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The laboratory confirmed a positive result for highly pathogenic avian influenza Monday evening.
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Christopher Harris, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
This virus, known as the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, was detected in a Walker County facility that housed broiler chickens, which are chickens raised for meat.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Most recently, scientists have been monitoring the highly-pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 subtype, or bird flu.
—Patrick Jackson, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
The paper hypothesizes that the ink persistence and the macrophage death could affect the capacity of these cells to control the spread of pathogenic viruses and bacteria.
—Jay Kakade
december 20, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2025
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Medical Definition
pathogenic
adjective
patho·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik 
2
: causing or capable of causing disease
pathogenic microorganisms
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