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Due to the wind blown excrement of birds, a transmission route can be for bird flu, the expert in the field of infectious diseases warns from Minnesota

Minneapolis – says Griepexpert bird flu The virus can be spread through infected droppings that blow in the wind.

Dr. Michael Osterholm is a medical detective and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, or Cidrap, at the University of Minnesota. Osterholm has been researching the outbreaks of infectious diseases and threats to public health for almost fifty years.

Osterholm organizes a podcast at the University of Minnesota called “Osterholm Update”, in which he discusses the latest news heads about diseases and outbreaks.

In episode 175, entitled “Drinking from a Fire Hose: Are We Drowning?”, Osterholm and his co -presenter, Chris Dall, discuss the growing worries about the bird flu – or H1N1 – who makes the leap from animals to people.

According to Osterholm, there have been another 89 confirmed couples with bird flu in the last thirty days. Affected areas include Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, California, New York, Minnesota And Maryland.

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Osterholm says that the main kind of birds that are affected by the flu are the pulling water birds, such as geese and ducks, and that these birds often hang out on fields where they do their needs. The wind then picks up particles of the infected stool, so that the virus is spread wide and silk.

The problem is then worsened for many Production facilities for poultry house their poultry in barns that offer little protection against the elements and are not airtight. This means that infected wind can easily reach commercial animals.

In addition, Osterholm emphasizes, the slats of these roofs are often opened in warm weather.

“Today I am sure that we see dust clouds containing bird droppings, and we start to see what I would consider as almost an environmental disease, similar to the transfer we see at CoccidioDomycosis, what we call Dalfoorts, while in fact a fungus Is it growing with the dust in the area and you think we are going to see the same with H5N1.

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Now that the virus has ended up in the air, Osterholm thinks that we will see more and more cases with people without any explanation why they have occurred. Meaning, people are going to get sick Without even coming into contact with the infected animal.

“I think we will see more and more situations with the wind driven by the wind in which you will see a virus popping up. What does that mean? I do not believe that the price of eggs will fall rapidly, because until the poultry industry realizes that they need airtight barns with HEPA filter intake, they will continue to see this virus popping up and popping up. Unless it changes to nature. Unless it changes with the pulling water birds. It will remain a problem for them, “says Osterholm.

To listen to the entire podcast, click here.

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