Tag: influenza
Reports turn spotlight on animal influenza
The report of the three STAR-IDAZ workshops to develop research roadmaps for control strategies, diagnostics and vaccine development for influenza is now available (Report of the STAR-IDAZ workshops on influenza research roadmaps development). High priority research Research on influenza is a high priority topic for the STAR-IDAZ IRC, which aims to speed up the delivery of […]
Influenza, Still a Major Threat – New International Report on Current Research
The STAR-IDAZ International Research Consortium on Animal Health has published an independent report, (available in the reports section of this website – here) to comprehensively review the research on animal influenza viruses, that has been published in the last five years, including studies on virology, pathogenicity, epidemiology, prevention and control. As well as reviewing recently […]
Local immune response to Influenza studied in pigs
Researchers from The Pirbright Institute, University of Bristol, Cardiff University and University of Oxford have developed tools to show how CD8 (killer) T cells in pigs are recruited in large numbers in the lung after infection with influenza or aerosol vaccination. The tools can also be used to identify virus proteins that are recognised by […]