HPAI cases have been reported in poultry and wild birds across Asia from Israel to Japan and South Korea. South Korea has ...

This suggests that underlying health factors, as well as nutrition and management, likely play a role in the severity of the ...

There are many types of avian influenza, which are all caused by various subtypes of type A influenza virus (e.g., H5N1, H7N3, H9N2). Avian influenza viruses can be broadly classified into two types, ...

Currently, few researches have explored what factors and how have contributed to the spatial distribution of human infections with avian influenza virus, especially H9N2 and H5N6. The aim of this ...

Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) received confirmation of the first human infection of avian influenza A(H9N2) in Ghana. The patient was a child under five years of age living in the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a four-year-old girl from West Bengal has tested positive for the H9N2 bird flu virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the first ...

Notably, A(H7N9), A(H9N2), and A(H5 ... for potential IAV pandemics. Influenza A viruses (IAVs) infect various host species and can cross species barriers through genetic mutation or reassortment.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a four-year-old girl from West Bengal has tested positive for the H9N2 bird flu virus. The Melbourne International Film Festival is set to ...

If a pig infected with human flu got infected with the H5N1 bird flu, a new virus could emerge with parts of both. That’d be ...

Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...