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Avian Flu

Sheila M. Seed, RPh, PharmD, CTH, MPH and George M. Abraham, FACP, FIDSA, MPH, MD Reviewed 06/2022
 


BASICS

The COVID-19 pandemic has re-established the importance of maintaining a robust detection and mitigation strategy for dealing with pandemic illnesses. 

DESCRIPTION

  • Human infection due to influenz...

DIAGNOSIS

HISTORY

  • Close contact with suspected or confirmed case

  • Close contact with infected poultry

  • Recent travel (within 10 days) to high-risk area

  • Primary phase: H5N1 (*both H5N1 and H7N9)

    • Influenza-lik...

TREATMENT

Treat suspected or confirmed avian flu cases immediately with neuraminidase inhibitors, administer within 48 hours of onset of symptoms for best clinical effects  (4). 

GENERAL MEASURES

  • Minimi...

ONGOING CARE

PATIENT EDUCATION

PROGNOSIS

Mortality rate is high in aggressive H5N1 cases. Median time to dea...

REFERENCES

1
Beigel  JH, Farrar  J, Han  AM, et al; for Writing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5. Avian influenza A (H5N1) i...

ADDITIONAL READING

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information on avian influenza. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/index.htm. Last review: March 21, 2019. Accesse...

CODES

ICD10

  • J09.x Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus

  • J09.x1 Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with pneumonia

  • J09.x2 Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus ...

CLINICAL PEARLS

  • Consider avian influenza (AI) in patients presenting with acute febrile respiratory illness and recent travel to high-risk areas (especially Asia) or who have spent time on poultry far...

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