"Concerning" bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient underscores pandemic potential of H5N1
In 2024, at least 66 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States, each one raising the risk of another ...
H5N1 virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds
The patient was likely infected after having contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock, the US Centers for Disease ...
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CDC Reports Potentially Troublesome Mutations in Bird Flu Found in Louisiana Patient
Federal health officials have confirmed unsettling new details about the first United States case of severe bird flu, ...
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Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
A genetic analysis of viral samples from a patient in Louisiana hospitalized with the first severe case of bird flu showed ...
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CDC Reports Potentially Troublesome Mutations in Bird Flu Found in Louisiana Patient
However, the Louisiana case -- the first-ever reported H5N1 illness in that state -- "marks the first instance of severe illness linked to the virus in the United States," the CDC said in a ...
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First severe case of bird flu detected in US, CDC confirms
A patient was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana, the CDC said. This case is the first confirmed instance of a severe human infection linked to the H5N1 virus. The CDC said ...
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CDC confirms first known severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S.
Demetre Daskalakis, director of the CDC’s National ... a news conference on the H5N1 situation in the country. But Daskalakis deferred all questions about the Louisiana individual’s age ...
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Virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility: CDC
The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024 ... The severe case in the Louisiana is the only one associated with backyard flocks. Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine scientist at ...
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Genetic mutations in H5N1 bird flu raise transmission concerns
The severe case in the Louisiana is the only one associated ... the more chances a pandemic virus will emerge.” The CDC has confirmed 65 cases of H5N1 bird flu in humans in 2024.