Avian Flu Diary

Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

Monday, July 20, 2026

Preprint: Bovine-derived H5N1 influenza virus efficiently infects lactating swine via the mammary gland

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#19,255 As alarming as the spillover of HPAI H5N1 to dairy cattle has been, the mammalian livestock species believed to have the greatest po...
Sunday, July 19, 2026

Front. Vet. Sci: Biosecurity deficiencies in HPAI-affected poultry farms in Korea, 2020/2021–2024/2025 seasons

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Biosecurity Violations - Photo Credit MAFRA #19,254 South Korean farmers, and their agricultural department ( MAFRA ), have been dealing wit...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

Infection: Severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by avian influenza A (H10N3) in a young female: a case report

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  #19,253 Although reporting has been sporadic, since 2021 China has reported at least 7 human infection with LPAI  H10N3 . The most rece...
Friday, July 17, 2026

H5N1: NZ Reports 2nd Detection (local bird) & Australian Detections Increase to 17

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  Credit Wikipedia #19,252 Two days after announcing their first detection (in an unspecified ocean-going sea bird) , New Zealand reports f...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Australia: NSW Confirms 2nd Detection of H5N1 (National ttl=15)

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  #19,251 New South Wales has reported its 2nd confirmed H5N1 detection, bringing the nation's total to 15 ( WA has at least one suspect...

EID Journal: Detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4b Genotype D1.2 Virus in Swine after Experimental Inoculation

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  #19,250 Although reports have been sporadic, over the past 2 decades we've seen growing field and laboratory evidence that H5N1 can in...
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