U.S. Has First Case of Severe Bird Flu, CDC Confirms in H5N1 Update
The ongoing bird flu outbreak in the U.S. just got a bit more concerning: a person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the first severe case of infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in a statement issued on Wednesday.
What is bird flu, and how did it get to a Louisiana patient? Here's how it spreads to humans.
H5N1 usually spreads to people through contact with infected or dead birds, as with the Louisiana patient. Currently, there are no known cases of human-to-human transmission, said the CDC's Dr. Demetre Daskalakis.
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