Medical Xpress July 11, 2024
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that its ability to manage the risk to humans posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus was being compromised by patchy surveillance.
The WHO said the United States last week reported a fourth human case of H5N1 avian influenza following exposure to infected dairy cows, while Cambodia had reported two cases in children who had contact with sick or dead chickens.
“For the moment, no human to human transmission has been reported, which is why WHO continues to assess the risk to the general public as low,” the UN health agency’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
“However, our ability to assess and manage that risk is compromised by limited surveillance for influenza viruses in...
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