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The death comes at a time when the H5N1 virus has recently undergone an unusual mutation that is causing concern to the World Health Organization.
A 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish has died from hypothermia, a death confirmed as being weather-related, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
A patient in Louisiana who contracted a severe case of the bird flu virus H5N1 has died from the infection. This makes them the first known bird flu death
The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Health. The individual was older than 65 years and had underlying medical conditions and remains the only known human case in the state.
The first Louisiana patient with bird flu has died, officials with the state health department said Monday. The death is the first U.S. H5N1-related human death, the agency said.
The patient was reportedly over the age of 65 and was said to have suffered from underlying medical conditions.
The patient, who was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, was hospitalized weeks ago in critical condition with severe respiratory illness.
The person contracted the bird flu after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on January 6. But still, no human-to-human transmission has been reported.
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