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 ...

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

Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against bird flu (H5N1).

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Now, researchers have developed a prototype sensor that detects a type of influenza virus that causes bird flu (H5N1) in air samples. The low-cost handheld sensor detects the virus at levels below ...

The discovery of silent H5N1 infections in unexpected populations, the emergence of new variants, and its potential to evolve into a human-to-human transmissible virus necessitates immediate and ...

The new study shows that this aging process may not inactivate the H5N1 virus, however, and it underscores the risk of consuming raw or undercooked foods during the bird flu outbreak, which ...

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 ...