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Topic: Washington state; first case of H5N1 in U.S Posted: January 24 2015 at 3:44am |
Bird flu found in duck shot by hunter in Washington state; first case of H5N1 in u.sJOHANN SCHUMACHER/GETTY IMAGESBird flu has made its way stateside. A duck shot in Washington state tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza, a similar strain to that which has stormed across Asia and killed some 400 people, more than half the number infected by the virulent strain, according to NBC News. The green-winged teal shot in Whatcom County was confirmed in a report to be contaminated with a relative of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to a report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. It does not appear to have spread to domestic poultry or humans, NBC reported. "USDA and the Department of the Interior are going to have to spend time to understand the implication of this introduction," Hon Ip, an expert on wildlife pathogens with the U.S. Geological Survey,told NBC News. "At the moment, we do not know of a single human case with our H5.". H5N1 is the strain most feared by scientists for its ability to infect humans and which has already forced the killings of millions of domestic poultry infected around the world. "The new H5N1 virus is a different virus than the one circulating in Asia, and this particular strain has never been identified in an animal or human host before," USDA spokeswoman Lyndsay Cole told the Daily News. "There is no reason to believe this new strain is a human health risk. The new mixed-origin virus combines the H5 genes from the Asian H5N1 virus with N genes from low pathogenic avian influenza viruses found in wild birds from North America." A traveler who fell ill on a flight from Beijing to Canada Dec. 27 died of the lethal relative of H5N1 earlier this month, the first fatal case of bird flu in North America. "Whenever avian influenza viruses are circulating in poultry, sporadic infections or small clusters of human cases are possible in people exposed to infected poultry or contaminated environments, especially in households," the World Health Organization says, according to NBC. "Human infections remain rare and these influenza A (H5N1) viruses do not currently appear to transmit easily among people. As such, the risk of community-level spread of these viruses remains low."
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Posted: January 24 2015 at 3:50am |
sorry about the format tried to clean it up but you can get the report
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Posted: January 24 2015 at 5:34am |
Well. We've been waiting for -and dreading this news for over 9 years. Thanks for the report Carbon.
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Posted: January 24 2015 at 7:32am |
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Posted: January 24 2015 at 7:35am |
<quote>"The new H5N1 virus is a different virus than the one circulating in
Asia, and this particular strain has never been identified in an animal
or human host before,"</quote>
The above statement doesn't make sense. Are there different subtypes of H5N1?
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Posted: January 24 2015 at 1:14pm |
Iowa102 wrote:
<quote>"The new H5N1 virus is a different virus than the one circulating in
Asia, and this particular strain has never been identified in an animal
or human host before,"</quote>
The above statement doesn't make sense. Are there different subtypes of H5N1?
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that had me a bit concerned , i think low pathogenic and high pathogenic,
remember its a virus
changing all the time........
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Posted: January 24 2015 at 1:24pm |
sorry i missed kilts earlier post about this ........
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Posted: January 24 2015 at 2:24pm |
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/01/24/6035159_third-strain-of-avian-flu-found.html?&rh=1
BELLINGHAM,
WASH. β State agricultural
officials say a new third strain of avian flu has been found in a wild duck in
Whatcom County.
Agriculture
Department spokesman Hector Castro says the new H5N1 strain was confirmed in a
green-winged teal killed by a hunter near Sumas.
The
Bellingham Herald reports that (http://is.gd/JCB1MH ) the strain bears the same
name as one that has infected hundreds of people in 15 countries, mostly in
Asia. But health officials stress that while it carries the same H5N1
designation, this strain has a genetically different makeup and is not
considered dangerous to people.
Health
Department spokesman Donn Moyer says it's not a major public health risk.
All
three types of avian flu found so far in the state are deadly to domestic
poultry.
Information
from: The Bellingham Herald, http://www.bellinghamherald.com
Read
more here:
http://www.sunherald.com/2015/01/24/6035159_third-strain-of-avian-flu-found.html?&rh=1#storylink=cpy
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Posted: January 25 2015 at 8:00am |
One thing to realize is that H5N1 HAS been found in the USA before. However, that was a low-path variety vs this being the first HIGH-path variety. I don't think anyone has the authority at this point to say how dangerous or non-dangerous the new variation is.. because this is the very first time it's been found and nobody's caught it yet. Just because it was only found in one bird so far, certainly doesn't mean there won't be more instances. It being high-path, I'd say the odds are that other cases are around. If nobody has been exposed enough yet, or ever caught it, how can we know it's NOT dangerous? While the predominant makeup of the the virus may be something that hasn't caused problems, can we really say yet that the new twist won't create a big difference? If
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