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Michigan has become ground zero for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus that's sweeping the nation, killing turkeys, chickens and wild birds, infecting cows and other mammals – and now has sickened a third U.S. farmworker.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Since March 25—when the USDA confirmed for the first time that a herd of US dairy cows had contracted the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus—the agency has garnered international criticism for not sharing data quickly or completely.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
The authorities quickly tested the dead bird and found it to be infected with H5N1, the highly pathogenic avian influenza, and slaughtered his flock of chickens to contain the outbreak—saving the farms, and perhaps the lives, of the surrounding villagers.
—Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
Since early 2022, wild birds have spread the virus — known as H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza — to farmed birds, resulting in the death of more than 90 million turkeys, egg-laying hens, and chickens in the US.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 4 June 2024
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Since March 25—when the USDA confirmed for the first time that a herd of US dairy cows had contracted the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus—the agency has garnered international criticism for not sharing data quickly or completely.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
The authorities quickly tested the dead bird and found it to be infected with H5N1, the highly pathogenic avian influenza, and slaughtered his flock of chickens to contain the outbreak—saving the farms, and perhaps the lives, of the surrounding villagers.
—Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
Since early 2022, wild birds have spread the virus — known as H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza — to farmed birds, resulting in the death of more than 90 million turkeys, egg-laying hens, and chickens in the US.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 4 June 2024
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pathogenic
adjective
patho·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik 
2
: causing or capable of causing disease
pathogenic microorganisms
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