There are nine known subtypes of A(H5) viruses - A(H5N1), A(H5N2), A(H5N3), A(H5N4), A(H5N5), A(H5N6), A(H5N7), A(H5N8), and A(H5N9). Over the years, H5N1 strain of avian influenza has done most ...

The NHS says although H5N1, H7N9 and H5N6 don't easily infect people and aren’t usually spread by human contact, there have been several people infected around the world, resulting in a number ...

There are other forms of highly pathogenic bird flu, including H5N6, H5N8, H7N9 and H7N7, and there are also other forms of the virus considered low pathogenic. "Influenza A viruses cause ...

Currently, H5N6 is the most common variation in China, and its evolution may be vaccine-driven. “As avian influenza continues to pose considerable challenges to wild and domestic animals, our research ...

The NHS says although H5N1, H7N9 and H5N6 don't easily infect people and aren’t usually spread by human contact, there have been several people infected around the world, resulting in a number of ...

Sandhu S, Ferrante C, MacCosham A, Atchessi N, Bancej C. Epidemiological characteristics of human infections with avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, China and Laos: A multiple case descriptive analysis, ...

1 CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institutional Center for Shared Technologies and Facilities, Pathogen Discovery and Big Data Platform, Shanghai Institute of Immunity and ...