Avian influenza: Bird flu virus sticks in the throatJohn Fox
H5N1 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have spread widely to more than 60 countries spanning three continents. To control the disease, vaccination of poultry is implemented in many of the affected countries, especially in those where H5N1 viruses have become enzootic in poultry and wild birds. Recent...
Bird Flu Causes Bird flu is caused by influenza A viruses. How does bird flu spread to humans? People catch bird flu by close contact with an animal’s fluids, such as saliva, respiratory droplets, or droppings (poop). You may breathe in small dust particles containing the virus in the ...
In one of the latest developments in the ongoing bird flu outbreaks, 28 domestic cats in Poland have tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, which has decimated global poultry populations, caused mass deaths among wild birds, and infected more than 40 ...
The meaning of BIRD FLU is avian influenza; specifically : severe often fatal influenza A caused by strains of a subtype (H5N1) of the causative orthomyxovirus that have produced epidemics in domestic birds especially in Asia with sporadic associated hum
Avian influenza, orbird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The H5N1 virus has raised concern among health officials because it has sickened dozens of people in the United States and killed one. ...
Richard Shope began the first salvo working on swine “influenza”, again falling back on the stale conception that the mild disease and flu-like symptoms created in pigs by what he felt to be a filterable virus [23]. Shope had the singular advantage of realizing that since 1918, pigs had...
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs said the 3km zone around a nature reserve in Magherafelt followed results of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a “small number of captive birds”. The premises is now closed to the publi...
Influenza A (H5N1) vaccine is an inactivated viral vaccine used to immunize against H5N1 influenza, also known as avianflu. Influenza A (H5N1) vaccine is administered as an intramuscular injection to individuals older than 6 months who are at an increased risk of exposure to the influenza A (...
Avian influenza or 'bird flu' has devastated wildlife across South America. Antarctica could be next