The center for microbiology and cell biology of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) has been working in the molecular group of the molecular declaration of bird flu since 2023, after the occurrence of dead pelicans on the Venezuelan coast infected with H5N1 with high pathogenic influenza.
The head of the molecular virological laboratory Pujol Flor explained that bird flu is a respiratory virus that infects mainly birds, but can also infect people and demonstrate their huge impact on public health; And it can cause seasonal flu that infects people with high figures of victims.
“Bird viruses do not give people because we do not have the same receptors; but there are specific cases of virus that can infect people and are generally associated with serious illness,” he added.
He also stressed that from the center “there are rapid molecular tests for confusion, where with molecular characterization and sequencing of this virus can be confirmed that it is H5N1.”
In addition, the researcher stressed that there are few cases of bird flu in humans “and there is no transmission from man to person”.
Dr. He added that from the scientific sector, the national public health system and Venezuelan people, they are supervised and controlled to prevent possible cases of bird flu in the country. “Before becoming a serious problem of public health with the future risk of any epidemic or pandemic, we must take into account epidemiological supervision, not only in humans but in all animals.”
From Venezuela “we have the peace of mind that we do not have any manufacturers of farms and pens near the coast, and we have not yet coincided the flu in poultry”, but must be maintained. “We are encouraging us not to repair dead birds without prevention and preventive measures and inform the relevant authorities for their collection,” he said.
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