Avian Influenza H5N6 -- United Kingdom
The United Kingdom today reported its 3rd highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu outbreak in wild birds, this time in Hertfordshire in the southeast, as agriculture officials there upgraded the risk of the virus spreading to other parts of the country.
The virus -- a new reassortant between H5N8 that circulated widely last winter [2016-17] and endemic Eurasian viruses -- has turned up in a few European countries this season [2017-18], as well as some in Asia, including in South Korea and
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5583927&promed&0
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