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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.
Where have human cases of bird flu been reported in the US?
A person was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...