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Maybe to put things in perspective [url]https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-confirms-h5n1-case-in-jiangsu-china.html[/url] or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-confirms-h5n1-case-in-jiangsu-china.html - https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/who-confirms-h5n1-case-in-jiangsu-china.html ; Unlike https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/cdc-update-on-cambodian-h5n1-cluster.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(63, 63, 127); - last week's Cambodian cluster , this virus is of the same clade as the H5N1 viruses that are currently spreading across Europe, North America, and South America. There are, however, dozens of genotypes within this clade, and it is likely some are more dangerous than others (see https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2022/11/preprint-rapid-evolution-of-ah5n1.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 127, 127); - Preprint: Rapid Evolution of A(H5N1) Influenza Viruses After Intercontinental Spread to North America ).
Given the amount of bird flu circulating in the wild around the world, we should expect to see additional cases in the weeks and months to come.
DJ [url]https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/cdc-update-on-cambodian-h5n1-cluster.html[/url] or https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/cdc-update-on-cambodian-h5n1-cluster.html - https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/cdc-update-on-cambodian-h5n1-cluster.html ; For those who have been along for much of this ride over the past 20 years, you know we've been here before, and that today's handful of H5N1 cases pale in comparison to the thousands of human H5 & H7 infections we've seen in the past (see graphic below). Officially, there have been 870 human H5N1 infections, 84 H5N6 infections, and nearly 1,600 H7N9 infections. All of these are likely under counts, and these numbers don't include the scores of H9N2 and sporadic human infections with H7N4, H10N3, H3N8, H7N2, etc. that have been reported. The period between 2013 and mid-2017 saw the highest number of human infections with (H7 & H5) avian flu, averaging several hundred each year. In a few cases, H-2-H transmission appears to have occurred.
Luckily, these viruses were far better at jumping from poultry to people, than from human-to-human. The concern is that these viruses - as they occasionally spillover into humans and other mammals - could pick up host adaptations that will allow the virus to spread more efficiently among humans. So...yes H5N1 now is a problem...but still limited... [url]https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/h5n1-avian-flu-news-unknown-to-many,-studies-have-shown-that-h5n1-bird-flu-virus-can-be-transmitted-by-houseflies,-mosquitoes-and-other-insects[/url] or https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/h5n1-avian-flu-news-unknown-to-many,-studies-have-shown-that-h5n1-bird-flu-virus-can-be-transmitted-by-houseflies,-mosquitoes-and-other-insects - https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/h5n1-avian-flu-news-unknown-to-many,-studies-have-shown-that-h5n1-bird-flu-virus-can-be-transmitted-by-houseflies,-mosquitoes-and-other-insects ...spread in/via mammals, insects could change the picture... Time will tell-there should be extra testing if "politics" take healthcare serious...
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