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Their normal body temperature sits between 40 °C and 42 °C (104 °F and 108 °F), and avian influenza viruses – including the highly pathogenic strains that occasionally spill over into humans – have evolved to replicate efficiently in that heat.
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New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2025
The fish themselves can also harbor certain bacteria, which can be really pathogenic for humans as well.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), is caused by a virus that can result in serious illness and death in birds and mammals.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) had ordered the birds to be euthanized after detecting highly pathogenic avian influenza on the farm in late December 2024.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2025
The fish themselves can also harbor certain bacteria, which can be really pathogenic for humans as well.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), is caused by a virus that can result in serious illness and death in birds and mammals.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) had ordered the birds to be euthanized after detecting highly pathogenic avian influenza on the farm in late December 2024.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Pathogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pathogenic. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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pathogenic
adjective
patho·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik 
2
: causing or capable of causing disease
pathogenic microorganisms
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