The United States has reported its first H5N9 bird flu outbreak in California, affecting almost 119,000 ducks. Both H5N9 and the more common H5N1 strains were found. The USDA is conducting investigations and enhanced surveillance,
The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the ... of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating
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A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide ... including avian influenza A(H5N1), have gained the ability to spread easily and sustainably among ...
U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based WOAH, adding that the almost 119,000 birds on the
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H5N9 is a rare strain of avian influenza. H5N1 is the more ... "Whether this novel H5N9 virus will cause human infections from its avian host and become a pandemic subtype is not known yet.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 67 people in the U.S. have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. One person has died.
The U.S. is reporting its first confirmed outbreak of H5N9 avian flu at a California duck farm amid a global surge in its sister strain H5N1, according to a report from the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).
The finding at a California duck farm is raising alarms among public health experts that bird flu could further mutate into “unpredictable new viruses.”
A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, an