H5N1 virus isolated from infected dairy worker is 100% lethal in ferrets, but does not appear to be circulating in nature anymore
October 28, 2024
October 28, 2024
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 28 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
A dairy worker in Texas became infected with H5N1 avian influenza likely during the course of milking cows. A sample of the virus taken from the worker was 100% lethal in ferrets, though it spread inefficiently and does not appear to be continuing to spread. Photo: Althea Dotzour
A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this s . . .
A dairy worker in Texas became infected with H5N1 avian influenza likely during the course of milking cows. A sample of the virus taken from the worker was 100% lethal in ferrets, though it spread inefficiently and does not appear to be continuing to spread. Photo: Althea Dotzour
A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this s . . .