An older girl in southeast Wyoming is hospitalized with bird flu, state well being division officers stated Friday.
It is the state’s first human case of Sort A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and a few folks. Almost 70 folks within the U.S. have been reported infected with bird flu within the final 12 months, in keeping with information from the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, although researchers and research counsel that is doubtless an undercount.
The girl, who lives in Platte County, Wyoming, doubtless was contaminated by direct contact with an infected poultry flock at her residence, the state well being division stated in a information launch. She has different well being situations and is hospitalized in one other state.
Dr. Alexia Harrist, the state well being officer and state epidemiologist, stated Wyoming residents should not have “a excessive stage of concern” in regards to the human case, the check end result for which was confirmed by a CDC on Friday.
Most confirmed human instances of chicken flu throughout the U.S. got here with gentle signs.
“Sadly, this affected person’s expertise has been far more severe,” Harrist stated within the information launch.
A brand new research printed by the CDC confirmed bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians.
Chicken flu has been spreading in wild birds within the U.S. since 2022. The virus was detected for the primary time in U.S. dairy cows final 12 months. It has contaminated greater than 960 cattle herds in 16 states.
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