avian influenza

noun

Any strain of influenza carried by and primarily affecting birds.

Similar
avian flubird flu
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Meanings

nounavian influenza (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAny strain of influenza carried by and primarily affecting birds.

    Highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) is of rising concern to epidemiologists. The US National Library of Medicine lists H5N9 as a subtype avian influenza virus.

    2025 January 27, Edward Helmore, “First outbreak of rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2025

    Synonyms: avian flu, bird flu

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny strain of influenza carried by and primarily affecting birds.

Similar
avian flubird flu

Translations

Catalan grip aviària
  • grip aviàriastrain of influenza
Chinese Mandarin 禽流感
  • 禽流感 (qínliúgǎn)strain of influenza
Czech ptačí chřipka
  • ptačí chřipkastrain of influenza
Dutch vogelgriep
  • vogelgriepstrain of influenza
Esperanto birda gripo
  • birda gripostrain of influenza
Finnish lintuinfluenssa
  • lintuinfluenssastrain of influenza
French grippe aviaire
  • grippe aviairestrain of influenza
German Geflügelpest, Vogelgrippe
  • Geflügelpeststrain of influenza
  • Vogelgrippestrain of influenza
Greek γρύπη των πουλερικών, γρύπη των πτηνών
  • γρύπη των πουλερικών (grýpi ton poulerikón)strain of influenza
  • γρύπη των πτηνών (grýpi ton ptinón)strain of influenza
Hungarian madárinfluenza
  • madárinfluenzastrain of influenza
Icelandic fuglaflensa
  • fuglaflensastrain of influenza
Irish fliú na n-éan, fliú éanúil
  • fliú na n-éanstrain of influenza
  • fliú éanúilstrain of influenza
Italian aviaria, influenza aviaria
  • aviariastrain of influenza
  • influenza aviariastrain of influenza
Japanese 鳥インフルエンザ
  • 鳥インフルエンザ (tori-infuruenza)strain of influenza
Korean 조류 독감, 조류 인플루엔자
  • 조류 독감 (joryu dokgam)strain of influenza
  • 조류 인플루엔자 (joryu inpeulluenja)strain of influenza
Polish ptasia grypa
  • ptasia grypastrain of influenza
Portuguese gripe aviária, gripe das aves
  • gripe aviáriastrain of influenza
  • gripe das avesstrain of influenza
Romanian gripă aviară
  • gripă aviarăstrain of influenza
Russian пти́чий грипп
  • пти́чий грипп (ptíčij gripp)strain of influenza
Spanish gripe aviar
  • gripe aviarstrain of influenza
Swahili mafua ya ndege
  • mafua ya ndegestrain of influenza
Swedish fågelinfluensa
  • fågelinfluensastrain of influenza
Tamil பறவைக்காய்ச்சல்
  • பறவைக்காய்ச்சல் (paṟavaikkāyccal)strain of influenza
Thai ไข้หวัดนก
  • ไข้หวัดนก (kâi-wàt-nók)strain of influenza
Turkish kuş gribi
  • kuş gribistrain of influenza
Ukrainian пташи́ний грип
  • пташи́ний грип (ptašýnyj hryp)strain of influenza
Vietnamese dịch cúm gia cầm
  • dịch cúm gia cầmstrain of influenza
Welsh ffliw adar
  • ffliw adarstrain of influenza
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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