A study published in Science Advances provides a comprehensive phylogenetic and phylogeographic analysis of the North American outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1), which was ...

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country’s twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year ...

Cambodia's Ministry of Health recently confirmed the country's twelfth human case of H5N1 avian influenza so far this year.

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching an institute to track disease-spreading infectious pathogens at the genetic ...

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.

Discussion: In summary, there is a distinct human adaption-specific genomic NC between human IAVs and avian IAVs. The intersegment NC correlation constrains segment reassortment. This study presents a ...

Scientists have identified a novel influenza A virus (H18N12) in fishing bats in the Colombian Caribbean, revealing genetic reassortment events that impact viral adaptability and host transmission.

Some experts suspect that H5N9 may have emerged among the ducks in California due to genetic reassortment occurring between circulating H5N1 viruses and other flu viruses containing the N9 protein.

The outbreak’s timing during flu season exacerbates these fears, as co-circulation with other influenza strains provides opportunities for genetic reassortment. Those changes could enable the virus to ...

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks.

However, were there to be genetic reassortment between H5N1 and a human seasonal flu, that could be a problem. Such a combination might provide the bird flu with the equipment it needs to pass ...