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Avian Influenza: Lakes and Rivers at the Crossroads of Viral Circulation
Avian influenza is primarily monitored in poultry flocks and among wild birds. A thesis defended at Dalhousie University in Canada proposes tracking the circulation of influenza...
Avian Influenza: The Beef Meat Sector Is Not (Yet) Affected
Since 2024, avian influenza has no longer been limited to birds. In the United States, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus underwent cross-species transmission by infecting dairy c...
Influenza A in Birds: The Reservoir That Never Dies Out
Birds are not merely victims of major avian influenza epizootics. They are the natural reservoir for these influenza viruses and, above all, the primary driver of their evolutio...
Avian Influenza: Dogs and Cats at the Center of a New Zoonotic Front
A report highlights the role of pets in the evolution of influenza A viruses and the risk of a pandemic. For a long time, dogs and cats were spared from the circulation of influ...
H5N1 Avian Influenza in Cattle: A Gradual Adaptation of the Virus to Its Host
A study shows that the H5N1 virus’s ability to replicate in bovine cells depends heavily on its “internal genomics”—the genes that drive replication and evasion of the innate im...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Europe on Edge Until the End of Winter
Between mid-September and the end of November, Europe saw a resurgence in cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5) among both wild birds and poultry. In a joint anal...