Avian Flu Diary

Photo Credit – CDC
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During the 1918 pandemic an abnormally high number of pregnant women died from the influenza, and those that survived endured a very high miscarriage rate. Again, during the much milder 1957 Asian Flu, pregnant women reportedly suffered disproportionately...

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As we've discussed previously, in HK CHP: Another Cryptic Announcement of H9N2 Cases From the Chinese Mainland, reports out of China are often belated, and lack many critical details.
The barebones report above is a prime example.

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The world has been watching HPAI H5N1 for nearly 3 decades, but today's HPAI H5 viruses are a far cry from the A/Goose/Guangdong/1/1996 strain that emerged  in Southern China 30 years ago.
Between 1996 and early 2005, HPAI H5N1 was considered primarily a disease of poultry (ducks, geese, and chickens), and was only sporadically detected in wild or migratory birds....

Credit NIAID
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One of the more intriguing influenza discoveries of the past dozen years has been the identification of a previously unknown type of flu - Influenza D - infecting swine, cattle, and apparently even humans.