REPORTS of humans contracting Avian Influenza (bird flu) via inflected cattle in the United States have again raised concerns about zoonotic diseases – those which can suddenly pass from one species to another.
Bird flu infection in US dairy cows was first reported by the US Department of Agriculture in Texas and Kansas on March 25, and now at least two cases have been found in humans.
In only the second case seen in humans in the US, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued a statement saying a person in Texas had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian…
