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The countries reporting the highest number of human bird flu deaths are Indonesia, Egypt, Vietnam, Cambodia and China. The case fatality rate varies by strain of bird flu.
H5N1 flu is a concern due to the fact that its global spread may constitute a pandemic threat. The yardstick for human mortality from H5N1 is the case-fatality rate (CFR); the ratio of the number of confirmed human deaths resulting from infection of H5N1 to the number of those confirmed cases of infection with the virus. For example, if there ...
The patient’s death after contracting severe bird flu has raised a lot of questions about the lethality of H5N1 and how concerned the average American should be. Doctors stress that H5N1 bird ...
The bird flu that’s been making news in the United States is a virus called H5N1. Some flu viruses carried by birds cause only mild infections and are classified as low-pathogenic viruses.
On November 7, the CDC reported asymptomatic bird flu infection in 4 workers at dairy farms. The workers didn't recall ever being sick but had antibodies showing that they had been infected with bird flu. [98] On November 22, the CDC confirmed the first case of bird flu in a U.S. child, being the 55th case of bird flu in humans in the U.S.
In September, Egypt and Sudan joined the list of nations seeing a resurgence of bird deaths due to H5N1. [citation needed] In November and December, South Korea and Vietnam joined the list of nations seeing a resurgence of bird deaths due to H5N1; February/March 2006 - A dead cat infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in Germany. [26]
A Louisiana patient hospitalized in critical condition with severe bird flu has died, the state health department said Monday, marking the first U.S. death due to the virus. The patient was older ...
Bird flu can be transmitted from birds to humans if they come in close contact with infected animals. According to experts, infected birds shed flu viruses in their saliva, mucous, and feces.