An unnamed person in Texas had been diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu after close contact with infected dairy cattle, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.
It's only the second case ever confirmed in the United States , and preliminary analysis of the strain in the new case suggests no new mutations of concern.human health risk assessment for the U.S. general public, which CDC considers to be low," the agency said in a statement.
On March 29, infection was also found among a herd of dairy cows in Michigan that had received cows from Texas, the agency noted. As for the human case in Texas, "CDC is working with state health departments to continue to monitor workers who may have been in contact with infected or potentially infected birds/animals and test those people who develop symptoms," the agency said.While the current threat to the public is low, the CDC said it continues to monitor H5N1 viruses nationally.
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