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| Topic - H2H-H5N1 spread in US Posted: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:27pm By Dutch Josh |
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july 19 https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/h5n1-strikes-another-large-layer-farm-colorado-dairy-herd-minnesota or https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/h5n1-strikes-another-large-layer-farm-colorado-dairy-herd-minnesota ;
As Colorado continue its response to a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreak at a massive egg-laying farm connected to five H5 illnesses in people working as poultry cullers, federal agriculture officials confirmed another outbreak at a large layer farm that houses 1.3 million birds. Both of the layer farms are in Weld County in the northeastern corner of the state, where several outbreaks have been reported in dairy cattle. In other developments, Minnesota's Board of Animal Health reported another affected dairy herd, which is located in Stearns County in the central part of the state. Wastewater detection in ArkansasIn a new wastewater development, WastewaterSCAN reported a new H5 influenza detection in Arkansas involving the city of Harrison's wastewater treatment plant. No recent outbreaks or detections have been confirmed from the state. Wastewater detections aren't able to determine the source of the virus. WastewaterSCAN's H5 tracking has detected the virus in nine other states, all but one of which (California) has reported dairy cattle or poultry outbreaks. In other wastewater tracking, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that, across the 2 weeks ending July 6, no states were at the high level for influenza A, which can't distinguish H5N1 but can be a surveillance signal for health officials to explore the source. DJ, Waste water tracking can give another indication for the spread of human H5N1 infections...However in the past some virus detections (then for CoViD) turned out to be from rats/mice living in the sewage... Se detecting H5-virus parts in waste water may NOT be from humans... ------- It is very welcome the US is-at least up to some level-open on H5N1 in humans... Other countries do NOT REPORT human H5N1 cases...may not even look for it... CoViD and H5N1 symptoms and spread may have similarities...Again-stopping after a positive CoViD test may miss a possible H5N1 infection...
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