Scientists have warned that Australia's H5N1 outbreak could take a new turn if the virus mixes with local bird flu strains. CSIRO scientists analysing bird flu virus samples are watching for signs the ...

A new study finds that a process called reassortment, a kind of viral sexual reproduction, between the virus responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic (H1N1) and a common type of avian flu virus (H9N2) ...

Emory scientists have been probing the RNA packaging factors that limit reassortment between avian H7N9/H5N8 strains and a well-known strain (H3N2) that has been dominating the last few human flu ...