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Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...
CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007 (AP), India. The authors are grateful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CCMB), India, for ...
The UK Health Security Agency identified four virus families—some deadlier than COVID-19—with high pandemic potential. One, ...
According to experts, this viral flu is an infection caused by the influenza virus. It is an RNA virus from the Orthomyxoviridae family. It has four major subtypes A, B, C and D among which type A ...
Veterinary experts nationwide have a variety of hypotheses for new and puzzling test results from cow milk being analyzed for avian influenza ... about low levels of virus and yes, we’re ...
Intranasal influenza virus-vectored vaccine offers protection against clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 infection in small animal models. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58504-z ...
Our research highlights the presence of avian influenza virus in wild bobcats, raising concerns about the potential impact on population health. The study involved 16 live-captured bobcats across ...
According to a Health Canada document on avian influenza: "Human infections can happen when the virus gets into a person's mouth, nose or eyes, or is inhaled. This can happen when the virus is in ...
The State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the InnoHK Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics (CVVT) have pioneered an influenza virus ...
the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus is increasingly perceived as a global threat. Since its first description in 1959 in Scottish poultry farms, the A(H5N1) virus was ...
The UK is in another wave of H5N1, with large areas now part of avian influenza prevention zones. Millions of poultry have been culled in recent months. Wild mammals are also being affected. Most ...
Unlike standard devices for collecting and transporting virus samples, PrimeStore® MTM is the first molecular transport device that can safely deactivate pathogens and stabilize RNA and DNA ...