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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

The beginning: a new disease In late November 2002, the first cases of what would become known as Se ...

bird flu, H5N1

This strain of bird flu causes severe disease in domestic poultry, with almost 100% mortality. More ...

bird

Bird flu (avian influenza) is a group of influenza A viruses that usually occur in birds. Some of th ...

OROV; Oropouche virus disease; Oropouche fever

Oropouche is caused by the Oropouche virus, transmitted to humans mainly through the bite of certain ...

Nipah, henipavirus

Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans from animals, such as bats or pigs. It is a ...

Mpox is a viral illness, mostly spread through close contact with an infected person. In August 2024 ...

bird flu, H5N6

H5N6 virus mainly affects poultry. Highly pathogenic H5N6 was first detected in China in April 2014. ...

bird flu, H10N8

The influenza A(H10N8) strain does not cause severe disease in birds. It has been isolated from bird ...

bird flu, H10N7

Influenza A(H10N7) strain does not cause severe disease in birds. It was previously detected in bird ...

seasonal flu

Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, a strain of influenza virus responsible for causing respiratory illness in h ...

CHHF, Chapare virus

Chapare haemorrhagic fever (CHHF) is a rare but potentially deadly viral disease caused by the Chapa ...

pig, swine, H3N2 variant, H3N2v, H1N1v, H1N2v

There are multiple "variant" swine flu strains. Variant strains can occur when genetic material is e ...

Flu

Seasonal influenza, or flu, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by various strains o ...

bird flu, H7N9

In March 2013, Chinese authorities announced that three people had been infected with a new flu viru ...

bird flu, H3N8

The influenza A(H3N8) strain does not cause severe disease in birds. It has previously been detected ...

bird flu, H6N1

Avian influenza A H6N1 does not cause severe disease in birds. A single human case was recorded in T ...

bird flu, H7N7

Avian influenza H7N7 is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae fa ...

bird flu, H7N2

Avian influenza H7N2 is a subtype of the influenza A virus. Both low and highly pathogenic avian inf ...

Marburg virus disease

Marburg is a rare but potentially deadly viral disease found in Africa, primarily carried by cave-dw ...

bird flu, H7N3

Avian influenza H7N3 is a subtype of the influenza A virus, classified under the Orthomyxoviridae fa ...