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US Confirms First Human Case of Bird Flu With No Known Animal Trace : ScienceAlert

Last updated: September 9, 2024 3:13 am
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Another Mystery Case of Bird Flu Detected in the United States

Another person has fallen ill with bird flu in the United States, but this time, public health officials don’t know how they caught the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV).

The patient, who has since recovered, is the 14th person to fall ill with bird flu in the US this year. What sets this case apart is that the individual had “no immediate known animal exposure,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Prior cases of human infection were linked to individuals who had contact with sick animals on poultry or dairy farms. This latest case, however, presents a mystery that the CDC is actively working to unravel.

On August 22, an adult patient tested positive for the avian virus at a hospital in Missouri, a state where only poultry and wild birds had previously tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus.

Initially diagnosed with influenza A, the patient did not match any known human subtype. Further testing revealed that the individual had contracted avian influenza, a virus that is currently spreading among wildlife and domesticated animals across various continents.

Despite having no known contact with animals, it is possible that the patient unknowingly came into contact with an infected animal.

CDC officials are now sequencing the viral genome of this recent human case to gain insights into the origins of the pathogen and how it may have adapted to infect mammals, including humans.

Fortunately, the patient did not transmit the virus to any close contacts, and with no evidence of human-to-human transmission thus far, the CDC maintains that the public health risk from avian flu remains low.

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While the patient’s hospitalization raises concerns, it is unclear whether the severe symptoms were a result of the virus itself or underlying medical conditions.

Nirav Shah, deputy director of the CDC, emphasized the importance of monitoring for increasing severity of avian flu in humans, as it could signal dangerous mutations of the virus. He stated that individuals developing symptoms with no farm or chicken exposure would be a cause for alarm.

The case in Missouri marks the first instance of bird flu detected through the nation’s flu surveillance system, which identifies unusual forms of influenza for further investigation.

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