A brief history of bird flu

SJ Lycett, F Duchatel, P Digard - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In 1918, a strain of influenza A virus caused a human pandemic resulting in the deaths of 50
million people. A century later, with the advent of sequencing technology and corresponding …

Highly pathogenic avian influenza is an emerging disease threat to wild birds in North America

AM Ramey, NJ Hill, TJ DeLiberto… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Prior to the emergence of the A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996 (Gs/GD) H5N1 influenza A virus,
the long‐held and well‐supported paradigm was that highly pathogenic avian influenza …

Intercontinental spread of Asian-origin H5N8 to North America through Beringia by migratory birds

DH Lee, MK Torchetti, K Winker, HS Ip… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phylogenetic network analysis and understanding of waterfowl migration patterns suggest
that the Eurasian H5N8 clade 2.3. 4.4 avian influenza virus emerged in late 2013 in China …

A threat from both sides: Multiple introductions of genetically distinct H5 HPAI viruses into Canada via both East Asia-Australasia/Pacific and Atlantic flyways

TN Alkie, S Lopes, T Hisanaga, W Xu… - Virus …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
From 2016 to 2020, high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5 viruses circulated in Asia,
Europe, and Africa, causing waves of infections and the deaths of millions of wild and …

An update on highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, clade 2.3. 4.4 b

RJ Webby, TM Uyeki - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Since the resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) virus, clade 2.3.
4.4 b, during 2021, these viruses have spread widely among birds worldwide, causing …

Nomenclature updates resulting from the evolution of avian influenza A (H5) virus clades 2.1. 3.2 a, 2.2. 1, and 2.3. 4 during 2013–2014

GJD Smith, RO Donis… - Influenza and other …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The A/goose/Guangdong/1/96‐like hemagglutinin (HA) genes of highly pathogenic
avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5) viruses have continued to rapidly evolve since the most recent …

Pandemic potential of highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3. 4.4 A (H5) viruses

R Yamaji, MD Saad, CT Davis… - Reviews in Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The panzootic caused by A/goose/Guangdong/1/96‐lineage highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI) A (H5) viruses has occurred in multiple waves since 1996. From 2013 …

[HTML][HTML] Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses and generation of novel reassortants, United States, 2014–2015

DH Lee, J Bahl, MK Torchetti, ML Killian… - Emerging infectious …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Asian highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N8) viruses spread into North America in
2014 during autumn bird migration. Complete genome sequencing and phylogenetic …

Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

CJ Carlson, WM Getz, KL Kausrud… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Environmentally transmitted diseases are comparatively poorly understood and managed,
and their ecology is particularly understudied. Here we identify challenges of studying …

Genetic predisposition to acquire a polybasic cleavage site for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus hemagglutinin

N Nao, J Yamagishi, H Miyamoto, M Igarashi… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses with H5 and H7 hemagglutinin (HA) subtypes
evolve from low-pathogenic precursors through the acquisition of multiple basic amino acid …