Bird flu mutates inside Louisiana patient Public health officials are sounding the alarm after bird flu mutations were discovered in a Louisianan patient. Dozens of milder cases have been recorded in ...
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The bird flu virus in a patient in Louisiana has likely mutated while they were in the hospital.
Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.
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Genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus has the capacity to mutate in ways that could make it more transmissible to ...
Tiny genetic alterations could help the bird flu virus enter cells in the upper respiratory tract, the C.D.C. said. But there ...
The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, ...
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