• CDC Seasonal Flu Website
  updated daily Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Approaches to Controlling, Preventing and Eliminating H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Endemic Countries
  FAO 2011.  Animal Production and Health Paper. No. 171. Rome.

• Rapid Estimation of Binding Activity of Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin to Human and Avian Receptors
  PLoS ONE 2011 6(4): e18664. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018664

• WHO H5N1 avian influenza: timeline of major events
  20 October 2010 [pdf 323kb]

• Combining Spatial-Temporal and Phylogenetic Analysis Approaches for Improved Understanding on Global H5N1 Transmission
  Nov 2010 PLoS ONE 5(10): e13575. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013575

• Reassortment of Ancient Neuraminidase and Recent Hemagglutinin in Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Nov 2010 Emerg Infect Dis http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/16/11/1748.htm DOI:10.3201/eid1611.100361
  

• New Evidence Suggests Southern China as a Common Source of Multiple Clusters of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
  15 Aug 2010 Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010;202:452–458 DOI: 10.1086/653709

• WHO Situation Updates - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
  frequent updates WHO

• Association of RIG-I with Innate Immunity of Ducks to Influenza
  28 Mar 2010 PNAS www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1001755107

• Extensive Mammalian Ancestry of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus
  15 Jan 2010 Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb; [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.091141

• H1N1 Flu in Turkeys May Spread
  28 Aug 2009 FAO

• Guidelines for Surveillance for Pandemic H1N1 and other Influenza Viruses in Swine Populations
  11 Aug 2009 FAO

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM) publications on H1N1
  13 May 2009 ASM Jounals

• More US Swine Flu Cases, Mexico Illnesses Raise Pandemic Questions
  24 Apr 2009 Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

• Panorama Phylogenetic Diversity and Distribution of Type A Influenza Virus
  27 Mar 2009 PLoS ONE 4(3): e5022 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005022

• Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus: Cause of the next pandemic?
  24 Mar 2009 Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  doi:10.1016/j.cimid.2008.01.003

• Epidemiology of H5N1 avian influenza
  24 Mar 2009 Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  doi:10.1016/j.cimid.2008.01.005

• Paradox of Vaccination: Is Vaccination Really Effective against Avian Flu Epidemics?
  19 Mar 2009 PLoS ONE 4(3): e4915. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004915

• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H5N1 in Africa: A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Analysis and Molecular Characterization of Isolates
  19 Mar 2009 PLoS ONE 4(3): e4842. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004842

• Induction of Long-Term Protective Immune Responses by Influenza H5N1 Virus-Like Particles
  2 Mar 2009 PLoS ONE 4(3): e4667. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004667

• Antibodies Protect Against Bird Flu and More
  23 Feb 2009 Reuters UK
  

• Structural and Functional Bases for Broad-Spectrum Neutralization of Avian and Human Influenza A Viruses
  22 Feb 2009 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology doi:10.1038/nsmb.1566

• Ready or Not? 2008 Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
  Complete Report
  Dec 2008 Trust for America’s Health

• Biosecurity for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
  Nov 2008 FAO Animal Production and Health Paper

• One World, One Health edging onto a global agenda: International community to draw on lessons from bird flu fight
  13 Nov 2008 FAO AIDE news, Avian Influenza Disease Emergency, Situation Update 56
  

• Avian Influenza in Poultry
  12 Nov 2008 World's Poultry Science Journal (2008), 64: 513-532 Cambridge University Press doi:10.1017/S0043933908000184

• Genetic Evidence of Intercontinental Movement of Avian Influenza in a Migratory Bird: the Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
  24 Oct 2008 Molecular Ecology Volume 17, Issue 21, Pages 4754-4762 DOI 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03953.x

• Poultry Carcass Disposal Options for Routine and Catastrophic Mortality
  Oct 2008 Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Issue Paper No. 40

• *October 1918 -- North Carolina and the "Blue Death"
  3 Oct 2008 UNC University Libraries

• Updated: US Department of State Fact Sheet on Avian Influenza A (H5N1) and Pandemic Influenza
  29 Sep 2008 US Department of State
  

• Pathogenesis of Emerging Avian Influenza Viruses in Mammals and the Host Innate Immune Response
  24 Sep 2008 Immunological Reviews, Vol 225, # 1, Oct 2008 , pp. 68-84(17), DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00690.x
  

• UNC Receives Record $181 Million Grant to Evaluate Health, Poverty and Gender Programs Worldwide
  9 Sep 2008 Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Protecting Poultry Workers from Exposure to Avian Influenza Viruses
  2008 May/June Public Health Reports Volume 123, Issue Number 3, 316-322

• Genotypic Diversity of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses
  29 Aug 2008 J Gen Virol 89 (2008), 2182-2193; DOI10.1099/vir.0.2008/001875-0
  

• Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Reassortant H5N1 Influenza Virus in Indonesia
  22 Aug 2008 PLoS Pathog 4(8): e1000130. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000130

• Transmission of H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Ferrets: Evaluation of Pandemic Potential
  14 Aug 2008 PLoS ONE 3(8): e2923. doi:10.1371

BIOSECURITY

Commercial Sites

• Avigen: Biosecurity - an essential tool for modern poultry production
• DuPont Animal Health: Biosecurity

Reports, Publications, Resources

• *UNC NCIPH NCCPHP Bioterrorism Training
• USDA-APHIS: Biosecurity for the Birds
• University of Nebraska: Farm and Ranch Biosecurity
• US Poultry & Egg Association: Infectious Disease Risk Management Practical Biosecurity CD
• defra: Biosecurity and Preventing Disease
• CDC: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings
• British Columbia Poultry Biosecurity Program

Organizations and Institutions

• National Biosecurity Resource Center
• UC Davis: Poultry Biosecurity Resource Forum
• University of Minnesota, Poultry U: Biosecurity Resources
• Iowa State University, Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Animal/Farm Biosecurity

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Commercial Sites

• DuPont Animal Health: Disease Preparedness

Reports, Publications, Resources

• OSHA Pandemic Flu Guidance for Workplaces
• OSHA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
• Pandemic Influenza Planning Webinars, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, PandemicFlu.gov
• US Government (USG) Departments:Federal Guidance to Assist States in Improving State-level Pandemic influenza Operating Plans March 11, 2008
• US Department of Education: Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators
• Bacterial Pneumonia and Pandemic Influenza Planning 25 Jul 2008 Emerg Infect Dis 2008 Aug [Epub ahead of print]
• Federal Agencies Should Continue to Assist States to Address Gaps in Pandemic Planning
  22 Jul 2008 United States General Accountability Office (GAO), Report to Congressional Requesters
• Using Quality Improvement Methods To Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness: PREPARE For Pandemic Influenza 15 Jul 2008 Health Affairs 27, no. 5 (2008)
• Pandemic Influenza Planning in the United States from a Health Disparities Perspective EID, May 2008
• Public Response to Community Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza EID, May 2008
• Vaccine Preparedness — Are We Ready for the Next Influenza Pandemic? 12 Jun 2008 The New England Journal of Medicine Volume 358:2540-2543
  
• Pandemic Influenza 20 May 2008 CIDRAP
• Pandemic Planning Update V 12 May 2008 PandemicFlu.gov
• Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation 23 Apr 2008 PandemicFlu.gov
• British Columbia Poultry Industry Emergency Response Plan

Organizations and Institutions

• *North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS)
• *NCDA&CS Emergency Programs Division
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division - Reportable Diseases
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division - Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory System
• *NCDA&CS Veterinary Division - Animal Disease Alerts
• *NCDA&CS Meat and Poultry Division
• *North Carolina State Animal Response Team (SART)
• *NC Division of Public Health (NCPH), Department of Health and Human Services
• *NCPH NC Pandemic Flu Preparedness
• *NCPH NC Pandemic Influenza (Flu) Plan
• *Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, NC Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Human Services
• *UNC School of Public Health, NC Institute for Public Health (NCIPH)
• *NCIPH Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts
• *NCIPH Certificate in Field Epidemiology
• *NCIPH North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness (NCCPHP)
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Preparedness Training
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Bioterrorism Training
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Emerging and Reemerging Diseases (Avian and Pandemic Influenza)
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Avian & Pandemic Flu Resources
• *North Carolina's Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic (April 2007)
• American Red Cross Pandemic Flu Information
• CDC Flu Web Page
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP),
• CIDRAP Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools
• OIE Disease Emergency Preparedness
• OSHA Emergency Preparedness and Response
• OSHA Pandemic Flu Guidance For Healthcare Workers
• PandemicFlu.gov US Dept. of Health and Human Services Pandemic Flu Site
• USDA-APHIS Emergency Preparedness and Response
  

AVIAN INFLUENZA

Organizations and Institutions

• *NCIPH NCCPHP Emerging and Reemerging Diseases (Avian and Pandemic Influenza)
• *NCIPH NCCPHP Avian & Pandemic Flu Resources
• Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• AvianFlu.gov
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota
• HPAI, Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH), Iowa State University
• OIE Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
  
• OSHA Guidance for Protecting Employees Against Avian Flu
• WHO Avian Influenza
• USGS National Wildlife Health Center Avian Influenza News
• defra Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs UK, Animal Health & Welfare, Avian Influenza

Commercial Sites

• CID LINES: Avian Influenza Disinfectant
• Intervet International AI site

Reports, Publications, Resources

• New Bird Flu Strain Detected in Nigeria 11 Aug 2008 FAO
• Recent Avian H5N1 Viruses Exhibit Increased Propensity for Acquiring Human Receptor Specificity
  5 Aug 2008 Journal of Molecular Biology doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.016 [Epub ahead of print]
• Multivalent HA DNA Vaccination Protects against Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Infection in Chickens and Mice 18 Jun 2008 PLoS ONE 3(6): e2432. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002432
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H7N7, Oxfordshire, June 2008
  22 Jun 2008 defra FOOD AND FARMING GROUP, Veterinary Sciences Core team, EPIDEMIOLOGY REPORT
• Animal health and welfare aspects of avian influenza and the risk of its introduction into the EU poultry holdings
  6 Jun 2008 The EFSA Journal 715, 1-161
• Environmental Factors Contributing to the Spread of H5N1 Avian Influenza in Mainland China
  28 May 2008 PLoS ONE 3(5):e2268
• Genetic Compatibility and Virulence of Reassortants Derived from Contemporary Avian H5N1 and Human H3N2 Influenza A Viruses
  23 May 2008 PLoS Pathog 4(5):e1000072
• Understanding Avian Influenza
  FAO, 9 April 2008.
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Avian Influenza Publications
• Avian Flu School
  Wildlife Health Center and Cooperative Extension of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis
  
• Avian Influenza Information
  NCSU Poultry Science Department, Cooperative Extension Service
• Avian Influenza
  David Swayne, Editor. Blackwell Publishing, March 2008.
• The Use of Vaccination as an Option For The Control of Avian Influenza
  Ilaria Capua & Stefano Marangon. OIE, May 2003.
• Identification of the Progenitors of Indonesian and Vietnamese Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses from Southern China. Journal of Virology, April 2008, p. 3405-3414, Vol. 82, No. 7.
• Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): Agricultural and Wildlife Considerations. Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), March 2008.
• Mapping H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza risk in Southeast Asia. PNAS vol. 105 no. 12 4769-4774, March 25, 2008.
• Transmission of Avian Influenza Virus (H3N2) to Dogs. EID, May 2008.
• Multiple Reassortment Events in the Evolutionary History of H1N1 Influenza A Virus Since 1918
  29 Feb 2008 PLoS Pathog 4(2):e1000012
• Probable limited person-to-person transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China
  8 Apr 2008 The Lancet Early Online Publication