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A child in California is believed to be H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH).
As of December 23, there were 36 confirmed human cases bird flu in the state, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
This is more than half of the cases of human disease in the country.
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The most recent patient, a pediatrician living in San Francisco, experienced fever and conjunctivitis (pink eye) as a result of an infection.
The unnamed patient was not hospitalized and has made a full recovery, according to SFDPH.
A child in California is believed to have H5N1 bird flu, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. (iStock)
The child’s test gave a positive result for bird flu in the SFDFH Public Health Laboratory. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will conduct additional tests to confirm the result.
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It is not yet known how the child is doing exposed to the virus and the investigation is ongoing.
“I want to reassure everyone in our city that the risk to the general public is low and there is no evidence that the virus can be transmitted between people,” Dr. Grant Colfax, director of public health, said in a news release.
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“We will continue to investigate this suspected case, and I urge all San Francisco residents to avoid direct contact with sick or dead birds, especially wild birds and poultry. Also avoid unpasteurized dairy products.’
Samuel Scarpina, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences and Professor medical sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, is calling for “decisive action” to protect people who may be in contact with infected animals and to warn the public about the risks associated with wild birds and infected backyard flocks.
An infectious disease expert has called for “decisive action” to warn the public about the risks associated with wild birds and infected flocks in backyards. (iStock)
“While I agree that the risk to the general public remains low, we continue to see signs of increased risk associated with this outbreak,” he told Fox News Digital.
Experts warn that the possibility of mutation in the virus may be included person to person transmission.
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“Although the H5N1 virus is currently thought to only be transmitted from animals to humans, multiple mutations have been observed in critically ill Americans that may enhance human-to-human transmission,” said Dr. Jacob Glanville, CEO of Centivax, a San Francisco-based biotech company. Fox News Digital Company.
As of Jan. 10, there were a total of 707 infected cattle in California, according to reports from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (iStock)
“This underscores the need for vigilance and preparedness in the event that additional mutations create a transmissible infection to humans pandemic strain.”
As of January 10, there were a total of 707 infected cattle in California, according to reports from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).
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In the last 30 days alone, the virus has been confirmed on 84 dairy farms in the state.
