The first identified human case of the H5N1 virus, known as the avian flu and typically transmitted among poultry and wild birds, in the United States has been found in a Colorado man who works on a Western Slope poultry farm.
The first identified human case in the United States of the H5N1 virus, known as the avian flu and typically transmitted among poultry and wild birds, has been found in a Colorado man who works on a Western Slope poultry farm.
Earlier this week, a test revealed the presence of the influenza virus in a single nasal specimen of a man who was working on a farm with infected poultry, the news release said. Health officials said it’s possible that the virus may have been present in the person’s nose without causing infection. Both the CDC and the state consider the discovery a “confirmed case,” Herlihy said. “He is the first person in the U.S. for this virus.”
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