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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

'Very concerning': First human case of bird flu recorded without exposure to animals

A patient in the US has become the first person to be hospitalised with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals, sparking an urgent investigation to understand how the person contract the infection.

The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a human case of avian influenza A in the state of Missouri on Friday.

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