He confirmed the first case of human bird flu in Wyoming
February 14, 2025
The first case in Wyoming of H5N1 bird influenza was confirmed in the human being in a Blat County, according to WDH. Women are the third confirmed hospitalization related to H5N1 in the United States.
“While this is an important development where bird flu activity in Wyoming and all over the country is monitored, it is not something that we think requires a high level of anxiety among most Wyoming population,” said Dr. Alexia Hars, a state health officer, a state health officer and a state health officer. With the Ministry of Health in Wyoming.
Harst said that the woman is entering the hospital in another state, and she has health conditions that could make people more vulnerable to the disease, and it is likely to be exposed to the virus through direct contact with the infected poultry herd in her home. H5N1 is known to affect wild birds in Wyoming for some time now with the spread of the currently circulating virus at the national level since 2022. Infections have occurred between poultry cattle and milk previously in Wyoming.
“Experts continue to follow the spread of H5N1 through wild birds, poultry, and dairy throughout the country. A small number of people have been injured. Harist said:” Most of these confirmed cases that involve close contact with poultry, livestock and mild symptoms. “Unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “unfortunately,” unfortunately, “Unfortunately The experience of this patient was more serious. “
“We want to remind people that there has been no documented transmission of viruses from a person to a human being for this virus in the United States so far,” Harist said. “Follow our employees with other people who were in contact with Flock and the patient, and they will continue to work with government and national experts to carefully monitor the situation for Wyoming.”
Harst noted that the current public health risk is low, but there are some logical steps that people may think to help protect themselves and their families:
- Do not eat undifferentiated or unacceptable food; Cooking poultry, eggs and other animal products to the appropriate temperature and avoid mutual pollution between raw and cooked food.
- Avoid direct contact with wild birds.
- Avoid connecting to wild or household birds that appear sick or died. If the symptoms are observed in the birds, immediately call a veterinarian, or report the sick birds to the Wyoming panel of livestock on the number 307-777-8270. If contact with sick or dead birds is necessary, it is highly recommended to use personal protection clothes and elements.
- Avoid direct, unprotected physical contact or close exposure to livestock and substances that are likely to be infected or confirmed that they have bird flu.
- Do not eat or drink raw milk or products made of raw milk.
The sick or dead wild birds may be informed to the Wyoming Game and Fish (WGFD) by calling the number 307-745-5865, and the online reports on https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/7d0c547b8fa54eaca73B3B37d06315a Ed the is the closest wgfd.
The test result was confirmed this afternoon by the Laboratory and Prevention Centers Laboratory (CDC).
More information about bird flu is available from the Center for Disease Control on https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/index.html. More specific recommendations are available for people with CDC poultry on https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/groups/index.html.