H5N1 avian influenza death reported in India: Media accounts

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory disease in birds called avian influenza, aka bird flu. Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza do occur occasionally. When people do become infected, the mortality rate is about 60%. Indian media reports an 11-year-old boy, who died of a [...]

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