Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today urged healthcare providers to subtype all influenza A specimens in hospitalized patients, especially those in the intensive care unit (ICU), as soon as possible.
Mutations in one of the first human-isolated strains of H5N1 bird flu in the US were identified by the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
Human MxA protein suppresses mammalian H5N1 virus replication, but emerging mutations may enable partial evasion, raising concerns for human transmission.
A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what happens next to Russian roulette.
The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same ... of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating
Dispatch: Comparison of Contemporary and Historic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ... H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus was detected in cattle, which spread to herds in 16 states across the United ...
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising across the U.
A Louisiana man has become the first person in the United States to die of avian influenza ... respiratory illness related to the H5N1 bird flu virus. The patient, whom people familiar with ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled“A single mutation in bovine influenza ... H5N1 virus in the United ...