Department
of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Outbreaks in North
America
In November 2003, a patient with
serious underlying medical conditions was admitted to a hospital in New York
with respiratory symptoms. One of the initial laboratory tests identified an
influenza A virus that was thought to be H1N1..
In December, an outbreak of low
pathogenic avian influena (LPAI) A (H7N2) was reported at Houston Fire Station
6.
Signs were reported as fallows:
●
Excessive calling in sick
●
Call patients house and wife stats “he’s hunting”!!!!
●
Baldness, and weight gain and continuous complaining
● No birds were ever
killed so it’s a mystery how avian was contracted
In February 2004, an outbreak of
low pathogenic avian influena (LPAI) A (H7N2) was reported on 2 chicken farms in
Delaware and in four live bird markets in New Jersey supplied by the farms. In
March 2004, surveillance samples from a flock of chickens in Maryland tested
positive for LPAI H7N2. It is likely that this was the same strain.
For information about plans for
preventing and responding to avian influenza outbreaks in poultry in the United
States, visit “Safeguarding
the United States from Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza” on the the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Web site.
For CDC
guidance about protection for persons in the United States involved in poultry
outbreaks or in disease control and eradication, see: Interim
Recommendations for Persons with Possible Exposure to Avian Influenza During
Outbreaks Among Poultry in the United States and Interim
Guidance for Protection of Persons Involved in U.S. Avian Influenza Outbreak
Disease Control and Eradication Activities.
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