How to Use avian influenza in a Sentence

avian influenza

noun
  • But outdoor cats can also catch avian influenza from wild birds.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Factory farms are an ideal place for avian influenza to spread.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • At first glance this practice may not seem connected to the emergence of avian influenza.
    Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
  • This heat can kill any foodborne germs that might be present, including the avian influenza viruses.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
  • Moreover, for the first time, avian influenza has become endemic in wild birds.
    Ellen P. Carlin, STAT, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But the genetic decoy in this study is general enough to snag any type of avian influenza.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2011
  • Officials have been worried about the spillover of avian influenza to humans.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
  • The viruses that cause avian influenza are potential threats to global health.
    Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
  • For that reason, avian influenza was one of her initial guesses as to the cause of the illnesses.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
  • Kansas has not recorded any human cases of avian influenza.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is caused by subtypes of the influenza A virus.
    Amber Sayer, Health, 8 May 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But avian influenza could still put pressure on other parts of our food system through the holiday season.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Experts say the findings mean that existing systems for tracking avian influenza aren’t up to the task.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2025
  • San Diego County is far from the only place where avian influenza has been detected in a cat.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Contributing to the higher retail poultry and egg prices, the report said, is avian influenza.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Three out of the four big groups of Southern elephant seals have been hit by avian influenza, Kovacs noted.
    ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The researchers set out to test whether this explains the severity of avian influenza infections when the virus finds a human host.
    New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Second, avian influenza is widespread among wild birds, and many of those birds migrate south to warmer climates, carrying the virus with them.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • But in another part of the building, researchers are learning how these birds are impacted by avian influenza.
    John Lauritsen, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • 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
  • So far, the only detections of avian influenza in Wisconsin have been in wild birds or chickens.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Learn ways to protect your flock this fall as migrating waterfowl raise the risk of deadly avian influenza entering your coop.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The team didn't detect avian influenza virus or the bacteria brucella, which can both infect humans.
    Juana Summers, NPR, 26 Dec. 2025
  • 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

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