Recent Examples on the WebAt issue was concern over transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the virus that this year in the U.S. has killed about 44 million domestic birds in 429 flocks and untold legions of wild birds. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022 Her Denver rooftop also seems to protect its crops from pathogenic fungi.WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022 Officials said they were told Saturday that initial tests indicate the black vultures that roost at Noah's Ark died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. Georgia News, ajc, 23 Aug. 2022 As of late May, the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza had been detected in just one backyard flock in Mat-Su. Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022 The 2022 report summary by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made no mention of potential effects of highly pathogenic avian influenza, a virus that has killed ducks and many other wild bird species across the continent this year. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022 Vos and his colleagues’ chief concern was pathogenic bacteria. Michael Allen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2022 Mat-Su Alaska has identified its first case involving the highly pathogenic bird flu viruses that have led to the deaths of millions of birds across the Lower 48 this year.Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2022 There is also anxiety about the effects of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, which likely has killed hundreds of thousands of wild birds this year. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2022 See More
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Etymology
patho- + -genic, after French pathogénique, German pathogenisch