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).
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“The changes observed were likely generated by replication of this virus in the patient with advanced disease rather than ...
The United States has confirmed its first known severe human infection of H5N1 bird flu, in a person in Louisiana believed to ...
Genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus has the capacity to mutate in ways that could make it more transmissible to ...
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