ReviewInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2013
Influenza research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: the current state and the way forward.
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- Knowledge, attitude, practice, and barriers among physicians in the Middle East and North Africa region toward influenza vaccination for the high-risk group of patients: a cross-sectional study.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025Article
- Pathology and molecular detection of influenza A subtype H9N2 virus in commercial poultry in Nigeria, 2024.Open veterinary journal · 2024Article
- State and situation of avian influenza in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2023Review
- Prioritizing zoonotic diseases utilizing the One Health approach: Jordan's experience.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
- Acute Respiratory Tract Infections among Hospitalized Palestinian Patients (2011-2016): A Retrospective Study.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2021Article
- An Overview of the Most Significant Zoonotic Viral Pathogens Transmitted from Animal to Human in Saudi Arabia.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Influenza-associated severe acute respiratory infections in 2 sentinel sites in Lebanon-September 2015 to August 2016.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2018Article
- Influenza Research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Review.Oman medical journal · 2017Review
- Influenza research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: the current state and the way forward.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2013Review
- Influenza vaccination situation in Middle-East and North Africa countries: Report of the 7th MENA Influenza Stakeholders Network (MENA-ISN).Journal of infection and public healthArticle
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Abstract
We searched published literature, surveillance data sources, and sequence databases to analyze the state of influenza virus research and to identify research gaps in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region. PubMed, Scopus, and other databases were searched for influenza publications and nucleotide sequences. WHO's FluNet was searched to determine virologic reporting from each country. We found that influenza research has increased in recent years with the emergence of H5N1 and pandemic H1N1. In some countries, influenza research is growing and is diversified, covering epidemiologic, veterinary, and basic science aspects. However, the volume and diversity of influenza research is low, especially in light of the burden of influenza in the region. To have contemporary and advanced research in the region, systematic surveillance in humans and animals, as well as at the human-animal interface, needs to be boosted. Surveillance data should then be used to answer more important epidemiologic, virologic, immunologic, and basic science questions.
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