H5N1 Detection in South Australian Tern Extends Reach of Avian Influenza Along the Coast

The confirmation in a greater crested tern marks the first recorded infection of the strain in a native seabird on the Australian mainland outside earlier Western Australian cases.

Australia has recorded its first confirmed H5N1 infection in a greater crested tern found in South Australia. The case, verified on July 10, shifts attention from the initial June detections in Western Australia to a new stretch of coastline farther east.

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