{#H5N1} #Birdflu virus in #Canada may have mutated to become more #transmissible to #humans https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/bird-flu-cases-mutation-canada

The teenager hospitalized with bird flu in British Columbia, Canada, may have a variation of the virus that has a mutation making it more transmissible among people, early data shows – a warning of what the virus can do that is especially worrisome in countries such as the US where some H5N1 cases are not being detected.

A #human isolate of #bovine #H5N1 is #transmissible and #lethal in animal #models

Source: Nature, AbstractThe outbreak of clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of the H5N1 subtype (HPAI H5N1) in dairy cows in the US has so far resulted in spillover infections of at least thirteen farm workers1-3, who presented with mild respiratory symptoms or conjunctivitis, and one individual with no known animal exposure who was hospitalized but recovered3,4.

https://etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/10/28/a-human-isolate-of-bovine-h5n1-is-transmissible-and-lethal-in-animal-models/

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