An older woman in the southeast of Wyoming is hospitalized with Aviar flu, officials of the State Health Department said Friday.
It is the first human case of the H5N1 type A influenza state, which is extending through animals and some people. According to the data of the US disease control and prevention centers, it was reported that almost 70 people in the US.
The woman had a bandwow of chickens in the backyard that became ill and died, said a spokesman for the CDC on Saturday. The State Health Department said the woman, who lives in Platte County, Wyoming, probably had direct contact with the flock. He said he also has other health conditions and is hospitalized in another state.
Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist, said Wyoming residents should not have “a high level of concern” about the human case, whose result of the test was confirmed by a CDC on Friday.
The most confirmed human cases of avian flu in the United States came with mild symptoms.
“Unfortunately, this patient’s experience has been much more serious,” Harrist said in the press release.
A new study published by the CDC showed that the aviar flu has been silently extended from animals to some veterinarians.
The avian flu has spread in wild birds in the US. Since 2022. The virus was first detected in the US dairy cows last year. He has infected more than 960 livestock herds in 16 states.
