First Human Victim of H5N5

(komonews.com)

14 points | by pontifk8r a day ago ago

1 comments

  • hulitu 19 hours ago

    > The deceased was an older adult with underlying health conditions, according to the DOH.

    > The deceased had a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds, and the Department of Health's sampling found avian influenza virus in the flock's environment, according to DOH.

    > This suggests that exposure to domestic poultry, their environment, or wild birds was the most likely source of the infection, health officials said.

    Analysis is hard.