A third U.S. farm worker infected with bird flu is the first to experience respiratory symptoms
By Helen Branswell
Athird human case of H5 bird flu tied to the ongoing U.S. outbreak in cattle has been detected in a farm worker in Michigan, state health authorities confirmed on Thursday.
The unnamed individual worked on a dairy farm and was in close contact with infected cows, the state health department said in a statement. The farm involved is different from the one where an earlier human case was detected last week.
Whereas the two earlier human cases reported this year experienced only conjunctivitis — known as pink eye — the Michigan worker experienced respiratory symptoms.
With this case, respiratory symptoms occurred after direct exposure to an infected cow,” Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement. The individual was not wearing protective equipment, she said.
The worker was given flu antiviral drugs and is recovering, the statement added.
Of the four known cases of H5 infection that have been reported in the United States — ….

By Helen Branswell
Athird human case of H5 bird flu tied to the ongoing U.S. outbreak in cattle has been detected in a farm worker in Michigan, state health authorities confirmed on Thursday.
The unnamed individual worked on a dairy farm and was in close contact with infected cows, the state health department said in a statement. The farm involved is different from the one where an earlier human case was detected last week.
Whereas the two earlier human cases reported this year experienced only conjunctivitis — known as pink eye — the Michigan worker experienced respiratory symptoms.
With this case, respiratory symptoms occurred after direct exposure to an infected cow,” Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement. The individual was not wearing protective equipment, she said.
The worker was given flu antiviral drugs and is recovering, the statement added.
Of the four known cases of H5 infection that have been reported in the United States — ….

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