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Bird flu strain that just jumped to cows infects dairy worker in Nevada

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A dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu that has newly spilled over to cows.

The worker experienced conjunctivitis (pink eye) as the only symptom and is recovering.

The strain D1.1 is the predominant strain currently circulating in wild birds in North America .

The outbreak was thought to have been caused by a single spillover event from wild birds to cows in Texas .

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formal

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English

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