First #TexasMooFlu death.
The severe #H5N1 case in Louisiana has died.
https://ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-death#:~:text=The%20Louisiana%20Department%20of%20Health,to%20have%20underlying%20medical%20conditions
The severe #H5N1 case in Louisiana has died.
https://ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-death#:~:text=The%20Louisiana%20Department%20of%20Health,to%20have%20underlying%20medical%20conditions
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All severe cases in North America (the other was BC teen) both had E190D and E190D also was present in all 5 recent HPAI pandemics:
- 1918 H1N1
- 1957 H2N2
- 1968 H3N2
- 2009 H1N1
- 2024 #TexasMooFlu
- #H5N1 genome closer to #BirdFlu
-same HA mutations as #TexasMooFlu that allows human (mammalian) receptor adaptation
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-12232024.html