A high-risk bird flu strain is circling the globe. How prepared is NZ?
- Written by Jemma Geoghegan, Professor and Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis, University of Otago
Christophe Gateau/Getty ImagesHighly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 – particularly the 2.3.4.4b lineage – has transformed the global disease landscape over recent years.
What was once largely a poultry disease causing occasional severe illness in humans is now a multi-species threat, affecting wild birds, mammals and...
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