A new study published in Nature Microbiology has uncovered significant genetic and antigenic diversity among H9N2 avian ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A novel bird flu genotype is driving a surge in outbreaks across wild birds, poultry, and even a human ...

While wastewater already is being tested for the presence of bird flu, the genetic sequence of the virus isn’t being studied — so we’re missing the chance to detect it before hospitals are ...

You can reach Helen on Signal at hbranswell.01. The genetic sequence of the H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a teenager in British Columbia shows that the virus had undergone mutational changes ...

Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) is investing in research to address the threat of H5N1, an avian influenza virus that ... and enhance genomic analysis methods to understand how the virus ...

Brazilian authorities hope to determine by Tuesday whether a confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza among wild birds in a zoo in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul is connected ...

H5N1 bird flu samples collected from a severely ill ... cows and causing sporadic cases in farmworkers in the U.S. Genetic analysis of two samples collected from the Louisiana patient suggest ...

A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country's first severe case of H5N1 bird flu show the virus likely mutated in the patient to become ...

“The influenza virus has eight ... with infected animals. An early genomic analysis by the CDC found minor differences between people, cattle and bird versions of the virus.