In light of avian flu, seasonal flu, CDC urges clinicians to speed influenza A subtyping
Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today urged healthcare providers to subtype all influenza A specimens in hospitalized patients, especially those in the intensive care unit (ICU), as soon as possible.
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Amid H5N1, CDC Wants Faster Influenza A Subtyping for Hospitalized CasesDoctors should use infection control measures if a hospitalized patient has suspected, probable, or confirmed H5N1, putting ...
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CDC confirms positive bird flu result in San Francisco childThe CDC has confirmed a positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco, the second juvenile case of H5N1 in the country.
Health officials in San Francisco ... for COVID-19, influenza and RSV based on symptoms and had tested positive for influenza A. The child's specimen was then tested for H5N1, which was ...
San Francisco reported its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a resident. According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the virus was detected in a child. The child has fully ...
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...
The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the ... of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating ...
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