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).
(CNN) — A genetic analysis of samples from the patient in Louisiana recently hospitalized with the country’s first severe ...
A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, marking the United States' first severe case of the illness. Notably, however, the virus in the Louisiana patient differs ...
There's a new concern that the virus could evolve to spread from human to human.
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