The flu virus can cause widespread deaths amongst bird populations and make people very sick in the rare cases when it spreads to humans.
"The increase in human cases in China this year is of concern," Thijs Kuiken, professor of comparative pathology at Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, told the news agency.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , around 60 percent of people who have been infected with a type of bird flu called Asian H5N1 have died. Mortality with this type of bird flu has been highest in people aged 10 to 19 years old and young adults. The CDC notes that some limited human-to-human infections have likely occurred in some cases. Currently, bird flu is not good at spreading between humans like COVID is.In humans, bird flu symptoms have ranged from mild to severe and include general flu-like symptoms such as cough, fever, and muscle ache. People can also experience conjunctivitis; nausea and diarrhea; severe respiratory illness like pneumonia and difficulty breathing; and neurologic changes like seizures, according to the CDC.
For treatment, the CDC recommends a type of antiviral medications known as neuraminidase inhibitors. While some medications have been shown to work against bird flu, there is concern that some types of the virus may become resistant to medications, and scientists are continuing to monitor this.
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