Virus infection from a pigeon led to the death of a two-year-old girl. This was reported by daily mail.
A two-year-old girl in Australia was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital with complaints of fever, nausea and vomiting. She had completed her second course of chemotherapy for leukemia six weeks ago. The patient’s condition worsened and he suffered a series of epileptic seizures. Doctors discovered that the girl had Newcastle disease, caused by a virus common among wild and domestic birds worldwide. Tests showed that the virus in his body was similar to variants previously found in pigeons. Doctors believe that the disease may have been transmitted by touching bird feces.
Antiviral drugs, antibiotics and anticonvulsants did not help the girl recover. He died about a month after being hospitalized for brain inflammation caused by the virus.
Newcastle disease takes its name from the city where it was first described in 1926. Usually in humans the disease leads to conjunctivitis and disappears quickly. Approximately 485 cases worldwide, as well as four human deaths, have been reported to be caused by the APMV-1 strain in the Netherlands, the USA, China and France.
APMV-1 virus causes a variety of fatal neurological symptoms in birds. They can be distinguished from healthy ones by their green droppings, crooked necks and walking in a circle (this usually means the pigeon cannot fly).
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