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This is the 66th case of reported H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. this year and the 36th person in California. Thirty-four of the cases have involved dairy workers, and one — a child in Alameda County ...
People become infected when H5N1 virus particles get into their mouth, nose, eyes or are inhaled. (You cannot get bird flu from eating an infected bird or eggs, as long as the food is properly ...
At least 61 people in the US have contracted bird flu amid outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows. What are the symptoms? What to know about highly pathogenic avian influenza, aka, H5N1.
California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S. That raises new questions about the virus, which has spread for years in wild birds, commercial poultry and many mammal species.
Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus, which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect mammals including humans. [1] Wild aquatic birds are the primary host of the influenza A virus, which is enzootic (continually present) in many bird populations.
Humans can catch bird flu, but not easily. Avian flu has been around and infecting wild birds and poultry since 1996. There have been nearly 1,000 known cases of bird flu in humans (889 between ...
The two California cases bring the total of human cases associated with bird-flu-infected dairy cows in the U.S. to six. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
direct contact with infected pigs or pork products, especially through cuts or abrasions, or inhalation of contaminated aerosols Swine influenza: A new strain of the influenza virus endemic in pigs (excludes H1N1 swine flu, which is a human virus) [clarification needed] pigs close contact 2009–10; 2009 swine flu pandemic; Mexico.