Brazil is investigating another four new potential cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in wild birds, according to authorities from the state of Espirito Santo, where Brazil's first ever cases were confirmed this week.

The poultry worker contracted the virus in England and then travelled to Scotland - with experts saying he risked spreading the deadly disease.

Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said.

About 25 types of mammals have died in the latest bird flu outbreak, a larger number than in previous ones, increasing the risk of the virus turning into a pandemic, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said.

The pathogenesis of porcine circovirus type 2b (PCV2b) and swine influenza A virus (SwIV) during co-infection in swine respiratory cells is poorly understood. To elucidate the impact of PCV2b/SwIV co-infection, newborn porcine tracheal epithelial cells (NPTr) and immortalized porcine alveolar...

Brazil declared a state of animal health emergency for 180 days in response to the country’s first-ever detection of the highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds...

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Influenza outbreaks continue to be reported at schools across Japan, pushing into May an epidemic that typically subsides by March.

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The group warns that the outbreak could affect egg availability – and most likely prices – in the Western Cape.

United States of America - Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-) - Follow up report 29 GENERAL INFORMATION COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE ZONE ANIMAL TYPE TERRESTRIAL DISEASE CATEGORY OIE-listed EVENT ID 4451 DISEASE Influenza A viruses of...

Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Virus in Wild Birds, South Korea...

Australians are warned that they could catch a brutal strain of the flu as cases of the disease reach 100 times higher than they were last year, with over 40,000 cases of influenza reported so far this year.

An expert says government needs to consider measures to prevent the potential devastating impact on consumers should chicken imports be halted if virus spreads.

In the early 1930s, Richard Shope isolated influenza virus from infected pigs. Shope's finding was quickly followed by the isolation of the influenza virus from humans, proving that a virus—not a bacterium, as was widely believed—caused ...

The Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has developed the kit, known as a multiplex single tube realtime RT-PCR test.| Latest News India...

Researchers at Brisbane's Mater Hospital are starting to trial a vaccine that could mean flu jabs are only necessary every few years, instead of annually.

New findings expand the range of livable regions in interior South Africa nearly 200,000 years ago, during an ice age called MIS6.

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Novavax seeks to slash expenses while dealing with an uncertain future after losing the vaccination race against rivals Pfizer and Moderna.

An unvaccinated child in Bujumbura Province was the first diagnosed. Since then, the paralysing virus has infected a confirmed 16 – but vaccines are being deployed.

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