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MMWR: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Avian Influenza Among Owners of Backyard Flocks
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (274+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. Over the past 18 months we've seen at least 3 U. S. backyard flock owners infected with…...
Preprint: Outbreak of H9 N2 Avian Influenza Viruses in Lesser Rhea in Peru, June-July 2025
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (155+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. Although we spend a good deal of time looking at the Asian-lineage of…...
PLos Bio: Surveillance on California dairy farms reveals multiple possible sources of H5 N1 influenza virus transmission
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (176+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. Due to its length, I've only posted the link, abstract, and some excerpts…...
Taiwan CDC: Statement/Update On Locally Acquired H7 N7 Infection
2+ week, 2+ day ago (75+ words) Avian Flu Diary Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. Just over a month ago Taiwan reported their first locally…...
EID Journal Dispatch: Replication Efficiency of Contemporary Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5 N1) Virus Isolates in Human Nasal Epithelium Model
2+ week, 5+ day ago (152+ words) Avian Flu Diary Saturday, May 02, 2026 EID Journal Dispatch: Replication Efficiency of Contemporary Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5 N1) Virus Isolates in Human Nasal Epithelium Model - Last month, in EID Journal: Tropism and Replication Competence of Cattle Influenza A(H5 N1) Genotype B3. 13 Virus in…...
Eurosurveillance: HPAI H5 N1 in Poultry & Domestic Cats and Occupational Exposure Among Veterinary and Other First Responders, Germany, February 2026
2+ week, 6+ day ago (410+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. We've a detailed report, published yesterday in Eurosurveillance, on a recent (Feb 2026) outbreak…...
Parasite Epi & Ctrl: Preliminary Molecular Detection of Influenza RNA in Synanthropic Cockroaches from Shiraz, Iran
3+ week, 3+ day ago (402+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. Four years later'Dr. Sawabe'and his team would publish (Blow Flies Were One of…...
The Lancet Microbe: Characterisation of Immune Responses Targeting HPAI A(H5) Viruses in Health-care Workers in the Netherlands
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (220+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. Until relatively recently it was assumed that most of the world's population had…...
WHO DON: Avian Influenza A(H9 N2) - Italy (Ex Senegal)
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (434+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. "Senegal - Base Map Credit Wikipedia In late March we learned of the first…...
Taiwan CDC: Letter To Doctors on Locally Acquired H7 N7 Case
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine. Six days ago, in'Taiwan CDC: Human Infection with a Novel H7 Avian Virus, we saw…...