State and federal health officials said a Wyoming woman was hospitalized along with the avian flu after a flock of chickens in her backyard contracted the disease and died.
The Wyoming Department of Health said a Platt County woman tested positive for the H5N1 flu on Friday, becoming the first person in state history to contract the virus.
Human cases of avian flu in the United States often have mild symptoms, but state health officer and state epidemiologist Dr. Alexia Harrist said other health benefits that older women in Wyoming can exacerbate their symptoms. I've confirmed that there is a condition.
“Unfortunately, this patient's experience was even more serious,” Harris said in a statement.
State health officials stressed that women likely contracted the virus due to direct contact with infected herds, saying, “So far, human-to-human transmission of this virus has been recorded. “It's not done.”
Harris said her team is working quickly to contact patients and find others who have found infected packs when monitoring the state's situation.
Avian flu and its different strains have wreaked havoc on American poultry supply since 2022, with hundreds of millions of animals being culled.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 70 confirmed cases have been confirmed in the US over the past year, with the first death recorded in Louisiana last month.
New data show that avian influenza is quietly spreading from animals to some veterinarians, so estimates are likely to be lacking.
In addition to jumping to humans, the virus was first detected in dairy cows in the US last year, infecting herds of more than 960 cattle in at least 16 states.
So far, experts have yet to detect any significant changes in the bird virus and its different strains that could cause another Covid-19 pandemic in the US.
With post wire
