{"id":32185,"date":"2024-09-13T04:57:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32185"},"modified":"2024-09-13T04:57:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:57:56","slug":"cdc-says-no-clear-source-of-bird-flu-infection-in-missouri-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32185","title":{"rendered":"CDC says\u00a0no \u2018clear source\u2019 of bird flu infection in Missouri patient"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has yet to identify \u201ca clear source\u201d of infection in a Missouri patient<\/a> who tested positive for the bird flu virus despite no known contact with poultry or dairy cows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDC disclosed the case last Friday<\/a>, stating that the patient had been hospitalized on Aug. 22 and has since recovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since March, there have been 13 bird flu infections in poultry and dairy workers<\/a> amid an outbreak of H5N1 spreading rapidly in dairy cows across 200 dairy herds in 14 states, according to the CDC<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patient was hospitalized, officials believe, not because of the infection but because of the patient\u2019s underlying medical conditions. Officials declined to say what those conditions were, as that would involve disclosing private health information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patient had chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weakness \u2014 symptoms that were not initially linked to influenza, Dr. Nirav Shah, the CDC\u2019s principal deputy director, said on a call Thursday, though a flu test was later administered<\/a>. The patient, who wasn\u2019t severely ill and didn\u2019t require intensive care, was treated with an antiviral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missouri state health officials are still investigating the case. While the patient was reported to have no contact with animals, public health officials are now carrying out more detailed interviews, asking about wild birds or animals seen around the patient\u2019s house<\/a> or the use of bird feeders. They\u2019re also asking about the type and source of meat and dairy the patient consumed, including any raw dairy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of the patient\u2019s close contacts have developed any signs or symptoms of infection, Shah said, nor is there any evidence of the virus spreading from person to person. So far, officials have identified no additional cases. There has also been no indication of increased rates of flu in the area where the patient lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur investigation is not over,\u201d Shah said. \u201cWe are beyond the typical 10-day window for transmission, and so with each passing day, the likelihood of this being something that\u2019s happening deep underwater goes down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials maintain that the risk to the general population remains low. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe assess risk continuously with every case and with every sort of change, and we continue to look at it as low,\u201d Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the director of the CDC\u2019s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said on the call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shah said that the case may be a \u201cone-off,\u201d meaning it didn\u2019t spread beyond the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose do happen with novel influenzas,\u201d he said, adding that so far this year, there have been a handful of swine flu cases that haven\u2019t spread beyond a single individual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No bird flu infections in dairy cattle have been reported in Missouri, state health officials said in a release Friday. There have been some cases reported in commercial poultry or backyard flocks and wild birds<\/a>, they said. No additional human cases have been identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials are also looking for any changes in the H5N1 virus that may suggest an increased potential for human-to-human spread. None have been found so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shah noted that the infection was detected thanks to Missouri\u2019s influenza surveillance program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has yet to identify \u201ca clear source\u201d of infection in a Missouri patient who tested positive for the bird flu virus despite no known contact with poultry or dairy cows. The CDC disclosed the case last Friday, stating that the patient had been hospitalized on Aug. 22 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5784],"tags":[28887,1664,1396,30454],"class_list":["post-32185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-avian-influenza-virus","tag-cdc","tag-missouri","tag-source-of-infection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32187,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32185\/revisions\/32187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}