Influenza A virus

"Influenza A virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

The type species of the genus INFLUENZAVIRUS A that causes influenza and other diseases in humans and animals. Antigenic variation occurs frequently between strains, allowing classification into subtypes and variants. Transmission is usually by aerosol (human and most non-aquatic hosts) or waterborne (ducks). Infected birds shed the virus in their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces.

Descriptor ID	D009980
MeSH Number(s)	B04.820.545.405.400
Concept/Terms	Influenza A virus Influenza A virus Influenza A viruses Influenza Viruses Type A Orthomyxovirus Type A Orthomyxovirus Type A, Porcine Orthomyxovirus Type A, Porcine Myxovirus influenzae-A suis Myxovirus influenzae A suis Orthomyxovirus Type A, Human Orthomyxovirus Type A, Human Myxovirus influenzae-A hominis Myxovirus influenzae A hominis Orthomyxovirus Type A, Avian Orthomyxovirus Type A, Avian Pestis galli Myxovirus Myxovirus, Pestis galli Myxoviruses, Pestis galli Pestis galli Myxoviruses Avian Orthomyxovirus Type A Fowl Plague Virus Fowl Plague Viruses Plague Virus, Fowl Plague Viruses, Fowl Virus, Fowl Plague Viruses, Fowl Plague Myxovirus pestis galli

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Influenza A virus".

Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
RNA Viruses [B04.820]
Orthomyxoviridae [B04.820.545]
Influenzavirus A [B04.820.545.405]
Influenza A virus [B04.820.545.405.400]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Influenza A virus".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Influenza A virus".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Influenza A virus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Influenza A virus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 27 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2016

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.

Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	3	0	3
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1
2024	1	1	2
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Influenza A virus" by people in Profiles.

Soni S, Yildiz S, Allen EK, Petersen H, Peeples M, El Zahed S, Rosas L, Anang V, Antonescu L, Nho RS, Mora AL, Horowitz JC, Rojas M, Medina RA, Thomas PG, Garc?a-Sastre A, Tesfaigzi Y, Mebratu YA. BIK polymorphism and proteasome regulation unveil host risk factor for severe influenza. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jul 15; 122(28):e2424367122.

View in: PubMed
Kim J, Lim JW, Kim HO, Park J, Jeong E, Park C, Park G, Yeom M, Song D, Lim EK, Haam S. Hemagglutinin docking analysis-based visual detection of antiviral therapeutic efficacy of umifenovir against influenza virus. Biosens Bioelectron. 2025 Nov 01; 287:117762.

View in: PubMed
Ngo VN, Winski DP, Aho B, Kamath PL, King BL, Waters H, Zimmerberg J, Sodt A, Hess ST. Conserved sequence features in intracellular domains of viral spike proteins. Virology. 2024 11; 599:110198.

View in: PubMed
Yang R, Pan M, Guo J, Huang Y, Zhang QC, Deng T, Wang J. Mapping of the influenza A virus genome RNA structure and interactions reveals essential elements of viral replication. Cell Rep. 2024 03 26; 43(3):113833.

View in: PubMed
Soni S, Walton-Filipczak S, Nho RS, Tesfaigzi Y, Mebratu YA. Independent role of caspases and Bik in augmenting influenza A virus replication in airway epithelial cells and mice. Virol J. 2023 04 24; 20(1):78.

View in: PubMed
Lazaridis T. Molecular origins of asymmetric proton conduction in the influenza M2 channel. Biophys J. 2023 01 03; 122(1):90-98.

View in: PubMed
Reynolds D, Vazquez Guillamet C, Day A, Borcherding N, Vazquez Guillamet R, Chore?o-Parra JA, House SL, O'Halloran JA, Z??iga J, Ellebedy AH, Byers DE, Mudd PA. Comprehensive Immunologic Evaluation of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples from Human Patients with Moderate and Severe Seasonal Influenza and Severe COVID-19. J Immunol. 2021 09 01; 207(5):1229-1238.

View in: PubMed
Paz-Bailey G, Quandelacy TM, Adams LE, Olsen SJ, Blanton L, Munoz-Jordan JL, Lozier M, Alvarado LI, Johansson MA. Recent influenza activity in tropical Puerto Rico has become synchronized with mainland US. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2020 09; 14(5):515-523.

View in: PubMed
Hatakeyama D, Shoji M, Yamayoshi S, Yoh R, Ohmi N, Takenaka S, Saitoh A, Arakaki Y, Masuda A, Komatsu T, Nagano R, Nakano M, Noda T, Kawaoka Y, Kuzuhara T. Influenza A virus nucleoprotein is acetylated by histone acetyltransferases PCAF and GCN5. J Biol Chem. 2018 05 11; 293(19):7126-7138.

View in: PubMed
Krishnavajhala HR, Williams J, Heidner H. An influenza A virus vaccine based on an M2e-modified alphavirus. Arch Virol. 2018 Feb; 163(2):483-488.

View in: PubMed

People

Explore

Similar Concepts

Top Journals