A Texas dairy worker who caught bird flu from a sick cow did not have any usual symptoms but did have a bad case of pinkeye, causing concerns that the virus could mutate as it spreads from animals to humans.
A fourth person has tested positive for bird flu in the outbreak linked to dairy cows, this time in Colorado. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that the patient, a dairy worker at a farm where cows had also tested positive for the virus, had eye symptoms and has recovered after getting the antiviral drug Tamiflu. The case mirrors the course of illness seen in two earlier cases in this outbreak, in Texas and Michigan dairy workers.
There is no evidence, the CDC said, of increased flu-like illnesses that would indicate that the virus — a strain called H5N1 — is spreading widely in people. Since the outbreak was first detected in March, more than 780 people exposed to sick cows have been monitored, and 53 have been tested for the virus, the CDC said Tuesday in a briefing with reporters. Federal health officials said that 4.8 million doses of a vaccine for this particular flu strain could be available in the coming weeks.
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