#zoonotic — Public Fediverse posts

A looming global threat: #H5N1 #virus decimates wildlife, disrupts ecosystems and endangers human health.

#HPAI #epizootic #zoonotic

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-looming-global-threat-h5n1-virus.html

#Bird_flu has likely killed hundreds of #birds in #Massachusetts: '#Virus is widespread in the state'

#epizootic #H5N1 #HPAI #zoonotic

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-bird-flu-hundreds-birds-massachusetts.html

What is the #relationship between #viral #prospecting in #animals and medical #countermeasure development? MedRxIV: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.09.24311747v1

With #Filoviridae as a case study, we show there is little #evidence to suggest that viral prospecting has accelerated countermeasure development or that systematically discovering novel #zoonotic viruses in animal hosts before they cause human outbreaks has been feasible.

New study confirms #mammal_to_mammal #avian_flu spread.

#epidemiology #zoonotic #H5N1 #epizootic

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-mammal-avian-flu.html

Evaluating #epizootic & #zoonotic #threat of an #H7N9 #LPAIV #variant associated with enhanced #pathogenicity in #turkeys. J Gen Virol.: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.002008

H7N9 infection in turkeys can generate novel variants with increased #risk through altered pathogenicity and potential HA antigenic #escape. These findings emphasize the requirement for enhanced #surveillance and understanding of A/Anhui/1/13-lineage viruses and their risk to different species.

Evaluating #epizootic and #zoonotic #threat of an #H7N9 low pathogenicity avian #influenza virus (LPAIV) #variant associated with enhanced #pathogenicity in #turkeys, BioRxIV, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.16.589776v2

...H7N9 infection in turkeys can generate novel variants with increased risk through altered pathogenicity & potential HA #antigenic escape. These findings emphasise requirement for enhanced surveillance & understanding of A/Anhui/1/13-lineage viruses & their risk to different species.

#Zoonotic #infections by avian #influenza virus: changing global #epidemiology, #investigation, and #control, Lancet Infect Dis.: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00234-2/abstract

Avian influenza virus continues to pose zoonotic, #epizootic, and #pandemic #threats worldwide, as exemplified by the 2020–23 epizootics of re-emerging #H5 #genotype avian influenza viruses among #birds and #mammals and the fatal jump to humans of emerging A(#H3N8) in early 2023.

#introduction
Hi all. I'm just starting to explore mastadon. I'm a #diseaseecologist who studies #zoonotic #viruses in wildlife and how they #spillover into livestock and people. I work for a science-based nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance. My research focuses on #bats and their associated #henipaviruses, #coronaviruses and #filoviruses in Asia and Africa.