2024-04-03 15:17:43
A person tested positive this Monday, April 1, for bird flu in the United States, this after being infected by a dairy cowTexas authorities clarified that the risk of transmission to humans remains low.
“The patient reported redness of the eyes as the only symptom, and is recovering. “He has been isolated and is being treated with antiviral medication,” he said in a statement. Texas Department of Health Services.
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“The case was identified in a person who had direct exposure to dairy cattle presumably infected with avian influenza,” he explained. He is believed to be linked to a recent detection of bird flu on dairy farms in Texas and Kansas, announced by health authorities last week.
The contagion of a strain of Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to the cows would have been caused by wild birds, several of which were found dead around a Texas farm.
State and federal health agencies are working to investigate human and animal cases and understand how the virus spreads to protect livestock and to the people who work with him.
What is bird flu?
According to the records, This is the second human case of avian influenza (H5N1) in the United States and the first related to exposure to livestock. Avian flu (H5N1) “is a type of flu virus that usually infects wild birds and can be transmitted to domestic birds and other animals.”
This contagion also does not represent a risk to the important dairy industry in Texas, because farms isolate infected animals and eliminate or divert their production. According to health authorities, if some milk from contaminated cows enters the food chain, the pasteurization process deactivates the virus.
(With information from AFP)
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