A study released on February 13th by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention disclosed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus infections were detected in three veterinarians exposed to infected dairy cattle.
Public health officials conducted a serosurvey among 150 bovine veterinary practitioners. Three practitioners had evidence of recent infection with HPAI A(H5) virus, including two without exposures to animals with known or suspected HPAI A(H5) virus infections and one who did not practice in a U.S. state with known HPAI A(H5) virus–infected cattle.
