LOS ANGELES, July 3 (Xinhua) -- An unidentified employee of a dairy in Colorado became the fifth person in the United States with a confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu infection, local authorities said Wednesday.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a press release that the department, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Colorado Department of Agriculture, identified a human case of avian influenza infection associated with a multi-state outbreak of the virus in dairy cattle.
