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Cambodian MOH Announces 4th Human H5N1 Case of 2026 #19,125 With thanks for the head's up from @E_A_Karlsson , we have the following announcement from Cambodia's Ministry of Health on their...

AFD Blog `Cambodian MOH Announces 4th Human #H5N1 Case of 2026' h/t @eakarlsson.bsky.social afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/camb...

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4th human #H5N1 case of 2026 in #Cambodia
A 66-year-old woman from Svay Rieng province, currently hospitalized and receiving treatment.

2026: 4 cases, 0 deaths
Since 2023: 38 cases, 15 deaths (CFR 39.5%)
Since 2004: 94 cases, 52 deaths (CFR 55.3%)

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HK CHP Reports 5 Recent H9N2 Cases on the Mainland #19,124 After going a couple of months without any reports, last week Hong Kong's CHP announced 2 new H9N2 cases on the Mainland, and th...

AFD Blog `HK CHP Reports 5 Recent #H9N2 Cases on the Mainland' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/hk-c...

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Preprint: Infection of the Bovine Mammary Gland by Avian H5N1 Subclade 2.3.4.4b Influenza viruses #19,123 Since the first outbreak of HPAI H5N1 was reported in U.S. dairy cattle a little over 2 years ago, surveillance and testing of mamm...

AFD Blog `Preprint: Infection of the Bovine Mammary Gland by Avian #H5N1 Subclade 2.3.4.4b Influenza viruses' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/prep...

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UK Govt. Warns on Growing AI Cyber Threats PDF LINK #19,122 In July of 2015, in The Lloyd’s Business Blackout Scenario , we looked at the impact of a prolonged grid down disaster bro...

AFD Blog `UK Govt. Warns on Growing AI Cyber Threats' #Preparedness afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/uk-g...

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Eurosurveillance: Imported case of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus Infection in a Patient with Miliary Tuberculosis, Italy, March 2026 #19,121 Just over 3 weeks ago (March 25th) we learned of the first confirmed H9N2 infection in Europe , in a traveler recently arrived fro...

AFD Blog `Eurosurveillance: Imported case of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) Virus Infection in a Patient with Miliary Tuberculosis, Italy, March 2026' #H9N2 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/euro...

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EID Journal: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus RNA in Bovine Semen, California, USA, 2024 #19,121 A little over two years ago HPAI H5N1 was detected in dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas , which prompted me to write A Brief Hist...

AFD Blog `EID Journal: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus RNA in Bovine Semen, California, USA, 2024' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/eid-...

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Obstetrics & Gyn: Recovery of Pregnancy-Related Death Ratios After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic CDC MMWR Sept 2020 #19,119 While we've known that pregnant women and their unborn offspring are often among the hardest hit during influenza...

AFD Blog `Obstetrics & Gyn: Recovery of Pregnancy-Related Death Ratios After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic' #COVID afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/obst...

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The Lancet Microbe: Characterisation of Immune Responses Targeting HPAI A(H5) Viruses in Health-care Workers in the Netherlands Credit CDC Antigenic Characterization #19,118 Until relatively recently it was assumed that most of the world's population had little to n...

AFD Blog `The Lancet Microbe: Characterisation of Immune Responses Targeting HPAI A(H5) Viruses in Health-care Workers in the Netherlands' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

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Front. Immunology: Thymidine phosphorylase promotes SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-driven lung tumor development #19,117 While the world continues to treat COVID as if it is now a mild illness, over the past 6 years we've seen compelling evidence that...

AFD Blog `Front. Immunology: Thymidine phosphorylase promotes SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-driven lung tumor development' #COVID afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/fron...

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WHO Burundi: Investigation into a `Mystery' Disease in Mpanda #19,116 Caveat : Reports of ` mystery ' diseases are fairly common around the globe, and while these reports usually turn out to be somet...

AFD Blog `WHO Burundi: Investigation into a `Mystery' Disease in Mpanda' h/t FluTrackers afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/who-...

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CHEST Review: Examining the Threat of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza to Human Health #19,115 This morning we've an open access review published in CHEST® - the monthly clinical research journal of the American College of Ch...

AFD Blog `CHEST Review: Examining the Threat of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza to Human Health' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/ches...

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WHO DON: Avian Influenza A(H9N2) - Italy (Ex Senegal) Senegal - Base Map Credit Wikipedia #19,114 In late March we learned of the first ( imported ) human infection with H9N2 in Europe when I...

AFD Blog `WHO DON: Avian Influenza A(H9N2) - Italy (Ex Senegal)' #H9N2 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/who-...

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Eurosurveillance: Waning Humoral Immunity Following Monkeypox Virus Infection and Vaccination, Canada, 2020 to 2023 #19,113 Just over two years ago, in ECCMID 2024 Study: Mpox (monkeypox) Antibodies Wane Within A Year of Vaccination , we looked at a stu...

AFD Blog `Eurosurveillance: Waning Humoral Immunity Following Monkeypox Virus Infection and Vaccination, Canada, 2020 to 2023' #Mpox afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/euro...

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Preprint: Using an Evolutionary Epidemiological Model of Pandemics to Estimate the Infection Fatality Ratio for Humans Infected with Avian Influenza Viruses Credit CDC #19,112 The assumption is - for practically every infectious disease - that official case counts are significant undercounts; aka...

AFD Blog `Preprint: Using an Evolutionary Epidemiological Model of Pandemics to Estimate the Infection Fatality Ratio for Humans Infected with Avian Influenza Viruses' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/prep...

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Taiwan CDC: Letter To Doctors on Locally Acquired H7N7 Case #19,111 Six days ago, in Taiwan CDC: Human Infection with a Novel H7 Avian Virus , we saw the first locally acquired human H7 influenza ...

AFD Blog `Taiwan CDC: Letter To Doctors on Locally Acquired #H7N7 Case' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/taiw...

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Preprint: Bovine H5N1 Influenza Viruses Have Adapted to More Efficiently Use Receptors Abundant in Cattle Positively selected mutations in the cattle H5N1 head domain are reaching fixation as the virus continues to circulate . #19,110 We've a f...

AFD Blog `Preprint: Bovine #H5N1 Influenza Viruses Have Adapted to More Efficiently Use Receptors Abundant in Cattle' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/prep...

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The Lancet: Long COVID and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease Atrial Fibrillation #19,109 During the opening salvo of the COVID pandemic we saw an abrupt increase in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests; in...

AFD Blog `The Lancet: Long COVID and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease` afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

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Emerg Microbes & Inf: Antiviral Activities of Multiple Antivirals Against HPAI H5N1 in Vitro and in Mice CDC Influenza Antiviral Medications: Summary for Clinicians - Jan 2026 #19,108 For Americans ( and indeed, for much of the world) , our firs...

AFD Blog `Emerg Microbes & Inf: Antiviral Activities of Multiple Antivirals Against HPAI #H5N1 in Vitro and in Mice' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/emer...

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EID Journal: Tropism and Replication Competence of Cattle Influenza A(H5N1) Genotype B3.13 Virus in Human Bronchus and Lung Tissue Flu Virus binding to Receptor Cells – Credit CDC #19,107 Over the past 2 years we've seen 2 new genotypes of H5N1 emerge in North America ...

AFD Blog `EID Journal: Tropism and Replication Competence of Cattle Influenza A(H5N1) Genotype B3.13 Virus in Human Bronchus and Lung Tissue' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/eid-...

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Taiwan CDC Update: Novel H7 Infection Identified as H7N7 #19,106 We've an update this morning from Taiwan's CDC on yesterday's report (see Taiwan CDC: Human Infection with a Novel H7 Avian Virus...

AFD Blog `Taiwan CDC Update: Novel H7 Infection Identified as #H7N7' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/taiw...

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Eurosurveillance: Influenza Vaccination Attenuates Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Risk Following Influenza Infection #19,105 Ask almost any paramedic, ER doctor, or ICU nurse and they will tell you that heart attacks and strokes are more common in the winte...

AFD Blog `Eurosurveillance: Influenza Vaccination Attenuates Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Risk Following Influenza Infection' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/euro...

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Taiwan CDC: Human Infection with a Novel H7 Avian Virus #19,104 This morning we've an understandably lengthy, and detailed, ( translated) report on Taiwan's first detection of a locally acqui...

AFD Blog `Taiwan CDC: Human Infection with a Novel H7 Avian Virus' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/taiw...

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Vietnam: 300 Tons of ASF Contaminated Pork Sold At Markets & to Schools How ASF Spreads #19,103 In the 2 years prior to COVID's arrival, ASF ( African Swine Fever) swept China, and spilled over into other Asi...

AFD Blog `Vietnam: 300 Tons of #ASF Contaminated Pork Sold At Markets & to Schools' afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/04/viet...

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Cambodian MOH Announces 3rd Human H5N1 Case of 2026 #19,102 With thanks for the head's up from @E_A_Karlsson , we have the following announcement from Cambodia's Ministry of Health on thei...

AFD Blog `Cambodian MOH Announces 3rd Human #H5N1 Case of 2026' h/t @eakarlsson.bsky.social afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/03/camb...

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(France ANSES) Vaccinating Ducks Against Avian Influenza: Lessons Learned From the First Six Months #19,101 After years of increasing agricultural losses from avian influenza, many poultry farmers are understandably anxious for permission...

AFD Blog `(France ANSES) Vaccinating Ducks Against Avian Influenza: Lessons Learned From the First Six Months' #H5N1 afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/03/fran...

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