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Avian influenza — commonly known as ‘bird flu’ — is infecting domestic and wild birds in Canada and around the world.
Bird flu has been recurring in Africa since 2006 and Nigeria is heavily affected. High-level biosecurity measures are required to keep people and animals safe.
Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. This suggests that it could mutate into forms that threaten humans.
While a small proportion of people have become ill while in contact with infected birds, there is no evidence it has spread from human to human.
A biologist who studies how viruses spread from animals to people explains the process of spillover and the risks posed by the new bird flu that has spread across the globe.
Bird flu has been confirmed in four dead seals in Scotland.
Avian influenza virus — or bird flu — can infect domestic poultry such as chickens and turkeys, as well as wild birds. The H5N1 strain has been identified in Canada.
Bird flu is highly contagious in domestic flocks, and a major outbreak is underway in the US. A veterinary scientist explains what consumers need to know.
One of the biggest recent controversies in medicine involves the effectiveness of the antiviral drug Tamiflu. Governments have stockpiled the drug but many have raised doubts about its usefulness.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
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Dean, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
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Research officer, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
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Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Director, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Research Fellow, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
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Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Colorado State University
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BBSRC Discovery Fellow, University of Oxford
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PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
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PhD Student in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Veterinarian & Virologist, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Jos
