Farmer in Colorado catches H5N1 bird flu - becoming fourth person to be infected with deadly virus READ MORE: Gruesome first photo of Texas farm worker who caught bird flu By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:24 EDT, 3 July 2024 | Updated: 15:05 EDT, 3 July 2024 e-mail View comments A dairy farm worker in Colorado has been infected with H5N1 bird flu, becoming the fourth human case in the outbreak so far. The patient, who was not named, only had symptoms in their eye — such as reddening or swelling — and has since recovered from the infection.
They were treated with oseltamivir, an anti-viral used to treat flu infections. It was also used in previous cases. Revealing the case in a release today, the CDC said it does not shift their assessment that the risk to the public from bird flu is low.
It is the fourth human case of human bird flu to be diagnosed in the US this year amid an outbreak of the virus in dairy cows, after a case was detected in Texas in April, and two cases in Michigan diagnosed in May. The US government looking to fund a late-stage trial of Moderna's mRNA pandemic bird flu vaccine The above map shows the locations of the 139 dairy cattle herds where H5N1 infections have been confirmed. They are in 12 states The farmer worked with dairy cattle confirmed to be infected with H5N1, with the individual likely catching the disease on the farm.
There are no known links between this case and the others previously reported — wi.