Though suspected outbreaks have been documented since 1878, the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) called influenza A H5N1 occurred in Scotland in ...

A recent Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease journal study assessed the prevalence of the avian influenza H5N8 virus among birds to determine its pervasiveness based on geographical locations and ...

Vietnam has confirmed the first outbreak of the H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in its northern province of Quang Ninh. On July 1, the virus was found in samples from a chicken farm ...

The emergence and global spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza virus (AIV), a pathogen that has caused continuous and ongoing outbreaks with massive mortality in both wild and farmed ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In winter 2016–2017, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 virus spread in France, causing an unprecedented epizootic. During the ...