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2025-02-14

#H5N1 #birdflu #mooflu #cowflu #CDC

"The journal released data suggesting some spillovers from dairy cattle into humans have gone undetected, including in states where dairy herds have not tested positive."

What could possibly go wrong? /sarcasm

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npr.org/sections/shots-health-

cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7

The findings underscore the difficulty of detecting and controlling human infections based on whether or not a person seeks out medical care, says Gregory Gray, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. "If the circulating H5 viruses become more transmissible between humans, we are not going to be able to control transmission as the viruses will spread rapidly and often subclinically," says Gray. Previous CDC research that surveyed dairy workers found 7% had evidence of past infections, although only half reported symptoms. Work from Gray and his colleagues in Texas also indicates some cases in the dairy industry workforce are going undetected. "It means our surveillance is inadequate," says Lauren Sauer, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, "Any detection of asymptomatic or mild cases in this study just tells me we're missing cases."

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