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Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists

A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from person to person.
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  1. Heidi Ledford
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In a children’s hospital in Vancouver, Canada, a teenager is in critical condition after being infected with an avian influenza virus that has researchers on high alert.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03805-4

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