"Bird flu" redirects here. For the M.I.A. song, see Bird Flu. For the H5N1 subtype of avian... Influenza (flu) Types Avian A/H5N1 subtype Canine Equine Swine A/H1N1 subtype Vaccines 2009...
What is bird flu? Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can infect... H5N1 is the most common form of bird flu. It’s deadly to birds and can easily affect...
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Current Situation · H5 bird flu is causing outbreaks in wild birds and poultry, other animals and sporadic human cases. ; Current H5N1 Bird Flu Situation in Dairy Cows · A multi-state outbreak of HPAI A(H5N1) bird flu in dairy cows was first reported on March 25, 2024.
A severe strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has ravaged poultry production around the world, leading to the culling of over 200 million birds in the past 18 months. ; France has been the worst hit country in the European Union and is facing a strong resurgence of outbreaks since early this month in the southwestern part of the country, mainly among ducks. ; It had already launched a pre-order of 80 million vaccines last month, which needed to be confirmed based on final tests carried out by French health safety agency ANSES. ; "These favorable results provided sufficient guarantees to launch a vaccination campaign as early as autumn 2023," the farm ministry wrote on its website.
Timeline ; August 29 The July bird flu outbreaks in two Colorado poultry facilities were the country’s first known human cluster of cases caused by poultry—infections were just one-off in the past—though there was no reported human-to-human transmission, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. July 25 Three more human infections were confirmed in workers from a second Colorado poultry facility, bringing the country’s total case count to 14 since 2022, according to CDC data. ...
Description of the situation ; On 23 May 2024, the Mexico IHR NFP reported to PAHO/WHO a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N2) virus detected in a 59-year-old resident of the State of Mexico who was hospitalized in Mexico City and had no history of exposure to poultry or other animals. The case had multiple underlying medical conditions. The case’s relatives reported that the case had already been bedridden for three weeks, for other reasons, prior to the onset of acute symptoms. ...
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Timeline ; July 24 A new Nature study found bird flu spread among cows in the U.S., and the animals also spread the virus to cats and raccoons; this is one of the first studies confirming mammal-to-mammal bird flu transmission. July 19 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed an additional two bird flu cases in poultry farm workers from the same facility in Colorado, bringing the country’s total human case count to 11. July 15 Officials confirmed a fourth bird flu case in a poultry farm worker on the same Colorado farm from la ...
[24] In inactivation experiments on the flu strain, H1N1, which is nearly identical to the H5N1 avian strain and the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) strain, researchers hypothesized that copper's...