Abraar Karan, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H
abraarkaran.bsky.social
Abraar Karan, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H
@abraarkaran.bsky.social
Infectious disease doctor, epidemiologist, researcher at Stanford
-transmission of cow H5 to poultry farms has been observed but also unclear how; thought to be by shared workers

They outline that human infections are likely being missed; and we may be the vectors propagating further spread between mammals and between species.
March 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
2/ Broader testing protocols can pick up 'outliers' like the case we picked up through Stanford in a child in Alameda County. These cases are very important because they can shed light on blindspots in the response.
January 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
3) Important to remember this is genotype D1.1 (different than what is infecting dairy cows). This is the same as what caused severe disease in the patient in British Columbia.

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https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-12232024.html
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December 27, 2024 at 2:33 AM
2) These mutations were not identified in the birds that likely infected the patient suggesting they occured while the patient was infected.
December 27, 2024 at 2:33 AM