2023-11-28 07:26:49 By Le Figaro with AFP Published 5 minutes ago, Updated now Between August 2022 and March 2023, more than 300 outbreaks were detected, the majority in Pays de la Loire. titnz / stock.adobe.com The Official Journal will raise the risk of the disease spreading in France this Wednesday. The blame for the spread … Read more
2023-10-20 10:02:54 Better known as avian flu, avian influenza causes devastation among bird populations, both wild and domestic. Broadcast in partnership with CNRS Le Journal, this report takes us off the coast of Brittany to Rouzic Island, where the only French colony of gannets is located. There, researchers are studying the consequences of the epizootic … Read more
2023-10-11 19:47:55 The duck vaccination campaign against avian flu begins in the English Channel. Nearly 80,000 ducks must be vaccinated. 21 breeders in the department are affected. The vaccination campaign promised by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty must begin this fall after three difficult years for the poultry farming sector, with successive attacks … Read more
2023-06-29 16:54:32 The human BTN3A3 gene was already known to scientists, but not for its antiviral abilities. This discovery means that targeted solutions could be made to avian flu viruses in order to prevent their spread to humans. You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Swine flu: should we be afraid of the new H1N1-like … Read more
2023-06-19 05:01:25 Human infection with the avian influenza virus can cause illness ranging from mild upper respiratory tract infection to more severe illness. According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), avian influenza is not present in poultry populations in the European Union and the European Economic Area. The CEPCM considers that … Read more
2023-04-18 17:05:04 Avian flu still circulates among birds, thus exposing people who have close contact with them to accidental contamination. The genome of the strain that infected a 53-year-old Chilean has been dissected by scientists. What does it reveal? You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Interview 3/5: what is a mutant virus? During its … Read more
The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus arrived in France in August 2021 via migratory birds. The first cases were identified in wildlife before a laying hen farm in the North was affected in November 2021. It was the first case since winter 2020, and since then the virus has never stopped circulate. It gradually … Read more
Following the death of an infected girl in Cambodia, her father also tested positive. But an investigation reveals that the virus, highly contagious in birds, was not transmitted between humans. The health authorities of Cambodia have ruled out the hypothesis of a transmission of the Avian Flu between human beings, for the case of a … Read more