Missouri is not one of the states affected by infected dairy cow herds, although several counties in the state have confirmed H5N1 bird flu at poultry farms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off" standalone illness.

Bird flu has been detected in nearly 200 dairy herds in 14 states so far this year, but not in Missouri, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

During the Thursday briefing, CDC officials they had yet to identify “a clear source” of infection in the Missouri patient, who was hospitalized on Aug. 22 and has since recovered.

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A second health worker who cared for a person hospitalized in Missouri with H5N1 bird flu developed mild respiratory symptoms but was not tested for influenza, the CDC reported.

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The Missouri patient was the 14th person in the U.S. sickened with bird flu since March, when the virus was detected in cows. One other person was infected in 2022.