The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that a single severe case of bird flu detected in a Louisiana man shows a rare mutation of the virus.
The patient’s samples showed mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, the part of the virus that plays a key role in its attaching to host cells, which were not seen in the infected flock on that person’s property.
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