A series of posts, to better understand the risk of vector-borne (bug) diseases. We are grateful to the Hattiesburg Clinic for their work in infectious disease including our work in community-based education.

News reports citing a higher concern about transmissions of bird flu. Cattle infections are being reported as H5N1 (a subtype of influenza A virus). For clarification, what is being reported are new genotypes meaning it is a variation in the gene composition, called B3.13 and D1.1.

PLEASE MEET VICTORIA - your guide to our information about vector-borne and organism-borne pathogens that are transmissible.