Update on the Canadian teen who contracted #H5N1 #birdflu:
I spoke today with Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's health officer. She expressed cautious optimism that the lack of additional cases suggests this may have been a one-off event. https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/bird-flu-canada-teenager-infected-different-strain-than-dairy-cattle/
I spoke today with Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's health officer. She expressed cautious optimism that the lack of additional cases suggests this may have been a one-off event. https://www.statnews.com/2024/11/13/bird-flu-canada-teenager-infected-different-strain-than-dairy-cattle/
Canadian teen's bird flu infection is not the version found in cows
Genetic sequencing showed that it is of a genotype that has been found in wild birds, not the version that has been circulating in dairy cattle in the U.S.Helen Branswell (STAT)
