Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain circulating in cattle, CDC says
A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday.
CDC: 'Close contact' of Mo. bird flu patient also fell ill, but human transmission unlikely
A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the same time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed.
CDC says human bird flu infection in Missouri may be one-off case; risk remains low
Federal officials are still trying to determine how a Missouri resident with no known exposure to bird flu, contracted the virus.
CDC says close contact of Missouri bird flu patient showed symptoms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has yet to identify “a clear source” of infection in a Missouri patient who tested positive for the bird flu virus despite no known contact with poultry or dairy cows.
CDC says Missouri bird flu case is a ‘one-off,' no signs of spreading
Health officials on Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off” standalone illness.
Origin of human bird flu case in Missouri still unknown, U.S. CDC says
Epidemiologists have not yet identified exactly how a person in Missouri contracted bird flu last week, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The human case was the 14th diagnosed in the U.
First case of human bird flu diagnosed without exposure to infected animals, CDC says
A patient in Missouri was hospitalized with bird flu despite having no reported contact with animals, according to the CDC. Infectious disease experts discuss the potential risk.
Utah's ARUP among 5 companies developing bird flu test for CDC
The CDC has picked five lab partners to develop a test for avian influenza A(H5N1) — bird flu — including ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City.
Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Possibility of Human Transmission
In a disclosure that can't eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time,
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Close contact of Missouri bird flu patient developed symptoms: CDC
A household contact of a Missouri patient who contracted bird flu also became ill on the same day, the CDC said in its weekly update on the H5N1 outbreak among dairy cows and poultry across the ...
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Bird flu mystery sparked as person with no animal contact caught virus
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