A British Columbia (BC) teen from the Fraser Health region who was hospitalized with an earlier announced presumptive positive H5 avian flu infection is in critical condition, the province's top health official said today.
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First case of bird flu in a US pig raises concern
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... After poultry at a noncommercial farm in Crook County, Oregon, tested positive for H5N1, the Oregon Department of Agriculture tested other animals on the farm because livestock and poultry on the farm share water sources, housing and equipment, the USDA said. Of five pigs on the farm, one tested positive for H5N1, two tested negative, and tests for two others are pending, according to the department. ...
The CDC continues to say that the public health risk from H5N1 is low. The agency is using its influenza surveillance systems to help monitor potential H5 activity in people, which includes wastewater surveillance. ...
Healio: How worrisome is it that H5N1 has been confirmed in a pig?
Anderson: This seems to be an isolated case for the moment. However it still raises some concern. Swine are a known "mixing vessel" for influenza A viruses because they are able to be infected by avian and human influenza virus strains. ...
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