H5N1 bird flu: Nevada dairy worker infected with newly spilled-over strain
A dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu—genotype D1.1—that has newly spilled over to cows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed. The worker experienced conjunctivitis (pink eye) as the only symptom and is recovering,
A new strain of bird flu, the D1.1 variant, has been detected in a dairy worker in Nevada, marking the first human case of ...
Scientists are closely watching the new infections in Nevada because gene sequences from affected cattle have shown that they are a subtype of the H5N1 virus, D1.1, which has been associated with ...
The worker was exposed while working with infected dairy cattle when he contracted the D1.1 genotype bird flu strain. What is the new bird flu strain? According to the U.S. Department of ...
This version of bird flu, known as D1.1, has only ever previously been detected in wild birds and poultry, indicating that it has now spilled over into cows. The detection, found in dairy cattle ...
The strain, known as D1.1, was detected in Nevada dairy cattle after being the predominant variant in North American birds last fall and winter. The USDA did not clarify the exact number of cows ...
Originally found mostly in wild birds and poultry, H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1, was discovered in dairy cattle last ...
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