H5N1 Virus in Worker Lethal to Ferrets, Not Spread

Photograph showing a cown being washed.

A dairy worker in Texas became infected with H5N1 avian influenza likely during the course of milking cattle. A sample of the virus taken from the worker was %100 lethal in ferrets, though it spread inefficiently and does not appear to be continuing to spread. Photo:

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