U.S. First Severe H5N1 Case

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CDC Confirms First 'Severe' Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in U.S.

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The CDC has declared the first “severe” case of H5N1 bird flu in the U.S. The person who contracted the virus appears to have gotten it from backyard poultry, meaning they didn’t acquire it from human-to-human transmission.

The virus in this case was identified as D1.1 genotype, which is related to other cases that have been found in humans from Washington state and British Columbia , Canada .

There are a total of 61 confirmed cases in eight states, though suspected cases are not included.

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