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TMPRSS2 and MSPL in Influenza Virus Pathogenesis A recent report described the role of TMPRSS-2 and MSPL in the spread of the high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus.
Bird flu, or avian influenza, is spreading among livestock and other mammals in the United States, raising concerns that another pandemic may be looming. Last month, California declared a state of ...
Since 2022, over 100 million birds throughout the poultry industry have been affected by HPAI and egg layers and turkeys have been impacted the most.
Experts are concerned that a new global disease outbreak, possibly worse than Covid-19, might begin any day. The virus that worries them is H5N1, a form of avian influenza, or bird flu. Some ...
First Reported This case, involving a patient from Missouri, marks the 14th confirmed human case of H5 avian flu in the U.S. in 2024, according to The Independent.
Determining the structure of a protein called hemagglutinin on the surface of influenza B is giving researchers clues as to what kinds of mutations could spark the next flu pandemic.
A second wave of concern came over the industry when veterinarians traced it to highly pathogenic avian influenza, known by the initials HPAI.
Bird flu blues: Highly pathogenic avian influenza hits dairy herds without warning Published 7:00 am Thursday, August 29, 2024 ...
Researchers at Kanazawa University have recently studied the structure of HA of avian influenza virus, H5N1, using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) and the findings are essential for ...
In the first of two papers they present the structure of the polymerase from a bat-specific influenza A virus, which is evolutionarily close to human/avian influenza A strains.