The first identified human case in the United States of the H5N1 virus, known as the avian flu and typically transmitted among poultry and wild birds, has been found in a Colorado man who works on a Western Slope poultry farm.
Highlights
- The first identified human case in the United States of the H5N1 virus has been found in a Colorado man who works on a poultry farm.
- Repeat testing on the man, however, has been negative.
- The Colorado man is largely asymptomatic, reporting only fatigue, the state health department says.
- There are no other confirmed human cases of avian flu in Colorado or the U.S.
- at this time.
- People should avoid contact with poultry that appear ill or are dead, and avoid contact by contact with surfaces that appear to be contaminated with feces from wild or domestic birds, officials say.