avian influenza pandemic

There is an outbreak of a large strain of bird flu virus, H5N1. Researchers confirm that this virus can infect many different species.

H7N9 is an influenza A virus that has claimed the lives of about 100 people since it appeared in March 2013 in China.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Industry of Korea has confirmed that the bird flu virus detected at a duck farm is a highly pathogenic strain of H5N8.

A reporter in Hong Kong (China) on August 15 reported the results of a joint study recently released by mainland Chinese and Chinese medical experts, saying that the H7N9 avian