Australia has introduced the primary confirmed case of human hen flu in a baby.
Canberra:
Australia has introduced the primary confirmed case of human hen flu in a baby who’s believed to have acquired it whereas in India some weeks in the past, in response to a media report on Wednesday.
The youngster is not unwell.
“A child in Victoria has been confirmed as having the first case of bird flu in Australia. The child acquired the avian influenza A (H5N1) infection while in India, and was unwell in March this year,” 9news.com.au mentioned quoting state well being officers.
“A human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection, also known as “hen flu”, has been reported in Victoria. There is no evidence of transmission in Victoria and the chance of additional human cases is very low as avian influenza does not easily spread between people,” the Victorian Department of Health posted on X.
“The recently reported case was in a child who returned to Australia from overseas in March 2024. The child experienced a severe infection but is no longer unwell and has made a full recovery,” it mentioned in one other submit with out figuring out the international nation.
The case was introduced hours after hen flu was detected on a farm in Victoria, 9news.com.au mentioned.
“Contact tracing has not identified any further cases of avian influenza connected to this case,” the Victoria Health mentioned in an announcement and added, that the kid reportedly skilled a extreme an infection however is not unwell.
“The avian influenza virus was detected through further testing of positive influenza samples that take place to detect novel or concerning flu virus strains, as part of Victoria’s enhanced surveillance system,” the information portal mentioned quoting well being officers.
Victoria Health mentioned the kid was the primary case of extremely pathogenic avian influenza in Australia, and the primary detected case of the H5N1 pressure within the nation. A special pressure of hen flu was detected on the Victorian egg farm after a number of poultry deaths.
“While the human case detected today is the H5N1 strain, the strain on the farm was found to be a different H7N7 variety,” the report mentioned.
A report within the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) mentioned, “Contact tracing has not identified any further cases of avian influenza connected to this case. The department reassured the community that the chances of additional human cases are ‘very low’.” Humans should not in danger from this virus except that they had contact with contaminated birds or animals or their secretions. “Rarely, avian influenza infection in humans can pass to another person with prolonged contact. However, there is no evidence that the H5N1 strains of avian influenza circulating globally can spread easily from human to human,” the officers added.
Elaborating on the pressure on the farm, the H7N7 selection, the ABC report mentioned, a whole bunch of hundreds of chickens on the egg farm in Victoria have been being euthanased after the illness was detected there.
The property close to Meredith, within the state’s west, is in quarantine, the Department of Health mentioned and added the Victorian youngster has no hyperlinks to the egg farm outbreak.
Bird flu in poultry was final detected in Australia in 2020.
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