US records first human case of H5 bird flu

US records first human case of H5 bird flu

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The patient reported that his only symptom for a few days was fatigue and since then He recovered. CDC assured that the person was isolated and treated with the flu antiviral drug oseltamivir.

Since the CDC began monitoring the disease among exposed people in late 2021, H5N1 viruses were found in commercial birds in 29 states and in wild birds in 34 states in the United States.

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Reuters

CDC has tracked the health of more than 2,500 people with exposures to birds infected with the H5N1 virus, and this is the only case found to date. Other people involved in the slaughter operation in Colorado have tested negative for H5 virus infection, but they are being retested as a precaution“, expressed from CDC.

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Globally, it turns out to be the second human case associated with this specific group of H5 viruses, which is the one that predominates at the moment. The first was registered in United Kingdom in December 2021.

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