Invited Speaker: Richard Webby, St. Jude Faculty, Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds

Oral Abstracts: 

• Assessment of the Haemagglutinin Genes of Clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5Nx) High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus
  • Jiayun Yang, The Pirbright Institute
• A vaccine antigen central in influenza A(H5) virus antigenic space confers subtype-wide immunity in ferrets
  • Ron Fouchier, Department Viroscience, Erasmus MC
• Counteracting zoonotic influenza A viruses by synergistically targeting viral and host factors to inhibit viral replication
  • David Scheibner, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 and H5N5 in Red Foxes in Norway 2022-2024
  • Malin Rokseth Reiten, Norwegian Veterinary Institute