B.C. doctors comparing H5N1 virus that infected local teen with that of Louisiana patient

The BC Centre for Disease Control says it is comparing the genetic features of a local teenager’s avian flu case with that of a Louisiana patient who died earlier this week.Clinical microbiologist Dr. Agatha Jassem, co-program head of the virology lab at the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory, says they want to understand how the viruses in the two cases are related to each other, as well as to viruses circulating in birds.