Human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses in the United States from March 2024 to May 2025
2025/07/25 by Melissa A. Rolfes, Krista Kniss, Marie K. Kirby +88 · 2 voices · 38 citations
Medicine · #Avian influenza virus #Biology #Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #Disease #Environmental health #Highly pathogenic #Human mortality from H5N1 #Infectious disease (medical specialty) #Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 #Influenza Virus Research Studies #Internal medicine #Medicine #Pandemic #Population #Transmission (telecommunications) #Transmission and infection of H5N1 #Veterinary medicine #Viral Infections and Vectors #Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology #Virology #Virus
paper · open access · doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03905-2
published in Nature Medicine 31(11), 3889-3898 (Nature Portfolio)
openalex publication_date 2025/07/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
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