Does the AH7N3 virus harm people?

The bird flu virus subtype H7N3, considered highly pathogenic, has advanced to 12 poultry farms located in municipalities of Guanajuato, owned by the company Bachoco , where more than one million sick birds are registered, which has caused alarm among the population.

For this reason, health authorities activate the preventive vaccination phase of birds that are susceptible to infection and successfully end the spread of the virus, as well as reduce the alert level among the population.

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE, for its acronym in English) details that the animals reflected symptoms such as edema, cyanosis, eyelid swelling on the crest and barbels, diarrhea, dyspnea, eggs in coliform or rough skin and sudden death.

In information published inl Excelsior.com.mx, the National Service of Health, Safety and Agri-Food Quality (Senasica) since February 13, the outbreak was detected in Guanajuato, Jalisco and Aguascalientes, so the biosanality measures were taken to prevent the products from reaching human beings.

 

Does the AH7N3 virus harm people?

The bird flu AH7N3 is a highly pathogenic infection caused by subtypes such as H5 and H7 type A influenza virus, belonging to the family Orthomyxoviridae that affects most avian species.

The disease of systemic and extremely contagious character has a high mortality in 24 hours in commercial poultry areas.

The Senasic He details that when carrying out an inventory of birds in the 12 farms, they added one million 20 thousand infected. So far there are recorded 354 thousand 500 birds slaughtered, 658 thousand 595 vaccinated.

Guanajuato collaborates with 3% of the national production of eggs and 4% of the national production of chicken, so the outbreak of bird flu can generate increases in the price of eggs in the short term nationwide.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), bird flu type A does not affect humans, however, there are some mutations such as H5N1 that can cause serious infections in people, as occurred in 2003 and 2011 in Mexico.

WHO specialists point out that the consumption of poultry in areas affected by the disease is not transmitted by eating well-cooked food or harming humans, however, hygienic measures should be taken at the time of cooking.

The bird flu AH7N3 is sensitive to heat, so when cooking meat at high temperatures kills the virus, but it is best to avoid consumption until it is completely removed from the farms. And you, how do you protect yourself from the spread of infections like bird flu?

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