Ep. 180 Influenza Pt 1: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

<p>Today&#39;s episode is the first in a four-part series on influenza! This time we are covering just enough background information to discuss the recent H5N1 pandemic in birds, which was responsible for the egg shortage and has been killing a lot of wild birds.</p> <p>References:</p> <p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074182/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074182/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198887/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198887/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520700/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520700/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2021.727847/full">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2021.727847/full</a></p> <p><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2801499">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2801499</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/wpro---documents/emergency/surveillance/avian-influenza/ai_20230331.pdf">https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/wpro---documents/emergency/surveillance/avian-influenza/ai_20230331.pdf</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/reported-human-infections.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/reported-human-infections.htm</a><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h5n1-animals.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/h5n1-animals.htm</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/2022-hpai">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/2022-hpai</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.9.2300134?crawler=true">https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.9.2300134?crawler=true</a></p> <p><a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/spectrum.02867-22">https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10