A patient in Louisiana, over 65 years old with underlying medical conditions, has died from H5N1 bird flu, marking the first reported human death from the virus in the US. The patient was hospitalized on December 18th after exposure to backyard chickens and wild birds. The virus, of the D1.1 genotype, is similar to types found in recent cases in Washington State and Canada. While the risk to the general public remains low, people who work with birds or have recreational exposure are at higher risk.
A US patient who had been hospitalised with H5N1 bird flu has died, the Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday , marking the country’s first reported human death from the virus.
Nearly 70 people in the US have contracted bird flu since April, most of them farmworkers, as the virus has circulated among poultry flocks and dairy herds, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.The ongoing bird flu outbreak, which began in poultry in 2022, has killed nearly 130 million wild and domestic poultry and has sickened 917 dairy herds, according to the CDC and the US Department of Agriculture.
People who work with birds, poultry, cows, or have recreational exposure to them are at higher risk, Louisiana health officials said in a statement.
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