Medical Xpress July 22, 2024
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was first detected in dairy cattle in Texas on March 25 and has since spread to several additional states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed multiple human infections in which the individuals were exposed to infected dairy cattle. The third case, detected in May, was a farm worker who was the only individual so far to exhibit respiratory symptoms. Although the virus has been detected in the commercial milk supply, pasteurization successfully kills the virus, and the CDC said the current risk to the general public from bird flu viruses to be low.
Penn State News spoke with Ruth Nissly, assistant research professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences, to learn...
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