Bird Flu, Missouri
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.
Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Prospect of Human Transmission
A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second person was not tested, and the cause of the illness is unknown.
Missouri bird flu case is a ‘one-off’ and the public risk is still low, officials say
Health officials say they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but they believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off,” stand-alone illness.
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.
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.
Bird flu case in Missouri looks like a ‘one-off,’ no signs of spreading
CDC confirms a bird flu case in a person in Missouri who had no known contacts with sick animals. There is no signs of a person-to-person transmission probe continues.
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.
Czech Republic reported bird flu outbreak on farm, WOAH says
The Czech Republic has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday.
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Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact
Mystery H5 flu case had a close contact who was ill at same time; CDC hopes blood tests will show if there was a connection.
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Missouri patient tests positive for bird flu despite no known exposure to animals
The risk to the general public remains low, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said in a statement NBC Universal, Inc. A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with ...
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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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Missouri patient contracts bird flu despite no known contact with animals
A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an ongoing outbreak, health officials said ...
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First case of bird flu not directly linked to sick animals is found in Missouri
Health officials have identified a person in Missouri sick with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals — marking the first case of the virus in the U.S. this year not linked to ...