You may have noticed egg prices going up, and even eggs being scarce. Bird flu is to blame, but it doesn’t just affect egg ...

Only influenza A viruses infect nonhuman hosts, and a reassortment of genes can occur ... Although the basic biology and genetics of influenza viruses are fairly well understood, heading off ...

These findings suggest that genetic reassortment events with the HA and NA segments contribute to their genetic diversity and the adaptability of these mutated viruses to infect new hosts.