Dr. Tara C. Smith
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Infectious disease epidemiologist, writer, mom. Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic disease, scicomm, zombies. She/her. Same handle @ bsky
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New preprint out on sequence analysis for HPAI H5N1 in dairy cows, as covered by CIDRAP—the article pulls a quote from the study 'undersurveillance in epidemiologically important populations'
+100, more metadata please. #OneHealth cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…
This is unfolding in interesting way as more data slowly coming out from Dept. of Agriculture.
Imp to note this likely originated from a single/limited infection, within a confined area. Meaning also, this could’ve been detected, contained, halted in a single area.
It was likely spread…
Dr. Angela Rasmussen Agree, this is a good start...'a reassortment event in wild bird populations preceded a single wild bird-to-cattle transmission episode. The movement of asymptomatic cattle has likely played a role in the spread of HPAI within the United States dairy herd...'
Out of 33 dairy farms in 8 U.S. states (+1 dairy farm in Colorado), 23 people have been tested for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by states. Less than 1 person per farm. This seems a clear answer to the question: “Are we testing enough for H5N1?”
medpagetoday.com/special-report…