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2024-06-06 01:24:08 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is not the "First-Ever transmission to humans" of H5N2. In 2006 in Japan, 77 people were infected with a mild strain of H5N2 after being exposed to infected poultry. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/11/japan.justinmccurry This is, however, the first *lab confirmed* case of H5N2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H5N2 https://www.poultryworld.net/home/japanese-poultry-workers-probably-infected-with-mild-bird-flu/
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