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In September, Egypt and Sudan joined the list of nations seeing a resurgence of bird deaths due to H5N1. [citation needed] In November and December, South Korea and Vietnam joined the list of nations seeing a resurgence of bird deaths due to H5N1; February/March 2006 - A dead cat infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in Germany. [26]
In September 2024, the CDC confirms that two dairy workers in California have contracted bird flu, marking the 15th and 16th human cases in this year's ongoing outbreak, which has impacted dairy cows nationwide. [93] The cases occurred in California's Central Valley, where over 50 herds have been affected since August.
67-year-old Indonesian woman died of bird flu after being treated at a hospital for more than a week, marking the country's 54th death from the virus, an official at the health ministry said. [118] October 31, 2006 A 39-year-old Egyptian woman died of bird flu a month after symptoms first appeared. This was the first case in Egypt since May, 2006.
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.
The continued spread of bird flu has driven a culling of about 100,000 birds at the now-quarantined barns there. But, how the nation will handle the continued surge of the virus remains up in the ...
China announced a fresh outbreak of bird flu, saying 2,600 birds have died from the disease in Inner Mongolia. The deaths, at a farm near the region's capital of Hohhot, were due to the H5N1 strain, the Xinhua news agency said. Locations of 2005 outbreaks in Croatia. October 26, 2005 Croatia announced H5N1 strain was found in dead swans. [14] [15]
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there have been 57 cases of bird flu in humans this year, most from exposure to cattle or poultry. The virus is spreading among livestock and ...
It’s been deemed the worst bird flu outbreak in American history—and the virus is showing no signs of stopping. Since the beginning of this year, nearly 2.5 million birds from commercial and ...