Friday, July 31, 2020

Zoonotic influenza

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'''Zoonotic influenza''' originates in non-human animals. It refers to disease caused by animal influenza viruses that cross the animal–human divide to infect people.<ref name="who.intttt"></ref> A zoonotic influenza virus may infect humans causing disease ranging from mild upper respiratory tract infection, early sputum production, and is able to rapidly progress to severe pneumonia, sepsis with shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome and even death.<ref></ref>

There is a global concern that zoonotic influenza viruses may acquire mutations in animals or humans favoring the efficient animal-to-human or sustained human-to-human transmission, this in spite of zoonotic infection in humans being less frequent than infections with seasonal influenza viruses.<ref></ref>

== References ==

[[Category:Influenza]]


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