By IDSE News Staff
A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 virus infection in Louisiana. This marks the first instance of severe illness linked to the avian flu virus in the United States and the first linked to a backyard flock, according to the CDC.
Since April 2024, there have been 61 human cases of avian flu reported in the United States, but all have been mild.
Partial viral genome data of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected the Louisiana patient show that it