Tag: Avian influenza transmission
Bird Flu Virus: Potential Mutation Threat to Human Cells
Scientists Discover a Single Mutation Could Enhance Bird Flu Virus Binding to Human CellsIn a groundbreaking study published today in Science, researchers have unearthed a startling revelation about the H5N1 avian influenza virus currently...
First Child in the US Contracts Bird Flu – CDC Investigates Unknown Source
A child in California has recently been diagnosed with H5N1 bird flu, making them the first child in the United States to contract the virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Health Care Worker Exposed to Bird Flu: Symptoms and Unknowns
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that additional health care workers in Missouri developed mild respiratory symptoms after being exposed to a person hospitalized with confirmed H5N1 infection. Blood samples were...