person-to-person

A statement from the Oregon Health Authority said there is “no evidence of person-to-person transmission and the risk to the public is low.”

H5N1 could develop the capability for person-to-person transmission in a few ways.

They underscored that there is no indication of person-to-person spread of bird flu at this time.

Although the virus has so far shown no genetic evidence of acquiring the ability to spread from person-to-person, public health officials are closely monitoring the dairy cow situation as part of overarching pandemic preparedness efforts.

In the year 2000, the World Health Organization declared measles eliminated from the United States — meaning no sustained person-to-person transmission of the virus.