Bird Flu Virus Likely Mutated Within Louisiana Patient, CDC Says
Infectious Disease > > Flu & & URI-- Mutations might enable the infection to much better bind to receptors in the upper respiratory tracts of people
by Associated Press December 27, 2024
A hereditary analysis recommended the bird influenza infection altered inside a Louisiana client who contracted the country's very first extreme case of the disease, the CDC stated today.
Researchers think the anomalies might enable the infection to much better bind to receptors in the upper respiratory tracts of people-- something they stated is worrying however not a cause for alarm.
Michael Osterholm, PhD, ...