I’m the director of Clinical Virology and Vice Chair of Practice in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic. I’m the past-President of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology and specialize in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, such as Covid-19 and influenza.
In early April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the public that an individual in Texas had testedfor highly pathogenic avian influenza , or bird flu. This person experienced conjunctivitis — or redness of the eyes — as their only symptom after being exposed to dairy cattle that were presumed to be infected with HPAI .
Since January of 2022, the largest outbreak of avian influenza in recorded history has occurred worldwide. To date, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza — known as H5N1 — has been detected in over 9,000 wild birds and has affected greater than 90 million poultry in the. Recently, the virus has been identified in certain mammals, including dairy cattle, prompting concern that it may be adapting for more efficient transmission among mammalian species.
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