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CHICAGO (Reuters) -H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
It happened again in 2009, when a human and swine flu switched genes, unleashing the H1N1 swine flu outbreak that killed roughly 500,000 people. Already there is evidence this virus is swapping genes.
A person in Texas tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1), aka bird flu, amid an outbreak among dairy cows. What to know about transmission and symptoms.
[35] [36] In Uruguay the death of ten swans found in the locality of Estación Tapia was attributed to flu. [36] Previously in Uruguay ten hens had died because of the flu in El Monarca, Montevideo. [36] In late March 2023, Chile detected H5N1 in a 53-year-old man who had severe symptoms. [37] The patient survived but had to stay on a ventilator.
H5N6 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus (sometimes called bird flu virus). Infected birds shed the virus in their saliva, mucus, and feces. The virus was first detected in poultry in 2013, since then spreading among wild bird populations and poultry around the world.
Researchers investigated the pathogenic potential of swine H2N3 in Cynomolgus macaques, a surrogate model for human influenza infection. In contrast to human H2N2 virus, which served as a control and largely caused mild pneumonia similar to seasonal influenza A viruses, the swine H2N3 virus was more pathogenic causing severe pneumonia in ...
The National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, tests milk samples amid an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu among dairy cattle. (USDA Agricultural Research Service via Associated Press)
From February to April 2022, avian flu outbreaks in United States have resulted in the culling of more than 22.8 million birds in 24 states. [24] Avian flu has affected England. In Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex, poultry has been mandated to be kept indoors after the affected areas were placed in an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone. [25]