A two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for H5N1 bird flu and needed hospital intensive care treatment in Australia after traveling to India, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Girl in Australia, 2, struck with H5N1 bird flu: WHO retrieved 8 June 2024 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-girl-australia-struck-h5n1-bird.html
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