CDC: Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case
Growing concerns surrounding the transmission of H5N1 bird flu. The CDC reports that samples collected from a severely ill patient in Louisiana showed signs of mutation, as they differ from the samples collected from sick and dead birds believed to have infected the man in the first place.
Avian influenza has spread far beyond the nation's birds, infecting all manner of creatures from zoo animals, wild mammals, ...
While dogs are not common carriers of bird flu, they can become infected, especially if exposed to sick or dead birds.
The CDC reports 61 human cases of bird flu in the United States, but the case in Louisiana is the first patient where the ...
Genetic analysis suggests the H5N1 virus has the capacity to mutate in ways that could make it more transmissible to humans. H5N1 bird flu samples collected from a severely ill patient in ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of ...
The CDC said Thursday its analysis of samples from a Louisiana patient with bird flu showed mutations not seen in samples ...
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