The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

If H5N1 gains the ability to transmit efficiently among mammals, it could pose a significant threat to both pet and public health. Experts warn that mutations in the virus's genetic structure ...

These pathogens threaten biodiversity, ecosystems and human health. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 is one of these emerging pathogens associated with environmental damage caused ...

Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic. Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice ...

"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection ...

While useful, the ad hoc addition of H5N1 testing to rabies programs is a passive structure. Given the pandemic risk from H5N1, active surveillance of companion animals is needed to recognize the ...

A single sheep on a Yorkshire farm has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed.