Bird flu may refer to:
- Biology and disease
- Avian influenza, influenza endemic to birds and pigeons.
- Influenzavirus A, the causative agent for bird flu; the genus of the Orthomyxoviridae family. of viruses to which all viruses responsible for avian influenza belongs to, but also includes viruses that are endemic to humans and other animals.
- H5N1, a subtype of influenza A virus endemic to birds, currently perceived as a significant emerging pandemic threat.
- Music
- Bird Flu (song), by musician M.I.A.
Famous quotes containing the word bird:
“Yet I would bear my shortcomings
With meet tranquility,
But for the charge that blessed things
I’d liefer not have be.
O, doth a bird deprived of wings
Go earth-bound wilfully!”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)