Bird Flu Virus Likely Mutated in a Louisiana Patient: CDC
Hindustan Times Jammu|December 29, 2024
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation's first severe case of the illness, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week.
Associated Press

WASHINGTON:

Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans—something they say is concerning but not a cause for alarm.

Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease researcher, likened this binding interaction to a lock and key.

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