Bird flu is spreading: What you need to know
A rapidly-spreading H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been devastating bird flocks and showing signs of ...
Q&A: Bird flu basics from an infectious disease expert
The H5N1 Avian influenza is decimating bird populations around the world. More than 136 million birds have been affected in ...
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New bird flu strain detected on poultry farm as experts monitor mutations
even though they remain H1N1 and H3N2," he said. "In this case, the H5 in the H5N9 was the H5 from the currently circulating H5N1 bird flu that is more pathogenic." "While H5N9 is not generally a ...
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Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell
At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising across the U.S. — specifically the H1N1 (swine flu) and H3N2 strains ... it’s not H5N1 avian flu?
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Seasonal Flu Shot: First Defense Against an Eventful Avian Influenza Pandemic
In this prospective observational study, immune protection against H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza ... 48.4 years); likely primed by A(H3N2) subtype clade 2 virus. 1978-1997 (group 3 [G3]; n ...
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Resistance Rates of Influenza A Viruses to Adamantanes Rise Rapidly
They screened 7196 influenza isolates (6524 of them H3N2 viruses) for amino acid substitutions ... In earlier studies, all H5N1 human isolates tested were resistant to amantadine and rimantadine.