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2. Avian influenza - Wikipedia

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   Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus, which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect mammals including humans. [1] Wild aquatic birds are the primary host of the influenza A virus, which is enzootic (continually present) in many bird populations.

3. What Are the Symptoms of Bird Flu? - AOL

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   Bird flu can also cause respiratory and classic flu-like symptoms, including cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, body aches, headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath, and pneumonia, the CDC says ...

4. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 - Wikipedia

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   Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (A/H5N1) is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which causes influenza (flu), predominantly in birds. It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations, and also panzootic (affecting animals of many species over a wide area). [1]

5. Transmission and infection of H5N1 - Wikipedia

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   "Epidemiology of WHO-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection" (PDF). "WHO Avian influenza resource (updated)". Archived from the original on February 1, 2004. "Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus". 2019-03-21. "FAO information on Avian Influenza - Latest news, Disease Card, Maps, Animations".

6. Bird flu FAQ: Everything you need to know about the H5N1 ...

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   What we think of as the seasonal flu in humans is caused by types A and B. Bird flu falls under the umbrella of influenza A viruses. The strain currently spreading in the U.S. is H5N1, an HPAI ...

7. Influenza A virus subtype H5N6 - Wikipedia

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   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. Humans can be infected through unprotected contact with infected ...

8. Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu? - AOL

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   The bird flu virus isn’t as prevalent in the upper airways, which seems to make it less transmissible among humans, Sutton says. That’s not to say respiratory spread is impossible, though.

9. Influenza A virus subtype H5N8 - Wikipedia

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   Thousands of birds and animals were being culled in Germany to stop the spread. [11] In the United Kingdom the flu was found in a wild duck at a turkey farm in Lincolnshire. [12] In South Korea, a record total of 18.4 million birds had been killed by December since the first outbreak of avian flu was reported at a farm on Nov. 18. [13]