March 31, 2023 • 1:37 am CDT

https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/2023/03/31/11th-human-case-bird-flu-confirmed

Global distribution of Avian Influenza: October 2022 to March 30, 2023

(Precision Vaccinations)

The Chilean Ministry of Health recentlyconfirmedthe country’s first case of human infection with the avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.

This is the second human “H5N1 bird flu” virus infection reported in South America; Ecuador reported the first in December 2022.

Globally, this is the 11th human case of H5N1 reported since January 2022.

The prior 10 H5N1 cases alsohad exposure to poultry.

Bird Flu(Avianinfluenza) is a disease caused by influenza type A viruses that occur naturally among birds.

Detection of human infection with H5N1 bird flu in another country in South America is not surprising,wrotethe U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 29, 2023.

A recentCDC H5N1 technical report noted that “because of …the wide global prevalence of HPAI A(H5N1) viruses in wild birds…