{"id":12919,"date":"2024-09-13T23:19:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T23:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12919"},"modified":"2024-09-13T23:24:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T23:24:57","slug":"missouri-bird-flu-case-may-raise-prospect-of-human-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12919","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Bird Flu Case May Raise Prospect of Human Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second person was not tested, and the cause of the illness is unknown.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Someone who lived with a Missouri resident infected with bird flu also became ill on the same day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/weekly\/index.htm\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The disclosure raises the possibility that the virus, H5N1, spread from one person to another, experts said, in what would be the first known instance in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Friday night, C.D.C. officials said that there was \u201cno epidemiological evidence at this time to support person-to-person transmission of H5N1,\u201d but that additional research was needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The coincidental timing of the illnesses, especially outside flu season, concerned independent experts. H5N1 has been known to spread between close contacts, including those living in the same household.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And neither the initial patient nor the household contact had any known exposure to the virus via animals or raw milk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Neither patient has been identified, and details are scant. 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But the second person was not tested, and the cause of the illness is unknown.Someone who lived with a Missouri resident infected with bird flu also became ill on the same day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.The disclosure raises the possibility that the virus, H5N1, spread from one person to another, experts said, in what would be the first known instance in the United States.On Friday night, C.D.C. officials said that there was \u201cno epidemiological evidence at this time to support person-to-person transmission of H5N1,\u201d but that additional research was needed.The coincidental timing of the illnesses, especially outside flu season, concerned independent experts. H5N1 has been known to spread between close contacts, including those living in the same household.And neither the initial patient nor the household contact had any known exposure to the virus via animals or raw milk.Neither patient has been identified, and details are scant. 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