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The National Service for Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) confirmed this Friday, October 14, the first case of bird flu AH5N1, strain of the virus that has caused serious bud in Europe, United States and Canada.
The agency explained that, after detect viruses on a wild bird in his laboratory, he isolated a gyrfalcon that feeds on other game birds in the watershed. Lerma River, State of Mexico. However, after evaluating the animal, its death was confirmed.
But after all this, do we Mexicans have to worry about the emergence of this type of bird flu? Can humans get this disease?
Is the AH5N1 bird flu contagious to humans?
YesThis type of influenza in poultry can be transmitted to humans. The first cases were detected in the United States, in April 2022.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms that one person tested positive against influenza virus bird AH5N1 in Colorado.
This is the first recorded transmission in the United States and the second worldwide.
Health authorities confirmed that the patient had direct exposure to poultry and get involved in this extermination with the suspicion of bird flu H5N1.
The first case occurred in December 2021 in UK to the person who don’t have any symptoms and that he keeps birds infected with the H5N1 virus.
How did AH5N1 bird flu spread to humans?
- Infected birds, whether poultry or wild, spread the H5N1 virus in saliva, mucus and feces.
- Human infection can occur when entering enough virus in a person’s eyes, nose, or mouth, or if inhaled.
- People who have had close or prolonged contact without wearing eye or respiratory protection, with infected bird or places that have touched sick birds or their mucus, saliva, or droppings, can increase the risk of H5N1 infection.
- Illness in people from avian influenza virus infection ranges from mild to severe illness.
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