Articles Tagged With: avian
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Bird Flu: Is It Becoming a Threat to Humans?
A strain of influenza A virus that is highly pathogenic for birds is capable of infecting humans for whom it poses a potential risk as it continues to evolve and spread.
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Contemplating the Next Pandemic
We have heard much about the inevitable “next pandemic” as viruses move and mutate through animals until they become infectious in humans. An example of this was published recently, revealing how an avian flu virus caused fatal infections in swans, seals, and a fox, a “terrestrial mammal” not usually vulnerable to such a virus.