The cats that were affected by bird flu may have published the virus for humans in the same family and vice versa, according to the data that briefly on the Internet in a report of the centers of diseases and prevention of diseases, but then suddenly disappeared. The data appears to have been accidentally published but includes important information about the dangers of bird flu risks to people and pets.
In one of the family, the infected cat may have published the virus on another cat and a human teenager, according to a copy of the spreadsheet obtained by the New York Times. The cat died four days after the symptoms started. In the second family, it appears that the injured dairy farm worker was the first to show symptoms, after which a cat was sick after two days and died on the third day.
The table was the only indication of bird flu in a scientific report published on Wednesday, which was dedicated to air quality and Los Angeles Provincial Fires. The table was not present in a banned copy of the joint paper with news media on Tuesday, and it was not included in the currently available versions online. The table briefly appeared at about 1 pm, when the paper was first published, but it is not clear how or why the error had occurred.
The virus, called H5N1, is primarily adapted to birds, but has been circulating in dairy cattle since early last year. H5N1 has also suffered at least 67 Americans but has no ability to spread easily among people. Only one American died, in Louisiana, due to H5N1 infection so far.
The report was part of the prestigious CDC and the prestigious mortality report, which, even two weeks ago, was publishing regularly every week since the first batch decades ago. But the prohibition of communications on the agency has hindered the reports, until the forest fire report was published on Wednesday.
Experts said that the result indicates that cats had transported the virus to people were not completely unexpected. But they were concerned that the result was not yet launched to the public.
“If there is new evidence about H5N1, it is suspended for political purposes, then this is completely inconsistent with what the government’s responsibility is, which is the protection of the American people,” said Jennifer Nuzu, director of the Po something in Brown. College of Public Health.
She said it was important that the Disease Control Center immediately published the full data and context in which he was collected for other scientists for review.
Scholars I knew a long time ago Cats are very vulnerable to the virus. At least 85 home cats Wounded Since late 2022, according to the US Department of Agriculture. But there were no documented cases of cats that passed the virus to people.
“Given the number of cats in the United States and close contact with people, there is definitely a need to understand the potential risks,” said Dr. Diego del, the veterinarian and virus scientist at Cornell University.
Although cats may become injured when the affected wild birds empty, the conditions between home cats in the United States began to rise last year with the virus spread through dairy farms. On many farms, dead cats were the first indication that the cows were injured. Several modern cases have also been linked to pet cats Glorious raw pet food Or raw milk.
H5N1 is often fatal in cats, which may develop severe neurological symptoms.
Historically, H5N1 prematurely affected the birds. But over the past few years, new versions of the virus have proven that they are able to hit a wide range of mammals, including wild and home cats, seals and dairy cows. Infections in mammals give the virus more opportunities to develop in ways that can allow it to infection with humans more easily.
