Situation and vulnerability
Livestock farming, carcase handling or intervention in animal households may be exposed. The situation must be assessed with local health warnings.
Signs and limits of their interpretation
The disease may be mild or cause severe pneumonia. Inflammation of the eye may also be a manifestation of infection.
Diagnosis and monitoring
Animal exposure guides specific samples and tests. Signs similar to seasonal flu do not identify a zoonotic subtype.
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Prevention and care
Avoid handling sick or dead animals and follow prescribed professional protections. Report conjunctivitis or respiratory signs after compatible exposure.
Practical issues
Does "highly pathogenic" indicate the severity in humans directly?
This classification describes the effects of the virus in poultry. It does not directly measure the severity of a human infection, which depends on several factors.
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- Species and nature of contact
- Equipment and incident of exposure
- Eye or respiratory symptoms and their dates
Bring the full minutes and dates. This information facilitates evaluation; its collection must not delay an urgent appeal.
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Related fact sheets
These sheets share ways or contexts of exhibition in our catalogue. This reconciliation does not establish a differential diagnosis.
- Lassa fever
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Nipah Virus Infection
- MERS
- Ebola virus disease
- Marburg virus disease
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