This marks the state’s first human case of bird flu. The Oregon Health Authority said the case is linked to an outbreak in chickens at a commercial egg farm in Clackamas County last month.

Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in Oregon.

The US western state of Oregon is the latest to confirm a case of avian influenza in a human, according to a release from the state Health Authority. The transmission was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Although the swine did not display signs of illness, the Oregon Department of Health and USDA tested the five swine for H5N1 out of an abundance of caution and because of the presence of H5N1 in other animals on the premises.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was the first confirmed case of H5N1 bird flu in swine in the country

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed highly pathogenic form of bird flu in a person in Oregon.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an unnamed individual in Oregon contracted bird flu pathogens in the first case in the state on Friday. The person was linked to a previously reported outbreak affecting birds at a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County.

Medical officials confirmed that one person who has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Clackamas County is linked to an outbreak that impacted birds at a commercial poultry operation.