Influenza

Companies Influenza

HyTest Ltd., Finland

HyTest offers solutions for assay developement and research applications by providing high quality immunological reagents. Areas of specialty include:markers of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome, biodefense testing, neuroscience, infectious and autoimmune disease reagents. more

Atriva Therapeutics GmbH, Germany

ATRIVA aims to develop new antiviral therapies against different respiratory viral infections. Founded in 2015, ATRIVA attracted seasoned experts in virology and drug development to form a unique venture targeting the fast and successful validation of a novel approach to fight infectious diseases In more

News Influenza

• Blood-based test accurately identifies viral infection before symptoms develop
  

  A team of Duke Health scientists have identified biomarkers that accurately identify numerous viral infections across the clinical stages of disease, advancing a potential new way to guide treatment, quarantine decisions, and other clinical and public health interventions in the setting of endemic a more

• Flu may increase the spread of Covid-19
  

  Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and the Institut Pasteur in Paris used a mathematical model to study the first months of the corona pandemic in Europe. They show that the decrease of Covid-19 cases in spring was not only related to countermeasures but also to t more

• Atriva announces closing of € 8.6 million oversubscribed convertible loan
  

  Atriva Therapeutics GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of host-targeting antiviral therapies, announced the closing of a € 8.6 million ($ 10.2 million) convertible loan led by Meneldor B.V. and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), and joined by existing shareholders and new Germa more

Videos Influenza

How can structural biology help to fight flu?

This short video explains how structural biology can be used to help fight influenza. The clip, which was developed by ELLS in collaboration with EMBL Grenoble scientists working on the EU-funded Flupharm project, is a great tool to introduce students to the topics of influenza, infectious disea ... more

Publications Influenza

• Differentiated human airway organoids to assess infectivity of emerging influenza virus [Microbiology]

  Influenza virus infection represents a major threat to public health worldwide. There is no biologically relevant, reproducible, and readily available in vitro model for predicting the infectivity of influenza viruses in humans. Based on the long-term expanding 3D human airway organoids, we develope more

• Forecasting demand for maternal influenza immunization in low- and lower-middle-income countries

  by Frédéric Debellut, Nathaniel Hendrix, Justin R. Ortiz, Philipp Lambach, Kathleen M. Neuzil, Niranjan Bhat, Clint Pecenka Immunization of pregnant women against seasonal influenza remains limited in low- and lower-middle-income countries despite being recommended by the World Health Organizatio more

• Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 339: Kinetic, Thermodynamic, and Structural Analysis of Drug Resistance Mutations in Neuraminidase from the 2009 Pandemic Influenza Virus

  Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 339: Kinetic, Thermodynamic, and Structural Analysis of Drug Resistance Mutations in Neuraminidase from the 2009 Pandemic Influenza Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10070339 Authors: Jana Pokorná Petr Pachl Elena Karlukova Jakub Hejdánek Pavlína Řezáčová Aleš Ma more