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 Louisiana reveals mutations that may enable upper-airway infection and greater transmission, concludes a technical summary from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Gizmodo reviews the weirdest medical cases of 2024. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ...
“The changes observed were likely generated by replication of this virus in the patient with advanced disease rather than ...
There have been 61 reported human cases of the avian influenza strain known as H5N1 since April 2024, per the CDC. The individual from Louisiana who contracted the severe case has been ...
A genetic analysis of the H5N1 bird flu in a Louisiana patient reveals potential mutations for human transmissibility, says ...
The United States has confirmed its first known severe human infection of H5N1 bird flu, in a person in Louisiana believed to ...
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