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First case of bird flu confirmed in US despite no contact with animals
(AP) — A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with avian influenza despite having no known contact with dairy cows or other animals linked to the ongoing outbreak, health officials said Friday.
This is the 14th person in the United States to have been infected with avian flu since March, when the virus, which infects wild birds and mammals around the world and was detected in cattle, and one more person has been infected so far in 2022.
CDC officials said in a statement that the risk to the general public remains low, and that no unusual influenza outbreaks have been identified in the U.S., including in Missouri, officials said.
The latest case, an adult, was identified after being hospitalized Aug. 22 for another illness, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services officials said in a statement.
The person tested positive for influenza A, which CDC officials later confirmed was avian influenza. Health officials said the person was given antiviral medication and has since recovered and returned home. Missouri Department of Health spokeswoman Lisa Cox said it's unclear whether the hospitalization was due to avian influenza infection or the person's pre-existing health conditions.
Health officials have not released the names, ages or hometowns of the infected people, and CDC officials say they have no close contacts.
The case raises the question of how this person contracted the virus, as all previous cases in the US have been in people who worked in cattle or chicken farming.
According to the USDA, avian flu has been detected on about 200 dairy farms in 14 states, but not in Missouri. The virus has also been found in commercial and home chicken flocks and in wild birds. Cox said the person did not report drinking raw milk that could have contained the live virus.
Officials said the investigation is ongoing.
Officials said this was the first case to be detected through routine influenza surveillance rather than through targeted efforts to identify people infected with bird flu through contact with infected cattle or poultry.
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