Canadian teen with suspected avian flu in critical condition
A British Columbia (BC) teen from the Fraser Health region who was hospitalized with an earlier announced presumptive positive H5 avian flu infection is in critical condition, the province's top health official said today.
A Canadian Teen Is in Critical Condition With What Is Believed to Be Bird Flu
A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia health official said Tuesday. It’s not clear how the teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild birds and poultry in the province,
Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu
A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza. "This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions,
Canada probes suspected avian flu infection in hospitalized teen
Over the weekend, British Columbia (BC) health officials reported a presumptive positive H5 avian flu infection in a teenager from the Fraser Valley who is hospitalized, which, if confirmed by Canada’s National Microbiology Lab, would mark the country's first locally acquired case.
Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu
A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working to confirm the diagnosis.
B.C. teen in critical condition in hospital with 1st presumptive human case of bird flu
H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows, with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers.
B.C. teen with bird flu is in critical care, infection source unknown: health officer
British Columbia's provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the teenager who has tested positive for bird flu is in critical condition and being treated at B.C. Children's Hospital.
B.C. teen with bird flu is in critical condition, provincial health officer says
Dr. Bonnie Henry says the teen, the first presumptive human case of bird flu contracted in Canada, was admitted to hospital late Friday
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