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Bird flu virus likely mutated within Louisiana patient who became severely ill, CDC says
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe ...
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Bird flu samples show mutations that may make it easier to spread to people, CDC reports
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Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, suggesting the virus changed over the course of the patient’s infection.