How to Use avian influenza in a Sentence

avian influenza

noun

• And then, there’s the rampant spread of avian influenza.
  — Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• The avian influenza, found in a farm in Shaoyang City, killed 4,500 chickens, more than half the farm’s flock, the ministry said.
  — Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• That virus was comprised of two genes from an avian influenza A virus, according to the CDC.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 25 Feb. 2020
• The recent spread of H5N1 avian influenza among U.S. dairy cows highlights the urgency of this need.
  — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 18 May 2024
• Last fall, on a mink farm in Spain, H5N1 (avian influenza) likely spread across the animals.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
• Two deaths are confirmed in Indonesia from the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021
• As cases of avian influenza in wild birds continue to surge, the food industry’s stock of the beloved hors d’oeuvre has been cut short.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2022
• Egg prices rose throughout much of 2022, driven by one of the deadliest years on record for avian influenza.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2023
• This is a concern with H5N1 avian influenza, even if the current risk to human health remains low.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
• Marsicek cautioned that since none of the chicks have been tested for HPAI the causes of the nest failures can't be ascribed to avian influenza.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2022
• But, now that summer weather and bird migration has decreased the risk of avian influenza, the board has lifted the ban.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• Many wild bird advocates and backyard flock owners in the state have been watching the spread of avian influenza across the U.S. with concern.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2022
• The Texas case marks the the first human infection of the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza in Texas and the second ever in the U.S.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
• One spillover that caused international alarm at the time was the H5N1 avian influenza.
  — Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2020
• Often, the new species is a dead end; the avian influenza virus can jump from birds to humans, for instance, but not between humans.
  — Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
• Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is caused by subtypes of the influenza A virus.
  — Amber Sayer, Health, 8 May 2024
• An outbreak of avian influenza and the effects of the war in Ukraine on global commodity prices drove the increase.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• The recent spread of avian influenza in dairy cattle in the U.S. has startled even some scientists who've tracked a global outbreak of the virus over the last few years.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
• But the genetic decoy in this study is general enough to snag any type of avian influenza.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2011
• Virus can be fatal The avian influenza can spread quickly and appears to be almost 100% fatal for some species.
  — Cheri Carlson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• The price of eggs has jumped in recent months following an outbreak of avian influenza, which has resulted in the deaths of millions of birds.
  — Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022
• This heat can kill any foodborne germs that might be present, including the avian influenza viruses.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
• The threat of avian influenza became real for Ashleigh Blackford in March.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023
• Symptoms of avian influenza in people may include cough, sore throat, fever, red/watery eyes or discharge from the eyes.
  — Michael Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 June 2024
• Industry experts say the shift comes as the effects of last year's avian influenza outbreak begin to wane.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
• The farm is in touch with the state, which thinks standing water from Hurricane Ian has made avian influenza spread rampantly.
  — Kurt Chirbas, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2022
• Factory farms are an ideal place for avian influenza to spread.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
• While about 20% of milk sold in stores contains fragments of the avian influenza virus, those viruses are not active, according to the latest FDA tests.
  — Alice Park, TIME, 3 May 2024
• The first human infection of H5N1, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, was detected in April in a person with exposure to dairy cows in Texas.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
• Her mother succumbed to avian influenza after laying her egg, and her father nearly died trying to incubate the egg by himself.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024