Insights from Avian Influenza: A Review of Its Multifaceted …
Some of the influenza A virus genus is known to infect birds and is called avian influenza. This review will mainly focus on the characteristics of the influenza A virus and its AIV subtypes. The RNA genome segments in the influenza A virus encode eight different viral proteins.
The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens
4 days ago · The U.S. reported its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza in two years in April 2024. Since then the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a total of 67 confirmed human cases.
Avian Influenza - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Jun 21, 2023 · Avian influenza is an umbrella term describing the disease caused by various strains of influenza A virus known to infect birds that occasionally cause outbreaks of viral illness in humans.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in …
Dec 31, 2024 · Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of...
Avian Influenza: Lessons from Past Outbreaks and an Inventory …
The ongoing avian influenza outbreak underscores the critical need for continuous technological innovation, international collaboration, and robust data-sharing among health authorities, veterinary services, environmental agencies, and research institutions.
Avian Influenza: An Overview and Clinical Status
Nov 18, 2024 · 2024 saw the outbreak of a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza with intermittent transmission to humans. This review will consider the landscape of avian influenza, the role migratory birds and cattle play in transmission, and our understanding of the current outbreak in humans.
Zoonotic infections by avian influenza virus: changing global ...
Aug 1, 2024 · Avian influenza virus continues to pose zoonotic, epizootic, and pandemic threats worldwide, as exemplified by the 2020–23 epizootics of re-emerging H5 genotype avian influenza viruses among birds and mammals and the fatal jump to …
A comprehensive review of highly pathogenic avian influenza …
Sep 1, 2023 · Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strains like H5N1 have caused significant outbreaks in birds. Since 2003 to 14 July 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) has documented 878 cases of HPAI H5N1 infection in humans and …
The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza
Oct 18, 2023 · Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 activity has intensified globally since 2021, increasingly causing mass mortality in wild birds and poultry and incidental infections in mammals1–3.
To respond to the threat of avian influenza, look back at lessons ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Fast-forwarding to today, the world may again be on the cusp of a fresh pandemic, as the avian influenza virus H5N1 strain (clade 2.3.4.4b) that has been decimating US poultry flocks has now...