Canadian Teen In Critical Condition With Suspected Case Of Bird Flu
The teenager was healthy before developing symptoms and is not known to have any contact with infected animals, health officials said.
Bird flu: Canada teenager hospitalised with country's first presumptive human case
This marked "the first detection of a presumed human case" of H5 in Canada, authorities in British Columbia said. View on euronews
Teen infected in Canada’s first bird flu case is in critical condition
A Canadian teenager infected with bird flu — that country’s first case involving a locally acquired infection — is in critical condition and experiencing difficulty breathing, health officials said Tuesday.
Canadian teen in critical condition with suspected bird flu; source of exposure is unknown
A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with suspected bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday.
B.C. teen in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu
A Canadian teen is severely ill with what is believed to be bird flu. The teen is not known to have had any contact with infected animals.
Canada Reports First Human Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human case in the country in the current outbreak.
Canadian Teen Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Bird Flu
"The positive test for H5 was performed at the BC Centre for Disease Control’s Public-Health Laboratory," Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer of British Columbia, said in a statement. "Samples are being sent to the National Microbiology ...
Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen
Initial testing had indicated the teenager’s infection was from bird flu and was confirmed in further testing, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement. The teen has been hospitalized in Vancouver since Friday and was reported in critical condition on Tuesday.
Teen in Critical Condition After Contracting Canada's First ‘Presumptive’ Human Case of Bird Flu
It is not known how the teen contracted bird flu, according to British Columbia health officials A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive case of bird flu in the country,
Canadian teen in critical condition with bird flu; source of exposure is unknown
A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday. The teen has been receiving care at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver since Friday, the same day an initial test came back positive for H5 influenza.
Canada Detects Its First Human Case of Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find out how the person was exposed to the virus.
Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition
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Canada has first human H5 influenza case
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Health Canada confirms B.C.'s 1st case of avian flu in humans
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