Bird flu in the US is showing signs of adaptation to mammals
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has entered a concerning new phase, demonstrating its adaptability by spreading from birds to dairy cows. This marks the second recorded spillover of HPAI into dairy herds, highlighting the virus’s increasing ability to infect mammalian hosts.
Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more easily, according to a new technical brief from the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Dairy cows infected with second version of bird flu
A version of the avian influenza virus different from the one rampaging through herds since last spring has been detected in dairy cows in Nevada, USDA says.
New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: ‘We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus’
Dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, putting virologists on high alert.
New Strain of Bird Flu in Nevada Reveals a Concerning Mutation
An emerging strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has spilled over from wild birds to dairy cows in the state of Nevada, and officials at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and some scientists are concerned by a mutation they are seeing.
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As many as 25,000 grebes killed by bird flu within Great Salt Lake, Utah officials say
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Case of bird flu confirmed in Lochwinnoch as warning issued
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Bird flu has caused growing problems around US. Here's latest on disease in MD, elsewhere
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