Post Reply - 4th human H5N1 case in US

(presumed)

   https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/colorado-reports-male-infected-with-h5n1-from-dairy-cattle-fourth-case-in-united-states-more-cases-expected or https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/colorado-reports-male-infected-with-h5n1-from-dairy-cattle-fourth-case-in-united-states-more-cases-expected -
https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/07/cdc-reports-4th-human-h5-infection.html or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2024/07/cdc-reports-4th-human-h5-infection.html ;

This afternoon the CDC has announced the 4th human H5 infection linked to cattle, once again in a dairy worker who experienced mild conjunctivitis, and had since recovered.  This is Colorado's 2nd (presumed)  H5N1 infection, with the first coming in 2022, linked to poultry culling. 
While this is likely H5N1, full sub-typing, and genetic sequencing are expected to take a few days.  
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This is the fourth case associated with an ongoing multistate outbreak of A(H5N1) in dairy cows and the first in Colorado. Previous cases were reported in Texas (1) and Michigan (2). As with previous cases, the person is a worker on a dairy farm where cows tested positive for A(H5N1) virus.
DJ, Waste water samples may indicate 9 a lot more) H5N1 spread in humans...So far-in general- with mild disease...

A problem is a mix with other types of flu or CoViD-co-infection may see much more serious disease...

Also H5N1 in cats did go to the brains/central nerve system. So-maybe we are just lucky...H5N1 in farm workers did not spread further than the eye...

The human eye has some receptors we also find in cattle-better in "linking" with H5N1.