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Seven new illnesses and 2 additional deaths have been confirmed in the outbreak, which has grown to 27 cases and 6 deaths.
The findings highlight a critical gap in many national and global H5N1 surveillance systems.
The large-scale project was conducted by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy's Vaccine Integrity Project.
The bat harbored the BRZ batCoV virus, which the researchers say has likely been silently circulating in Latin America for some time.
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In Israel, 2 vaccinated doctors have contracted the virus after treating an infected child.
So far 11 people in 7 states have been sickened.
The authors noted that viral infections trigger the immune system to release substances that lead to inflammation and increase the risk of blood clots.
Prior to this year, there had only been 1 confirmed measles case in Utah since 2020.
Flights from Asia played a larger role in disease spread than those from other countries, the study found.
