CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri
September 6, 2024 -- CDC has confirmed a human case of avian influenza A(H5) ("H5 bird flu") reported by the state of Missouri. The case was identified through that state's seasonal flu surveillance system.
Blood tests confirm a second person in Missouri caught bird flu …
Oct 24, 2024 · Blood tests of several people who were in contact with a patient in Missouri who caught H5N1 bird flu without any known exposure to infected animals reveal that at least one of them — a person...
CDC releases blood test results on Missouri bird flu patient ... - NBC News
Oct 24, 2024 · H5N1, or bird flu, has been spreading among farm animals, wild birds and other animals and has infected 31 people, mostly farmworkers, in the U.S. After the Missouri patient fell ill, several...
Cluster of 8 possible human bird flu cases now reported in Missouri
Sep 30, 2024 · In what could be the first cases of bird flu spreading between humans in the United States, a group of potential H5N1 infections in Missouri has now grown to eight. Antibody tests to confirm...
Cluster of 8 Possible Human Bird Flu Cases Now Reported in Missouri
MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In what could be the first cases of bird flu spreading between humans in the United States, a group of potential H5N1 infections in Missouri has now...
CDC Report on Missouri H5N1 Serology Testing | Bird Flu | CDC
Oct 24, 2024 · CDC confirmed the specimen as H5N1 bird flu and this was reported as a case on September 6, 2024. Missouri state and local officials performed a lengthy retrospective investigation of everyone who came into close contact with the patient and identified seven people (6 health care workers and one family member) who had symptoms that warranted ...
Health care worker is third person to become ill after contact with ...
Sep 21, 2024 · A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they also experienced symptoms, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...
Mysterious bird flu case in Missouri was similar to strain ... - CNN
Sep 13, 2024 · A patient in Missouri who was hospitalized after an infection with bird flu had the H5N1 strain of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday.
Possible Cluster of Human Bird-Flu Infections Expands in Missouri
Sept. 27, 2024. A possible cluster of bird-flu infections in Missouri has grown to include eight people, in what may be the first examples of person-to-person transmission in the United States,...
Recent News - Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Sep 6, 2024 · No H5 infection in dairy cattle has been reported in Missouri; some H5 cases in commercial or backyard flocks and wild birds have been reported. Nationally, this is the first case of H5 that has been detected as part of the flu surveillance system, rather than the targeted H5-outbreak specific surveillance that has been conducted as part of ...