Given the number of cases of avian influenza detected in Mar del Plata sea lions, Infectious disease doctor Alejandro Ferro from Mar del Plata, in conversation “portrait……” sure, Currently, “importantly, there is no evidence in Argentina of bird flu virus transmission to humans.”
Alejandro Ferro, Infectious Disease Physician in conversation “portrait……”analyzed The spread of avian influenza has been detected in nearly a hundred sea lions in Mar del Plata, temporarily ruling out the possibility of bird flu spreading to humans.
“While we had swine flu, this flu also originated in birds and probably spread to humans through pigs as an intermediary,” he recalls. “In general, birds are natural hosts for influenza viruses, and sometimes, birds find mammals as vectors, where influenza viruses learn to infect mammals.”
Accordingly, Ferro stated: “I can’t assure you that this will continue, which means the virus will follow other species, but I can’t deny it either” At the same time point out Currently, “importantly, there is no evidence in Argentina of bird flu virus transmission to humans.”
Nevertheless, he commented There have been cases in the world of being directly infected by birds, but he clarified that they were the objects of special work or handling of birds. “In the city we had an aviary where 80% of the birds died from the infection. They had to be euthanized because they were carrying the bird flu virus and were living in overcrowded conditions, But no one was infected”, Add to.
Against this background, Ferro stated, Currently, there is “no evidence that the virus can infect humans,” but he noted that “in some parts of the world, it has infected someone through exposure to birds”Although not in this country.
“Our contact with sea lions is different from that with pigs, because many people work with pigs, and contact with sea lions can only be accidental,” he emphasizes, commenting, So “give yourself good advice and good precautions in the sense of staying away from sea lions, birds and bird exceptions, and in principle this problem has been completely solved.”
Nonetheless, a prominent local infection scientist clarifies that, That “doesn’t mean the virus can no longer mutate and do other things, but the reality is, at the moment it’s not doing that” and to summarize: “What needs to be done today is epidemiological surveillance, That means the work the state does through Senasa and the health service to spot potentially bizarre images and condemn and report them, with tips to stay away from seabirds, sick birds and their faeces.”