hindi newsCareerMajor Changes Are Visible In Bird Influenza Virus, Read The Hindu Article Of October 225 minutes agocopy linkRecently, a research published in Nature magazine showed major changes in the H5 influenza virus affecting birds. Since 2021, the rapidly spreading H5N1 virus has spread, sickening and killing wild and domesticated birds. Since 2014, H5 outbreaks in wild birds have begun to have an impact outside Asia. In contrast, the two new H5 viruses that emerged in 2020 and 2022 were found in African and European countries. This suggests that the epicenter of the H5 virus is shifting from Asia.

Source: The Hindu October 22, 2023 08:16 UTC