While the world has just begun to move away from the effects of the coronavirus, the coronavirus emerged today. Another new disease news came from China. China has announced that the first bird flu transmitted to humans has been recorded. It has been announced that the virus seen in humans is the H3N8 type virus, which is a subtype of the Influenza A virus.
The H3N8 virus, which has been seen in birds, horses and dogs up to now, has been seen in a human for the first time, causing public panic. On the other hand, China’s health authority announced that the risk of transmission of the virus between people is low. The person with the virus and the reviews about the virus were also shared.
The child was in contact with birds
According to shared information, the H3N8 virus was found in a 4-year-old boy with fever and various symptoms in Henan, China on April 5 detected. It was shared that the child was in contact with chickens and crows raised at home. Nicola Lewis, a flu expert at the Royal Veterinary College of Britain, explained that the H3N8 virus in this case showed that it was a reassortant with genes from viruses previously detected in poultry and wild birds.
China explained that the risk of transmission of the virus to humans and the risk of a large-scale epidemic is low, while Erik Karlsson from the Pasteur Institute said that although rare, infections in humans can lead to adaptive mutations that allow these viruses to spread more easily in mammals.
China announced last year that bird flu caused by the H10N3 virus was detected in a human for the first time.
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