Early-warning #signals and the role of #H9N2 in the #spillover of avian #influenza viruses, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/early-warning-signals-and-role-of-h9n2.html
#h5n1 #avianflu #birdflu #vogelgrippe ##Geflügelpest #doku #video #pandemie #viren #spillover
"The current outbreak of HPAI has spread into dairy cattle, domestic cats, many species of wildlife and also a small number of people."
#h5n1 #avianflu #birdflu #vogelgrippe ##Geflügelpest #doku #video #pandemie #viren #spillover
"Es gab und gibt aber auch immer wieder schwere Krankheits- und Todesfälle nach einer H5N1-Infektion. Die Furcht, das Influenza-Virus H5N1 könnte zum Auslöser einer Pandemie wie der Spanischen Grippe 1917 oder der sogenannten Asiatischen Grippe 1957 werden, liegt also nahe."
Dokumentarfilm: Spillover · Planet der Viren
A novel reassorted #swine #H3N2 #influenza virus demonstrates an undetected #human-to-swine #spillover in Latin #America and highlights zoonotic risks, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-novel-reassorted-swine-h3n2-influenza.html
#HPAI Virus in #Mammals: Lack of #Detection in #Cattle With Respiratory Tract Infections & Genetic Analysis of Sporadic #Spillover Infections in Wild Mammals in #Bavaria, Germany, 2022–23, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/hpai-virus-in-mammals-lack-of-detection.html
H5N1 D1.1 spillover in Nevada - edit: primary source https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/dairy-cattle-hpai-tech-brief.pdf
h/t @violetblue at https://www.patreon.com/posts/alert-h5n1-and-u-121989095 and https://bsky.app/profile/helenbranswell.bsky.social/post/3lhmpubwbcs2o
Die Umstellung auf pflanzenbasierte Gerichte im wachsenden Markt für Essenspaket-Lieferungen könnte den Treibhausgas-Fußabdruck des Sektors deutlich reduzieren. Viele Verbraucher entscheiden sich jedoch bei der Online-Bestellung von Lebensmitteln für fleischbasierte Optionen, ohne pflanzliche Alternativen in Betracht zu ziehen. Umfrageexperiment: Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Umweltbotschaft die Wahl eines pflanzlichen Abendessens auf zwei Wegen deutlich erhöhte. Bei Verbrauchern, die sich für ein pflanzliches Mittagessen entschieden, verstärkte die Botschaft ihre #Umweltidentität, was zu einer stärkeren Wahl eines pflanzlichen Abendessens führte. Bei denjenigen, die sich für ein fleischbasiertes Mittagessen entschieden, löste die Botschaft #kognitiveDissonanz aus, was die Wahrscheinlichkeit erhöhte, dass sie sich für pflanzliche Abendessenoptionen entschieden.
Goal-framing theory and sustainable food choices: Leveraging #spillover to activate #moral goals - #govegan #Ernährung
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666325000388
#Bat diet and #pathogen #spillover events: @danewingcrowley @rainamontana &co show that bats' #antibodies have higher diversity but lower avidity than those of mice; protein restriction enhances avidity, potentially impacting spillover risk #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4gFOjtO
Characterization of Avian #Influenza Viruses Detected in #Kenyan Live #Bird #Markets & Wild Bird Habitats Reveal Genetically Diverse #Subtypes & High Proportion of #H9N2, 2018–20, Viruses: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/9/1417
Although HPAI H5N8 was not detected in this survey, these results highlight potential for introduction & establishment of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in #poultry populations and associated #risk of #spillover to human populations.
"Threatened by a moderate Iranian president, Israel is pulling him into a fight"
By Lior Sternfeld: https://www.972mag.com/pezeshkian-israel-iran-haniyeh-war/
Multiple #transatlantic #incursions of #HPAI clade 2.3.4.4b A(#H5N5) virus into North #America and #spillover to #mammals, Cell Rep.: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(24)00808-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124724008088%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
#Seabirds likely enabled multiple incursions of A(H5N5) virus from #Europe to #Canada. Some A(H5N5) viruses possessed the mammalian #adaptation #marker #PB2-E627K. A(H5N5) viruses demonstrated rapid 100% #mortality and some transmission in #ferrets. A(H5N5) viruses preferred avian virus receptors and are sensitive to NA #inhibitors.
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"HPAI #H5N1 influenza viruses do not transmit efficiently among #mammals. Moreover, influenza A viruses have rarely been detected in #cattle. Thus, the current #outbreak of HPAI H5N1 influenza viruses in dairy cows and the #spillover into other mammalian species may have profound consequences for #PublicHealth and the dairy industry. [...]
Recently, mammal-to-mammal transmission may have occurred during outbreaks of HPAI H5N1 viruses in mink in Spain and sea mammals [in] South America" [5]
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Recent work on "pathogenicity and transmissibility of bovine H5N1 influenza virus" [5]:
"Highly pathogenic #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza (HPAI H5N1) viruses occasionally infect, but typically do not transmit, in #mammals. In the Spring of 2024, an unprecedented outbreak of HPAI H5N1 in #bovine herds occurred in the US, with virus spread within and between herds, infections in #poultry and #cats, and #spillover into humans, collectively indicating an increased public health risk" [5]
Antoine Goujard analysiert die #Spillover-Effekte internationaler Finanzpolitik innerhalb der OECD zwischen 1978 und 2009. Dabei zeigt sich, dass es negative Wachstums- und Beschäftigungseffekte gibt, wenn wichtige Handelspartner gleichzeitig konsolidieren. 2/
''Beyond the proximal drivers of outbreaks and potential interventions though, there is a need to confront an uncomfortable truth that the US H5N1 outbreak once again raises. #Spillover of #zoonoses into human populations stems ultimately from our ways of life and how they shape the human–animal interface. Our #diets, our intensive #farming practices, our livelihoods, our behaviours, and our cultures. ''
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Again [3]: "a significant portion of the world’s population will experience [...] prolonged exposures to uncompensable #ExtremeMoistHeat.
Humans will struggle to adapt to these conditions in a warmer world as they will present widespread challenges across many aspects of food–energy–water security, human health, and economic development including in the world’s most populous and most vulnerable regions" [3]
In addition, "the magnitude to which #spillover effects take place is unknown" [3]
Avian #Influenza #outbreaks: #Human #infection #risks for #beach users - #OneHealth concern and environmental #surveillance implications, Sci Total Environ.: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724038397?via%3Dihub
The likelihood of avian influenza spreading to beachgoers is minimal. Unprotected contact with sick and dead #animals should be avoided.
Influenza viruses adapt to environments via mutations and reassortment.
#Spillover events raise genomic mutation risk, boosting pandemic potential.
#Outbreaks of #H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian #Influenza in #SouthAfrica in 2023 Were Caused by Two Distinct Sub-#Genotypes of Clade 2.3.4.4b Viruses, Viruses: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/6/896
South African clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses had comparatively fewer #markers of #virulence and #pathogenicity compared to European strains, a possible reason why no #spillover to #mammals has occurred here yet.
If only there was something we could do.
Novel Idea: a bat killing feral cat gets infected by a new covid variant and infects the peta person feeding feral cats, who infects their kids who infect the school...and a new zoonotic outbreak occurs
International scientists call for greater conservation to reduce risk of future pandemics.
"To effectively prevent pandemics, we must recognize 2 keys points: 1st that pandemics almost always start with a microbe infecting a wild animal in a natural environment and 2nd that human caused land use change often triggers the events- whether through wildlife trade or other distal activities- that facilitate spillover of microbes from wild animals to humans"
