Bovine H5N1 influenza from infected worker transmissible and lethal in animal models
October 28, 2024
October 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release:
A highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, isolated from the eye of a farm worker who became infected through contact with dairy cows, was lethal in mice and ferrets infected in a high-containment laboratory environment, according to a new study in Nature. The study investigators also found that the virus isolated from the worker, . . .
A highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, isolated from the eye of a farm worker who became infected through contact with dairy cows, was lethal in mice and ferrets infected in a high-containment laboratory environment, according to a new study in Nature. The study investigators also found that the virus isolated from the worker, . . .