bird flu

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 March 202003 March 2020

A new study highlights the role of live poultry markets in the spread of avian influenza. Since it was identified […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 November 201428 March 2016

The discovery of avian flu-infected birds in UK and Dutch poultry farms has authorities scrambling to contain the disease. This week, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 August 201307 August 2013

The first report of probable person to person transmission of the new avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in Eastern China […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 04 April 201305 April 2013

Updated: The WHO in China has recorded a total of 11 confirmed cases of human infection with influenza A(H7N9), including […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 15 February 201215 February 2012

Dr Richard Webby, a New Zealand virus researcher based in the US, this week gave a public lecture on influenza […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 30 August 201102 September 2011

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has today urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 February 2011

SMCJ/AusSMC: On January 22 2011, a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak was confirmed from a bird farm in Miyazaki prefecture, […]