As of October 2023, avian influenza has primarily affected birds, with sporadic cases reported in humans. The World Health Organization (WHO) has documented a limited number of human infections, typically linked to close contact with infected birds. While the exact number of affected individuals varies by outbreak, human cases remain rare. Continuous monitoring and preventive measures are crucial to mitigate the risk of transmission to humans.
Many people have contracted avian flu.
To prevent contracting the avian flu, avoid contact with infected birds. If you have normal flu symptoms, eye infections, or respiratory issues, you many have the avian flu.
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Gelsimium is medicine for Avian flu
Q-pan is the approved vaccine for Avian Flu or H5N1.
A relatively low number of people have died from Avian flu. It is transmitted only from bird to human, not from person to person, unlike the Swine flu that is a very rapidly spreading virus from person to person with over 57 million cases in the US alone. The death rate for swine flu is below that of the seasonal flu. Although the number of cases of Avian flu in humans is low so far, the mortality rate from the H5N1 Avian flu is approximately 50%, it is an extremely deadly virus. Luckily so far the case numbers are still low, especially in the Western Hemisphere.
The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was closely related to an avian virus.
Humans and birds can die from avian "bird" flu. Up to 60% of humans who get avian flu can die.
The name of the strain of virus that causes the Avian (Bird) flu is H5N1.If you are asking for the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code, the new 2010 code for the Avian flu is 488.0.
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Avian influenza. or avian flu.
Avian influenza is also known as the "Bird Flu". Influenza is caused by viruses. The virus that causes avian flu is the H5N1 influenza virus.