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概要

Commentary on H5N1 or Influenza Virus

Travis Beddoe

Flu An infection subtype H5N1 (A/H5N1) is a subtype of the flu an infection which can cause ailment in people and numerous other creature species. Influenza, normally known as avian flu "fledgling influenza". It is enzootic (kept up in the populace) in many flying creature populaces, particularly in Southeast Asia. One strain of HPAI A(H5N1) is spreading worldwide after first showing up in Asia. It is epizootic (a pestilence in nonhumans) and panzootic (influencing creatures of numerous species, particularly over a wide territory), murdering a huge number of winged animals and prodding the winnowing of countless others to stem its spread. Numerous references to "fowl influenza" and H5N1 in the mainstream media allude to this strain.