Missouri, Bird Flu
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 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.
Missouri resident first in US to be infected with bird flu despite no contact with animals: CDC
A person in Missouri has been diagnosed with bird flu — despite never coming into contact with any animals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday. The adult, who was hospitalized on Aug.
CDC confirms bird flu case in Missouri
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed a human case of avian influenza A reported by the state of Missouri. The case was identified through that state's seasonal flu surveillance system,
Source of Missouri bird flu case still unknown, could be a ‘one-off’: CDC
The Missouri case has raised the possibility of human-to-human transmission of bird flu. But officials stressed Thursday there is no evidence of other people being infected and the risk to the general public remains low.
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, U.S. health officials have reported that a person who lived with a Missouri resident infected with H5N1 became sick the same day.
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.
Missouri bird flu case raises questions for scientists
A week after an unusual human case of H5 avian influenza was reported in Missouri, many questions remain. The latest on what's known -- and not known -- about the case, and why scientists are worried.
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CDC says Missouri bird flu case is a ‘one-off,' no signs of spreading
The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry, cows and a growing number of other animals NBC ...
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Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact
On Thursday, Nirav Shah, the CDC’s principal deputy director, suggested it was beginning to look like the Missouri case was a one-off — a case of unexplained disease caused by a non-human flu ...
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CDC can't determine how Missouri man became infected with bird flu
Federal health officials say they haven’t been able to pinpoint how a person in Missouri was infected with ... but we don't know how it got there.” CDC is classifying the virus the person ...
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CDC says Missouri bird flu case is a ‘one-off,' no signs of spreading
Partial genetic sequences from the virus in the Missouri patient were similar to the same segments in viruses isolated from U.S. dairy cows, CDC officials said. "Ultimately, a full sequence may ...
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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 ...