Missouri, Bird Flu
Second Health Care Worker Linked to Missouri Bird Flu Case Also Had Symptoms: CDC
In its latest update, the CDC said the second health care worker wasn’t tested for influenza because the illness had resolved before the investigation began. The second health care worker will be offered the same blood test to determine if that person has antibodies for the bird flu virus.
CDC: Three contacts monitored after Missouri’s first H5 bird flu case
Health officials identified three contacts, including two healthcare workers, who were closely monitored after a bird flu patient in Missouri was recently hospitalized.
Health care worker is third person to become ill after contact with Missouri patient who had bird flu
A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they also experienced symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 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.
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 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 says a second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had symptoms
A second health worker in contact with the Missouri patient who tested positive for bird flu also developed symptoms but wasn’t tested for influenza, the CDC said Friday.
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
Partial genetic sequences from the virus in the Missouri patient were similar to the same segments in viruses isolated from ...
Missouri health worker who had contact with bird flu patient develops symptoms, US officials report
Missouri healthcare worker who had contact with a hospitalized patient infected with bird flu developed mild respiratory ...
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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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Second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had respiratory symptoms
A second health worker who cared for a person hospitalized in Missouri with H5N1 bird flu developed mild respiratory symptoms ...