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Angie MaxtedAnn GarveyKim SignsJoni ScheftelKelly Giesbrecht, KY State Public Health Vet at KY DPHKinda ZureickLaura Rothfeldt, State Public Health Veterinarian at Arkansas Department of HealthDavid Crum -MDH-Ashley Vineyard, Program Analyst II at CSTECarl WilliamsAmelia Blumberg, CSTEBrandy DarbyAmber SinghEmily BeelerJames Kile +4 others
Posted by Brandy Darby ·

Sharing USAHA news article

Hi all, 

I wanted to share the news article (below) that was recently shared in a USAHA daily news email.
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Russia Detects First Case of Avian Flu Strain in Humans, Alerts WHO [H5N8]
By Agence France-Presse
VOA News [Voice of America]
February 20, 2021
 
 
MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.
 
In televised remarks, the head of Russia's health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated the strain's genetic material from seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia, where an outbreak was recorded among the birds in December.
 
The workers did not suffer any serious health consequences, she added. They are believed to have caught the virus from poultry on the farm.
 
"Information about the world's first case of transmission of the avian flu [H5N8] to humans has already been sent to the World Health Organization," Popova said.
 
 
Full text:
https://www.voanews.com/europe/russia-detects-first-case-avian-flu-strain-humans-alerts-who

Comments & Events

David Crum -MDH- David Crum -MDH-
Thanks.

David
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James Kile James Kile
WHO does not have a specific location for novel influenza alerts. They are initially reported internally through the IHR Event Information Site, later externally reported through the Disease Outbreak News (DONs)<https://www.who.int/csr/don/en/,> and finally summarized monthly in the Influenza Risk Assessment<https://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/HAI_Risk_Assessment/en/.> However, we’ve noticed that a significant number of zoonotic influenza infections in people are reported through publications rather than the required WHO reporting system.
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Amber Singh Amber Singh
I see!  Honestly, I didn't know the monthly risk assessment summary existed.  We should consider including this in our resource list since it summarizes Avian and other zoonotic influenza back to 2011.
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Kelly Giesbrecht, KY State Public Health Vet at KY DPH Kelly Giesbrecht, KY State Public Health Vet
I followed it and yes, it is a very useful link!
I like the idea of including it. Good find Amber!

Kelly
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