Medical Xpress February 25, 2025
As bird flu continues to circulate among wild birds and domestic livestock, public health officials are increasingly concerned about the potential for the virus to become transmissible among humans and potentially cause an epidemic.
So far, humans have only contracted bird flu from contact with infected animals and cannot pass the virus to other humans.
In a recent commentary published in Nature Medicine, Tulane University virologist Bob Garry outlined the steps he sees as essential to preventing H5N1 from developing human-to-human transmission—and what strategies should be employed if the virus is able to evolve into a greater threat.
Bird flu is circulating widely with spillover from wild birds into poultry, cattle, cats, rats and some humans. What’s the main message...
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