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CDC reports first human infection of bird flu as USDA commits $263M to APHIS
By Susan Kelly on 4/29/2022
A man under the age of 40 who culled poultry on a Colorado farm tested positive this week for avian influenza A (H5) in the first bird flu case in a human in the current U.S. outbreak, state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.
The patient reported fatigue for a few days, was isolated and treated with the antiviral drug oseltamivir, and has since recovered, the CDC said. The agency said it still considers the risk to the general public of avian flu infection to be low. Other people involved in the culling operation in Colorado have tested negative for H5 virus infection.
The man who tested positive is an inmate at a state correctional facility in Delta County who was exposed to infected poultry at a commercial farm in Montrose County while working as part of a pre-release employment program, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said.
The case is the second associated with the specific group of H5 viruses that are currently predominant, following a case in December in the United Kingdom in which a person who raised birds became infected with H5N1, the CDC said. That person did not have symptoms.
More than 880 human infections with earlier H5N1 viruses have been reported since 2003 worldwide. Illnesses in people with bird flu virus infections have ranged from mild to severe, but the viruses now circulating among birds globally are different from earlier H5N1 viruses, the CDC said.
The current virus to date has been confirmed in commercial and backyard birds in 29 states, affecting more than 33 million domestic birds, and in wild birds in 34 states, according to the CDC and USDA.
USDA commits $263M to APHIS
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack approved the transfer of nearly $263 million from the Commodity Credit Corp. to USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to support ongoing HPAI response efforts, USDA said this week.
“Highly pathogenic avian influenza is a serious concern for our nation’s poultry industry, and we need to continue our nationwide response to minimize the impact,” USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt said in a press release.
Vilsack previously approved the use of about $130 million in emergency funding in mid-March. The funds have been used to address indemnity, diagnostics, field activities and other emergency response costs, the agency said.
The man who tested positive is an inmate at a state correctional facility in Delta County who was exposed to infected poultry at a commercial farm in Montrose County while working as part of a pre-release employment program, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said.
The case is the second associated with the specific group of H5 viruses that are currently predominant, following a case in December in the United Kingdom in which a person who raised birds became infected with H5N1, the CDC said. That person did not have symptoms.
More than 880 human infections with earlier H5N1 viruses have been reported since 2003 worldwide. Illnesses in people with bird flu virus infections have ranged from mild to severe, but the viruses now circulating among birds globally are different from earlier H5N1 viruses, the CDC said.
The current virus to date has been confirmed in commercial and backyard birds in 29 states, affecting more than 33 million domestic birds, and in wild birds in 34 states, according to the CDC and USDA.
USDA commits $263M to APHIS
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack approved the transfer of nearly $263 million from the Commodity Credit Corp. to USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to support ongoing HPAI response efforts, USDA said this week.
“Highly pathogenic avian influenza is a serious concern for our nation’s poultry industry, and we need to continue our nationwide response to minimize the impact,” USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt said in a press release.
Vilsack previously approved the use of about $130 million in emergency funding in mid-March. The funds have been used to address indemnity, diagnostics, field activities and other emergency response costs, the agency said.
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