H5N1 in 9 year old girl in Ecuador

See [url]https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/south-america/h5n1-tracking-ab/ecuador-aa/966807-ecuador-moh-confirms-human-infection-with-hpai-h5-january-10-2023[/url] or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/south-america/h5n1-tracking-ab/ecuador-aa/966807-ecuador-moh-confirms-human-infection-with-hpai-h5-january-10-2023 

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Girl in Ecuador (9) with bird flu: how worrying is it that a person is infected?

Health
January 13, 2023

The 9-year-old is certainly not the first person to be affected by the bird flu virus, but there is an important difference, according to avian flu expert Thijs Kuiken of Erasmus MC. “This variant of bird flu, which we also have in the Netherlands, has already been diagnosed in people in the United States and Great Britain. But these people became very slightly ill or not at all ill,” he explains.

The case in Ecuador is the first in which a human has contracted pneumonia from bird flu. Kuik: “We have suspected for some time that this bird flu that is spreading around the world can make people sick, and now there is evidence for this.”

DJ, Erasmus MC (Medical Center) is in Rotterdam-NL, one of the centers trying to follow infectious diseases...No further spread so far detected in the 9 y/o Equador girl-"case"...she must have gotten it from a bird. 

[url]https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/outbreak-news-scientists-warn-that-more-sporadic-cases-of-human-infections-of-avian-flu-h5n6-expected-in-2023-after-reported-cases-in-ecuador-and-chin[/url] or https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/outbreak-news-scientists-warn-that-more-sporadic-cases-of-human-infections-of-avian-flu-h5n6-expected-in-2023-after-reported-cases-in-ecuador-and-chin also has a link [url]https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/wpro---documents/emergency/surveillance/avian-influenza/ai_20230106.pdf[/url] or https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/wpro---documents/emergency/surveillance/avian-influenza/ai_20230106.pdf on the various other "bird-flu-in-human-cases" recently...Besides (A) H5N1 and H5N6 you also have H3N8, H7N4, H7N9, H9N2, H10N3...In a major outbreak in NL a veterinarian catched H7N7 and died...(years ago)....

"A-Avian flu-types may be already spreading outside birds (foxes, cat-likes, rats/mice ???) it is yet another "time bomb" waiting to explode. "Bird-flu" in humans may be missed (mild) or misdiagnosed...

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Media report:

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First case in Latin America: Girl infected with bird flu in Ecuador is stable

EFE Agency
9:37 PM 13 Jan 2023

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The nine -year-old girl infected with bird flu (A-H5) is "stable," said Francisco Pérez, Undersecretary of Health Surveillance and Control of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) of Ecuador on Wednesday .

In a press conference, Pérez indicated that the minor, who lives in the Andean province of Bolívar , presented symptoms on December 25 and was treated locally.

She presented the typical symptoms of pneumonia, which became more complicated and she was transferred to the Ecuadorian capital, where she is admitted to a public hospital .

In that health home, he assured, he is "stable, with a favorable evolution."

According to Pérez, to maintain control, they have carried out tests on about 25 people, including relatives and people who were in contact with the minor.

Aftermath

The consequences that this may have are those of any respiratory illness because it is severe pneumonia and he may have some type of respiratory problem in the future," the official said.

"It is not yet known because it is a bit complex because there are very few cases, so the sequelae cannot be investigated in these people," he continued.

He added that the people with the highest risk of contagion are those who are in contact with birds, in poultry farms , such as poultry workers.

According to the MSP, the case of the girl , the first reported in the country, was detected on January 7 and it is presumed that the contagion was due to direct contact of the minor with some birds infected with the virus .

Maybe more on [url]https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Registers-First-Case-of-Avian-Flu-in-Humans-20230110-0022.html[/url] or https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Registers-First-Case-of-Avian-Flu-in-Humans-20230110-0022.html ; 

A nine-year-old girl became the first case of influenza A-H5 (avian flu) in humans recorded in Ecuador, reported Tuesday the Ministry of Public Health (MSP).

DJ, Lots of H5N1 a.o. also in Peru...so there is a risk of further spread/cases in Latin America....