Evolving dynamics of H5Nx avian influenza in China revealed by long-term wild bird surveillance
Xiang Li, Xinru Lv, Yi Li, Mengdan Fei, Sipei Zhang, Qing An, Siyuan Qin, Peng Peng, Jinghao Li, Hongrui Liang, Yang Xiu, Zhuoyan Li, Yulong Wang, Yajun Wang, Xiangwei Zeng, Zhijun Hou, Heting Sun, Yu Xu, Yanbing Li, Hongliang Chai · 2026
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Xiang Li leads a 2026 study of H5 bird flu viruses in wild birds across China, drawn from two decades of nationwide watching. Teams collected 219445 samples from 28 regions between 2003 and 2023, mixing checks on sick or dead birds with sampling along migration routes. Gene analysis tracked how virus families persist, mix, and travel.
One family, named 2.3.4.4b in the study, spread widest and drove most travel between continents. Since 2020, most viruses of that family found in China matched lines from outside China, which points to repeated entry over local persistence. Migration links now shape global spread, so joint cross-border watching is vital.
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| CREATOR | Xiang Li, Xinru Lv, Yi Li, Mengdan Fei, Sipei Zhang, Qing An, Siyuan Qin, Peng Peng, Jinghao Li, Hongrui Liang, Yang Xiu, Zhuoyan Li, Yulong Wang, Yajun Wang, Xiangwei Zeng, Zhijun Hou, Heting Sun, Yu Xu, Yanbing Li, Hongliang Chai |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |