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First Human Victim of H5N5 (komonews.com)
16 points by pontifk8r 208 days ago
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> The deceased was an older adult with underlying health conditions, according to the DOH.

> The deceased had a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds, and the Department of Health's sampling found avian influenza virus in the flock's environment, according to DOH.

> This suggests that exposure to domestic poultry, their environment, or wild birds was the most likely source of the infection, health officials said.

Analysis is hard.