The vultures tested were part of a ‘mass die-off’ in Charleston County

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Author:Christopher Buchanan

Published:2:35 PM EDT May 27, 2022

Updated:2:38 PM EDT May 27, 2022

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. — Several South Carolina agencies are warning residents and visitors to be alert after a “mass die-off” of vultures uncovered a form of bird flu.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Department of Natural Resources, and other agencies, in a joint statement, announced thathighly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)had been found in wild vultures that were part of the mass die-off in Charleston County recently. Authorities said that HPAI is caused by influenza subtypes that include H5N1.

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