H5N1 virus isolated from infected dairy worker is 100% lethal in ferrets, but does not appear to be circulating anymore

H5N1 virus isolated from infected dairy worker is 100% lethal in ferrets, but does not appear to be circulating anymore

A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, although inefficiently, and killed 100% of infected animals in studies University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers performed with the strain earlier this year.

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