Second case of bird flu detected in Argentina in two dead ducks

Published 2023년 2월 18일

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Argentina has reported a second case of bird flu, specifically the H5 strain, in wild ducks found in the province of Córdoba, following a previous case in the northern province of Jujuy. This detection has led to a nationwide health emergency, with increased border controls, evacuations, and surveillance efforts aiming to curb the spread of the disease. The World Health Organization has warned about the spread of avian influenza in mammals, highlighting its potential transmission to humans and the severe mortality rates in birds.
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Argentina detected a second case of bird flu in two wild ducks in the province of Córdoba, within the framework of surveillance actions and the health emergency declared this week after the detection of the first case in northern Argentina, sources reported this Saturday. officers. The National Service of Health and Food Quality (Senasa) of Argentina confirmed the second case of avian influenza (AI) H5 in two wild ducks found dead, this time in the province of Córdoba. The detection of the second case, confirmed late Friday afternoon, came from samples taken from the two wild ducks killed in the Las Mojarras lagoon in the Cordoba department of General San Martín. The first case of this virus in the country came from a wild bird found in the Laguna de Pozuelos, in the northernmost region of the northern province of Jujuy. Argentina decreed last Wednesday the health emergency throughout the national territory after the detection of the first case of bird flu, and announced a ...
Source: Biobiochile

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