From bad to worse : How the avian flu must change before it can trigger a human pandemic

The victims are varied, from thousands of sea lions off the coast of Peru to mink farmed for fur in Spain to grizzly bears in Montana and harbor seals in Maine. For months, the avian influenza virus that has been decimating birds across the world has also sickened and killed a menagerie of mammals,...

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Published in:Science
Main Author: Kupferschmidt, Kai
Other Authors: Beer, Martin, Richard, Mathilde, Peacock, Tom, Lakdawala, Seema
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi1005
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https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.adi1005
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Summary:The victims are varied, from thousands of sea lions off the coast of Peru to mink farmed for fur in Spain to grizzly bears in Montana and harbor seals in Maine. For months, the avian influenza virus that has been decimating birds across the world has also sickened and killed a menagerie of mammals, raising fears it might evolve to spread more efficiently between these animals, and ultimately between people.