Fox News: First severe case of bird flu detected in US, CDC confirms

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First severe case of bird flu detected in US, CDC confirms

A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, the CDC said. This is first instance of a severe illness linked to bird flu in the U.S.......                    ...                        ...The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, marking the first known instance of a severe human illness linked to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the United States.......The case was confirmed by the agency on Friday, it said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The CDC said that a sporadic case of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in a person is not unexpected as has previously been experienced in other countries during 2024 and prior years, including in cases that led to death. The agency said its assessment of risk to the public remains low.......The CDC said that partial viral genome data from the infected patient shows that the virus belongs to the D1.1 genotype, recently You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the United States and in recent human cases in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......This genotype of the virus is different from the B3.13 genotype detected in dairy cows, human cases than multiple states, and some poultry outbreaks in the country, CDC said.......There have been a total of 61 human cases of H5 bird flu reported in the United States since April, according to the CDC....

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