New Bird Flu Strain H5N9 In The US, Scientists Are Worried It Could Be A Risk To Humans
This is the first time a highly dangerous form of the H5N9 virus has appeared in the US.
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What to Know About the H5N9 Bird Flu
The latest variant was found on a farm in California.
Bird flu outbreak edging towards become a full-fledged pandemic
When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as it had
Structure of a zoonotic H5N1 hemagglutinin reveals a receptor-binding site occupied by an auto-glycan - PubMed
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has spilled into many mammals, most notably cows and poultry, with several dozen human breakthrough infections. Zoonotic crossovers, with hemagglutinins mutated to enhance viral ability to use human α2-6-linked sialic acid receptors versus avian α2-3-linked ones, hi …
Virologist Wendy Barclay: ‘Wild avian viruses are mixing up their genetics all the time. It’s like viral sex on steroids’
The British scientist on the risk of humans contracting bird flu, how people would cope with new lockdowns and being asked to pour the tea because she is a woman