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Avian influenza overview March-June 2025

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    EFSA Journal. European Food Safety Authority
    |July 24, 2025
    PubMed
    Summary

    Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5) viruses, primarily A(H5N1), circulated widely in European birds and mammals. Human infections remained rare, with no documented human-to-human transmission, posing a low risk to the general public.

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