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What is avian influenza and how does it spread? Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a highly contagious viral disease that affects domestic and wild birds. The disease has also been detected, on rare occasions, in mammals, including humans.
Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus, which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect mammals including humans. [1] Wild aquatic birds are the primary host of the influenza A virus, which is enzootic (continually present) in many bird populations.
3 paź 2023 · WHO fact sheet on avian influenza: includes key facts, definition, clinical features, antiviral treatment, risk factors for human infection, human pandemic potential, WHO response.
Part 1 Definition of Avian Influenza 2. Introduction A disease capable of causing extremely high (up to 100%) mortality in poultry was first distinguished from bacterial diseases, such as fowl cholera, by Perroncito in 1878. This disease is now termed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), but was known as “fowl plague” until 1981.
16 maj 2024 · Avian influenza, sometimes known as bird flu, is a disease caused by a virus that mainly affects birds but can also affect mammals, including humans. It primarily spreads from infected birds to humans through close contact with birds or contaminated environments, such as in backyard poultry farm settings and at markets where birds are sold.
17 lut 2022 · Infectious disease topics. Avian influenza. Disease information. Factsheet on A (H5N1) Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A (H5N1) Avian influenza viruses can cause infection in birds and humans.
Questions and answers on avian influenza. What is avian influenza (bird flu)? Why are we concerned about bird flu outbreaks? What are the control measures in birds and animals? How do outbreaks of avian influenza spread?
