''1 of Arequipa viruses (A/SA sea lion/PeruAQP-SER00R/2023) w/ D701N #mutation clusters on #PB2 tree with #H5N1 isolated from a #human in #Chile a few wks later (3 24, 23) that also has D701N, but this pattern does not hold for trees inferred using other genome segments... these data provide #evidence that D701N is emerging repeatedly in H5N1 viruses that infect mammalian hosts along S America’s Pacific coast... these data cannot yet ascertain if viruses ... are transmitting within mammals.''

''...2 #H5N1 viruses collected from sea lions in south Peru (Arequipa region) during latter phases of outbreak cluster w/ Chilean viruses, reflecting instances of viral gene flow across Peru’s southern border. Both of these viruses have #PB2 D701N mutation that is associated with enhanced mammalian #transmission in mammals, however, these Arequipa viruses were collected in sea lions a month apart (Feb 7, 23 vs. March 6, 23) & they do not cluster together on the same phylogenetic trees. ''

''HPAI A/ #H5N1 viruses (lineage 2.3.4.4b) are rapidly invading the #Americas, threatening #wildlife, #poultry, and potentially evolving into next global #pandemic. In November 2022 HPAI arrived in #Peru, triggering massive #pelican and sea lion die-offs. We report #genomic characterization of HPAI/H5N1 in five species of marine mammals and seabirds (dolphins, sea lions, sanderlings, pelicans and cormorants).''

Highly pathogenic #avian #influenza A (#H5N1) in marine #mammals and #seabirds in #Peru, Nat Commun.: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41182-0 #epizootic #panzootic #EIDs #research #pandemic

#Hörtipp

Ein Ausbruch unter Katzen in Polen. Tausende tote Tiere in Pelzfarmen in Finnland. Das #Vogelgrippe​virus #H5N1 breitet sich weiter aus und infiziert dabei immer wieder auch Säugetiere. Wie groß ist die Gefahr? Und von wo droht sie am ehesten? Darüber sprechen @kakape und Laura neuen Folge von @pandemia unter anderem mit Martin Beer und Tarja Sironen.

https://feeds.superelektrik.de/link/23546/16338307/1205359-m-e3538deb21c82682d149ab28b1206f0b.mp3

Hier jetzt auch für alle die neue Folge @pandemia zum Vogelgrippevirus #H5N1 in Polen, Finnland und vielleicht bald... der Antarktis.

https://audio.podigee-cdn.net/1205359-m-e3538deb21c82682d149ab28b1206f0b.mp3?source=feed

#Vogelgrippe: #Impfung als Überlebensversicherung (Spektrum d.W.)
Das tödliche Virus grassiert inzwischen das ganze Jahr über. Ein neuer Impfstoff soll seltene Vögel vor dem Aussterben bewahren und Geflügel in Europa vor Ansteckung schützen. Und damit auch Menschen.
#Influenza #H5N1
@Albert
Aktueller Ticker von: #dasneueuniversum
(BAND 120 übrigens jetzt im Buchhandel und unter https://dasneueuniversum.com)
https://www.spektrum.de/news/h5n1-impfen-gegen-die-vogelgrippe/2175294?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social

#Vogelgrippe: #Impfung als Überlebensversicherung (Spektrum d.W.)
Das tödliche Virus grassiert inzwischen das ganze Jahr über. Ein neuer Impfstoff soll seltene Vögel vor dem Aussterben bewahren und Geflügel in Europa vor Ansteckung schützen. Und damit auch Menschen.
#Influenza #H5N1
@Albert
Aktueller Ticker von: #dasneueuniversum
(BAND 120 übrigens jetzt im Buchhandel und unter https://dasneueuniversum.com)
https://www.spektrum.de/news/h5n1-impfen-gegen-die-vogelgrippe/2175294?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social

#H5N1 #AvianFlu #MaskUp #Dachshund #Dackel #Teckel #DogsOfMastodon

Lo and behold, just attaching the (fish-form) mask with its own ear loops to the muzzle did the trick.

Not sure if useful during #Forestfires

*Forest graciously agreed to the brief photo shoot on the condition that no mobile phone was used in the process and was generously compensated immediately afterwards.

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#H5N1 #AvianFlu #Dachshund #Dackel #Teckel #DogsOfMastodon

I have a bunch of new, really good masks that do not seal well on my face. The initial idea was to alter these masks so that they fit Forest (if you fold an average ear-loop mask a certain way, it will make a passable shoe for a dog ).

Anyway, that didn't really work. So I bought a cheap and comfortable muzzle that sits nicely on his long snout with room to lick his lips. The 'better' muzzles were very restrictive and unsuitable.
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#H5N1 #AvianFlu #MaskUp #Dachshund #Dackel #Teckel #DogsOfMastodon

Posting this for a friend -

My dachshund is quite low to the ground and has an exceptional nose for finding things. He can kill a mouse in passing and unfortunately likes to lick at all sorts of things.

If the birds were to fall from the sky because of avian flu we would still need to go out for wee-wees and I would need Forest (see below) to be protected. So I came up with the idea of ... wait for it .... a mask!

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Asymptomatic #infection with clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic #avian #influenza A(#H5N1) in carnivore #pets, #Italy, April 2023 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37650905/?utm_source=Feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1LGAx__djGAJ9poBzWGqPtjEbBDtz4ipSRRPUplmgHEyyF_Ihj&fc=None&ff=20230901085800&v=2.17.9.post6+86293ac #epizootic #panzootic #EIDs #zoonoses #research #pandemic

(non mi sembra una notizia rassicurante, ma vedremo...
magari qui c'è chi si occupa di
#H5N1
o di #virus
e potrà rassicurare)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/opinion/bird-flu-h5n1.html?smid=url-share

#Russia - High pathogenicity avian #influenza #H5N1 viruses (#poultry) (Inf. with) - Immediate notification, #WOAH: https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5198 #epizootic #panzootic #alert #zoonoses #EIDs #Tatarstan

#Argentina Is on #Alert Over #Outbreak of Avian #influenza {#H5N1} in #SeaLions, https://www.liputan6.com/photo/read/5382852/argentina-dalam-keadaan-siaga-atas-wabah-flu-burung-pada-singa-laut?page=1 #epizootic #panzootic #mammals #zoonoses #news

Virologists are still concerned about bird flu that rages in Finnish fur farms. Government is “monitoring the situation”.

“So how dark a picture does the virologist paint of the future?

‘I'm really worried about our collective health. More and more I am starting to think that we need big societal changes if we really want to stop pandemic threats from rolling in again and again.’

#H5N1 #birdFlu #furFarms #finland #naziJokeGovernment #nextPandemic

#Russia - #Influenza A #H5N1 viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (a Northern Fur #Seal) (2017-) - Immediate notification, #WOAH https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5191 #epizootic #panzootic #zoonoses #mammals #spillover #alert

Characterization of the #haemagglutinin properties of the #H5N1 avian #influenza virus that caused #human infections in #Cambodia, Emerg Microbes Infect.: https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2023.2244091 #research #zoonoses #epizootic #panzootic #eids

''Other well characterized #mammalian-adaptive #substitutions such as #PB2 627 K or 701N were not present in the #H5N1 viruses from #Bangladesh, however, they did contain PB2-655 V, which has been shown to act cooperatively to increase viral #polymerase activity in human cells46,47.''

''We also detected a novel clade 2.3.4.4b #H5N1 virus from #ducks in free-range #farms in Tanguar Haor that was similar to viruses first detected in October 2020 in The #Netherlands but with a different #PB2. ''