Experts Call For Increased Monitoring Of Drug Resistant Bird Flu

Drug resistance was detected in more than half of human H5N1 viruses in a new study published in the journal Antiviral Research, causing experts to call for increased monitoring of the bird flu. Highly pathogenic influenza viruses (H5N1) mostly impact birds but can sometimes cross the species barrier and infect people. H5N1 flu outbreaks have been reported in domestic poultry as well as wild birds in 63 countries and territories since 2003, the authors explained...