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For all incidents involving influenza A(H5), ‘Guidance for the Management of People Exposed to Birds or other Animals infected with Influenza A(H5)’ should be used.
‘Managing the human health risk of avian influenza in poultry and wild birds’ guidance gives advice for health protection teams in preparing for and managing the human health risk from exposure to a suspected or confirmed avian influenza incident involving other avian influenza subtypes.
Added 'Guidance for the management of people exposed to birds or other animals infected with influenza A(H5N1)' and removed 'Management of contacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 during the 2023 to 2024 avian influenza season'.
1 February 2024
Updated 'Management of contacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1' to cover 2023 to 2024 season.
30 January 2023
Added 'Management of contacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1'.
14 April 2022
Updated flowchart and added text description.
11 March 2021
Added HTML: 'Planning for avian influenza H5N8 update and risk assessment' and updated title and content on guidance for health protection teams PDF.
2 March 2021
Withdrew the interim recommendations for response to confirmed avian influenza A(H5N8) outbreaks and incidents in avian species, following a change in the risk assessment of avian influenza A(H5N8).
2 October 2018
Update to the existing Avian influenza guidance.
14 February 2017
Added 'Interim recommendations for response to confirmed avian influenza A(H5N8) outbreaks and incidents in avian species'.
13 February 2017
Added algorithm for investigating and managing possible human cases of avian influenza (AI) among contacts associated with AI incidents.