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Four months ago (March 29th) the WHO held an hour long EPI-WIN webinar on Avian Influenza (available at this link) moderated by Dr Wenqing Zhang, Unit Head, Global Influenza Programme, WHO.
The speakers list consisted of:
Dr Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention (EPP), WHO
Dr Ron A.M. Fouchier, Professor Molecular Virology, Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dr Richard Webby, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
Presentations:
Dr Ron A.M. Fouchier (Download PDF)
Dr Richard Webby (Download PDF)
For those looking for a condensed version, today the WHO published a 14-page pdf EPI-WIN digest 1 - Influenza: avian influenza H5: its evolution and associated risk, which has been updated through early June.
While their current assessment is that HPAI H5' risk to humans is still relatively low, the virus continues to mutate in unpredictable ways.
Vigilance, as they state, is key.
