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Why scientists are concerned about bird flu in a Canadian teen

With 55 human cases in the US and avian influenza impacting bird populations across the globe, here’s a look at why scientists are closely p

With 55 human cases in the US and avian influenza impacting bird populations across the globe, here’s a look at why scientists are closely paying attention to any evolution of this virus. Cases of bird flu across the globe are being closely watched by scientists who are looking for any signs that this type of influenza virus could turn into a more serious threat to humans. While avian influenza, or H5N1, is widespread in birds, it’s rare in humans and typically only transmits to people in close contact with an infected animal. There’s been a great deal of attention on the outbreak of avian influenza in dairy cattle and dozens of human cases in the United States, but a recent first human case in Canada this month has also raised concerns among scientists looking for any signs that the virus could change to spread among people. Why did a teenager’s bird flu case in Canada raise alarm about H5N1? Canadian health authorities reported the country’s first H5N1 case earlier this month in a teenager who was hospitalised with severe illness in British Columbia. There have been no additional cases or human-to-human transmission linked to the case, local authorities said in their most recent update this week, but the teenager remains in critical condition. There are several reasons that the teenager’s case was particularly worrying, including that it was a severe case, had no known source of contamination, and that there were certain mutations in the viral sequence, Dr Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti, head of the national reference centre for respiratory infections at France’s Pasteur Institute, told Euronews Health. “The virus sequence shows some adaptation markers, which is expected when a virus infects a mammal,” she said. -Rameix-Welti added that in this case, however, there was a mutation on the hemagglutinin - a glycoprotein that influences how the virus binds to host cells - “that we rarely see on H5 viruses”.

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It's only a matter of time. H5N1 has already infected mammals across the globe. I don't see why we would escape.

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Human Infection

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A fungus known for killing trees has infected a human for the first time, causing a pus-filled abscess to grow in his throat

Doctors in India warned that the worsening of global warming "opens Pandora's Box for newer fungal diseases."

It seems like a scene out of "The Last of Us" — a fungus never before seen in humans has just been discovered growing in a person for the first time. A plant researcher in India saw a doctor for a sore throat and learned he had a fungal infection growing in his throat, causing an abscess that had to be drained of pus. Fortunately for him, this fungus was nothing like the Cordecyps seen in the hit HBO TV show. It's known to gardeners as silver leaf, a progressive disease that turns a tree's leaves silver before killing the infected branch. The patient, a 61-year-old man, told doctors that he had a long history of working with decaying plant materials for research, according to a report published in the journal Medical Mycology Case Reports. He sought medical attention after three months of hoarseness, trouble swallowing, loss of appetite, cough, and fatigue. Silver leaf is a common blight on stone fruit trees and some flowering shrubs, but this is the first time it has infected a human, according to the report. When the doctors analyzed the man's pus, they found it grew a "creamy pasty" fungal colony in a petri dish.

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A plant fungus has infected a human for the first time The June 2023 issue of Medical Mycology Case Reports describes the case of a 61-year-old man who was exposed to a plant fungus that gave him a throat infection, marking the first time a human has gotten sick from a plant fungus. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/03/30/a-plant-fungus-has-infected-a-human-for-the-first-time.html

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Anisakiasis may be a human parasitic infection of the alimentary canal caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked seafood containing larvae of the nematode worm Anisakis simplex.

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Low Risk of Bird Flu from U.S. Strains for Human Infection

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Low Risk of Bird Flu from U.S. Strains for Human Infection

The strain of avian flu that has been identified in 12 U.S. states and led to the extermination of more than 7 million birds is different from the H5N1 bird flu virus that has spread from birds to humans in the past, an official with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

An analysis of the genetic composition of avian viruses circulating in North America, including the H5N2 strain, showed they do not contain genetic markers which in the past have been linked to more severe outbreaks in birds and transmission to humans, Alicia Fry, a medical officer in the CDC’s influenza branch, said on a conference call with reporters.

There have been nearly 650 cases of H5N1 human infections, reported from 15 different countries, since 2003, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Two different strains have been discovered in the United States this year. The H5N2 strain is in Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. It has also been identified on farms in Ontario, Canada. The H5N8 strain has been identified in California and also in Idaho, U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows.

There have been no cases of the highly infectious disease in humans since the outbreak started in the United States at the beginning of the year. This is the most widespread bird flu outbreak in North America in more than three decades. In the cases involving human infection outside the United States, illness from the H5N1 virus occurred only among people who had direct contact with infected birds.

A principal concern with any new flu virus in birds, however, is that it will mutate to become easily transmissible from human to human. “At this point we don’t know very much about these viruses,” said the CDC’s Fry. “They have only recently been identified.”

At present, she said, “it seems the risk for human infection is very low.” But she added: “This is a rapidly evolving situation.” Fry said the CDC will monitor any person who has been exposed to the virus in the United States. At least 100 people have been monitored so far.

As more people are exposed, the question of how well the virus can be transmitted to people will become clearer. Fry said the federal government has developed a “seed strain,” a first step toward making a vaccine. Seed strains must then be grown and tested to ensure they will grow well in chicken eggs or cells.

Source: reuters

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