Getting ahead of avian influenza: Why organizations need to prepare today
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1), commonly referred to as bird flu, has been making headlines around the world, as the virus rapidly spreads to new animal species. Already the cause of a panzootic (global animal pandemic), last month a human H5N1 case...Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI): A scientific update on a clear and present danger
Continental and intercontinental waves of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) in wild birds and domestic poultry have been punctuated by viral reassortment and spillover into mammalians. This global change in HPAI epidemiology has been associated with a...
How worried should I be about bird flu? An expert Q&A with Samira Mubareka
Last week, the city of Brampton confirmed that two dead waterfowl found in the city had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, or bird flu. According to the latest estimates from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, over 7 million birds in flocks across the country have been impacted by HPAI, including nearly 750,000 in Ontario. To learn more about the bird flu outbreak and what we can do to prepare, we spoke to Samira Mubareka, an infectious diseases physician, medical microbiologist and scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute.