Bird flu case with “flu-like symptoms” reported in Colorado, 1 person hospitalized
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the third U.S. Bird flu A woman was taken to a health facility in neighbouring Colorado, Wyoming’s health department said Friday.
The Wyoming health department said the patient was experiencing “flu-like symptoms” and had “a health condition that could make people more vulnerable to the disease.” She is likely to be exposed by direct exposure to infected poultry flocks at home, H5N1 virus.
Dr. Alexia Harrist, a state health official in Wyoming statement.
It is unclear how many people in Colorado may be exposed to bird flu cases while traveling in the state. A spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Health did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The state’s health department said the patient was a resident of Prat County, Wyoming. Livestock Commission in Wyoming Recently confirmed Three backyard flocks infected by the virus, including Pratt County.
State veterinarian Hallie Hasel told CBS News that the flocks were infected with B3.13. It is not clear whether human avian influenza patients in Colorado are also infected with B3.13.
A CDC spokesperson, which typically studies and sequences of worrying cases of bird flu, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Health experts Have thought about it For infected people, the B3.13 strain may be less severe. This is different from the D1.1 strain behind A Bird flu death Last month in Louisiana, Hospitalization A child in Canada last year.
Last year in Missouri, the first time avian flu hospitalization was reported in the United States, but health officials at the time said the person might have been hospitalized for other reasons and accidentally tested positive for the virus.
Hospitalization is during the days of avian influenza cases and also during the days of confirmed Nevada and Ohio.
Local health officials said the Nevada patients were not hospitalized, only mild symptoms. Ohio’s health department has not commented on the status of its bird flu cases, despite repeated requests.
The Health and Agriculture Department also announced another recall of original pet food linked to the spread of the virus to cats on Friday In Oregonand the second overflow of D1.1 virus from birds to cattle In Arizona.
Before Friday’s situation, there were 68 human flu cases Confirmed By CDC. Most people have been associated with direct contact with diseased animals, although investigators have been unable to identify the source of the three cases so far.
The rise in bird flu cases is a continuous surge in seasonal flu, recorded nationwide in the high places of emergency rooms and hospitals, higher than the peak in 2009 Swine flu pandemic.
Data from the test labs show that this is the usual seasonal variant of the surge in viruses, rather than the human-to-human transmission of the avian influenza strains.
CDC explain On Friday, seasonal strains of these viruses drove influenza levels to some of the highest peaks in years, the agency’s first “highly severity” season announced since 2017.
