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What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemic

  • Written by Treana Mayer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Colorado State University
imageWild birds like pelicans and ducks are getting infected with – and dying from – a new strain of avian influenza and have spread it to farm animals around the world.Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. as of February 2023. Following on the...

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