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CDC Flags Mutations in H5N1 Bird Flu Virus

CDC confirms first known severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S.

The United States has confirmed its first known severe human infection of H5N1 bird flu, in a person in Louisiana believed to have contracted the virus through contact with sick or dead birds in a backyard flock.

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Bird flu mutation found in Louisiana patient

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The bird flu virus in a patient in Louisiana has likely mutated while they were in the hospital.

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Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says

The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, suggesting the virus changed over the course of the patient’s infection.

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H5N1 virus in Louisiana bird flu patient shows mutations that could increase transmissibility to humans, CDC analysis finds

(CNN) — A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe ...

CDC: H5N1 mutations in severely ill patient could boost spread, but risk remains low

The genetic analysis of the H5N1 avian flu virus in specimens from the nation's first severely ill hospitalized patient in ...

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Person in Louisiana hospitalized with H5N1 in nation's 1st severe case

A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the United States' first serious case of H5N1 bird flu, following 60 milder ...

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