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Africa: Climate Change Is Helping the H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Spread and Evolve

Source link : https://www.afric.info/2024/06/20/news/africa-climate-change-is-helping-the-h5n1-bird-flu-virus-spread-and-evolve/

The spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 among animals is unprecedented having been found on all continents — except Oceania — with the United Nations calling it “a global zoonotic animal pandemic.” H5N1 is known to be able to infect over 350 species of birds and close to 60 species of mammals […]

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Author : AFRICA-NEWS

Publish date : 2024-06-20 05:11:18

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