In response to recent publications examining the genetic changes that may enable currently circulating strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains within the Goose/Guangdong/95-like lineage (HPAI H5N1) to transmit among mammals by respiratory droplets, the
NIH Guidelines
have been amended to address biocontainment for such research.
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