What is known about the phenomenon that plagues Texas

2024-04-11 03:21:25

He Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed last Monday, April 1, 2024, that a human was infected with bird flu for a cow, what you put in alert to the state.

They reported that the person had direct exposure to suspected infected dairy cows con bird flu A (H5N1)although they highlighted that This alert does not change the risk of infection for the general public, which remains low.

Given this human case of contagion of avian flu, Texas issued a health alert asking healthcare providers around affected dairies to be on the lookout for possible human cases and is providing testing and treatment recommendations.

Avian influenza A (H5N1) is a type of flu virus that usually infects wild birds and it can be transmitted to domestic birds and other animals, although it occasionally infects people, but this case is extremely rare.

Experts warn that bird flu pandemic would be 100 times worse than Covid-19

Experts in this disease warned that if this virus cause a pandemicShe is serious 100 times worse that the emergency experienced by Covid-19.

The above according to the doctor’s statements Suresh Kuchipudiavian flu researcher Pittsburghwhich were taken up by the British media Daily Mail.

And despite the fact that Texas authorities stated that the risk of transmission of avian flu from animals to humans is still low, experts fear that the possibility of a pandemic is looming.

“And now we are getting dangerously close to this virus causing a pandemic.”

Suresh Kuchipudi, Pittsburgh bird flu researcher

In this sense, the virus H5N1 of avian flu has the ability to infect mammal species, including humans.

Therefore, the transmission of this disease threatens to become a pandemic worse than Covid, according to what he said. John Fultonpharmaceutical industry consultant for vaccines and founder of BioNiagara.

“It seems 100 times worse than Covid-19, or could be if it mutates and maintains its high fatality rate”

John Fulton, pharmaceutical industry consultant for vaccines and founder of BioNiagara.

Covid-19 (Fusion Medical Animation / Unsplash)

Baja California authorities ask to monitor and report cases of avian flu

For their part, the authorities of Baja California They called on the ranchers to monitor and report in case of detection of any case of bird flu detected in cows.

This is due to the proximity of the state to the neighboring region of Texas in the United States, where he realized the first case of bird flufor which alarms went off in the North American nation.

In this sense, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER BC) was the agency that launched this advertisement aimed at livestock sector of Baja California, according to information from local media.

For this reason, SADER BC asked the ranchers of Baja California, to inspect to the animals, who if they present symptoms such as cComplications breathing, heavy nasal discharge, watery eyesamong others, should be cause for alert.

Avian Flu (Tobias Mockenhaupt / Unsplash)

The first human case of bird flu in the United States occurred in Texas

Through a statement, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS for its acronym in English) confirmed yesterday Monday that The second human case of bird flu in the United States occurred in Texas.

This is a person who had direct exposure to dairy cows presumably infected with avian influenza A(H5N1).

Los symptoms of people infected with bird flu can vary from mild to severe and they can be:

• eye infections
• upper respiratory symptoms
• pneumonia
• death

They reported that last weekend a patient infected with avian flu was identified, who only showed eye inflammation as the only symptom.

It was detailed that the patient in this case that puts the state of Texas on alert is already being treated with antiviral medication. oseltamivir.

Likewise, they indicated that this case of avian flu in a human It does not change the risk of contagion for the general public, which remains low.

This is what we know about the case of bird flu that puts the state of Texas on alert

I agree with you Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this is the second human case of H5N1 flu in the United Statesy the first related to exposure to livestock.

Last March, the Texas Animal Health Commission announced the first cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cows in the Texas Panhandle.

Given this situation, the Texas Department of Health has issued a health alert where it asked healthcare providers around affected dairies to be on the lookout for possible human cases and is providing testing and treatment recommendations.

In that sense, they indicated that Cattle infections are not a concern for commercial milk supplies since farmers must discard milk from infected cows and the pasteurization process kills bird flu viruses.

Additionally, the Texas Department of Health said guidance is being provided to affected dairies on how to minimize worker exposure and how people working with affected cattle can monitor for flu-like symptoms and get tested.

A person caught bird flu from contact with dairy cows (Marco Bertorello/AFP)

2024-04-11 03:21:25