New data published in PLOS One suggest that approximately half of the prescriptions for oseltamivir during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic went unused...More »

• Breaking News

• H7N9 case count surpasses 100

• April 22, 2013
• 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...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Quadrivalent flu vaccines show good immunogenicity against added B strain

• April 17, 2013
• Phase 3 clinical trial data of GlaxoSmithKline’s quadrivalent influenza vaccine are showing “superior immunogenicity for the additional B strain”...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Quadrivalent flu vaccines show good immunogenicity against added B strain

• Infectious Diseases in Children, May 2013
• Phase 3 clinical trial data of GlaxoSmithKline’s quadrivalent influenza vaccine are showing “superior immunogenicity for the additional B strain”...More »

• Breaking News Perspective

• CDC: Intense surveillance needed on H7N9 in humans and animals

• April 15, 2013
• Intensified surveillance in both humans and animals will answer important questions about the H7N9 virus that is currently affecting humans in China,...More »

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