bird flu

noun

1. Also called: avian flu. a form of influenza occurring in poultry mainly in Japan, China and Southeast Asia, caused by a virus capable of spreading to humans

Example Sentences

Bird flu viruses pose a significant danger to humans because they can continue multiplying at temperatures warmer than a normal fever.

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During the major flu pandemics of 1957 and 1968, this gene moved from bird flu viruses into circulating human flu strains, which helped those strains thrive.

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Earlier work in cultured cells suggested that bird flu viruses are more tolerant of fever-level temperatures than human flu viruses.

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Mass firings of food safety personnel risks even more outbreaks of foodborne diseases, tainted imports, and agricultural pathogens – which can erupt into crises requiring mass destruction, for instance, of nearly 35,000 turkeys with bird flu in Utah.

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Control zones with stricter restrictions have been put in place near confirmed bird flu outbreaks in the Milford Haven area of Pembrokeshire, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, Welshpool, Powys and Cynwyd, Denbighshire.

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