A dairy farm worker in Texas has contracted H5N1, the highly infectious strain of avian influenza, from cattle, marking the first known case of the virus jumping from another mammal to humans.
Last Friday, a health alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pinged its way across the inboxes of clinicians and state health departments all over the US. The message described how a dairy farm worker in Texas had contracted H5N1 , the highly infectious strain of avian influenza, or bird flu , that’s currently circling worldwide. The dairy worker had caught the virus, apparently, from cattle.
We also have antivirals which work against all flu strains and do not need to be matched. Getting your seasonal flu shot can also confer a small amount of cross-protection.” Other researchers point out that H5N1 remains a virus that is best adapted to birds, and the isolated infections of farm workers do not suggest that it will suddenly acquire the ability to spread rapidly between humans or even cows.
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