New insights on how bird flu crosses the species barrier

How a key avian influenza virus enzyme can mutate to allow the virus to replicate in mammals

21-Aug-2024 - In recent years, public health measures, surveillance, and vaccination have helped bring about significant progress in reducing the impact of seasonal flu epidemics, caused by human influenza viruses A and B. However, a possible outbreak of avian influenza A (commonly known as ‘bird flu’) in ...