Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping ...

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

For effective human-to-human transmission, genetic reassortment is needed for the virus to adapt to the human host. However, the virus is currently adapted to an avian host, not a mammalian one.

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

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.

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.

They examined the diversity and host range of IAVs, focusing on the virus’s segmented ribonucleic acid (RNA) genome that facilitates mutation and genetic reassortment and allows IAVs to adapt ...

An example would be a human strain of the flu and a bird strain combining in what's called "genetic reassortment." The new strain might then have the virulence of the bird strain and the ...

Here are five more things to know: The new strain is linked to the ongoing spread of H5N1, the more well-known avian influenza strain, through a genetic reassortment.

These viruses can swap genes through a process called genetic reassortment, which can occur when two (or more) influenza viruses infect a single host.

For effective human-to-human transmission, genetic reassortment is needed for the virus to adapt to the human host. However, the virus is currently adapted to an avian host, not a mammalian one.