A new international study, in collaboration with UTMB One Health, uncovers viral footprints linking wildlife and livestock in unexpected ways, raising big questions about how avian flu finds its way to the farmyard.
OH Project Spotlight
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Spread of Avian Influenza Virus: Detection and Characterization of Respiratory Viruses in Native Ducks of Central Luzon in the Philippines
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Cattle, Cytokine Storms, and Cross-Species Threats: Tracking the Rise of a Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus
The ongoing H5N1 avian influenza outbreak has crossed an unsettling threshold, jumping from birds to dairy cattle, and showing alarming potential for human infection. In a recent Scientific Reports study, UTMB One Health and collaborators characterize a Texas H5N1 cattle isolate, revealing it to be significantly more virulent than a historical avian strain.