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Henry L Niman PhD
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H5N5 w/ PB2 E627K
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0186-6/2025
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0186-5/2025
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0186-4/2025
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0186-2/2025
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0186-1/2025
A/American_Crow/ON/FAV-0152-1/2025
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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H5N5 w/ PB2 E627K
A6 geno

A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0188-7/2025
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0188-6/2025
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0188-4/2025
A/Great_Black-Backed_Gull/NS/FAV-0188-11/2025
A/Herring_Gull/NS/FAV-0188-10/2025
A/Herring_Gull/NS/FAV-0186-8/2025
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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My guess is VERY for MANY reasons
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Additional testing shows the virus to be H5N5, an avian influenza virus that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans

not #H5N1

www.kxro.com/confirmed-ca...
Confirmed Case of Avian Influenza (“Bird Flu”) in Grays Harbor County - KXRO News Radio
KXRO has learned that the Washington State Department of health has confirmed that a case of avian...
www.kxro.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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They were hospitalized in Grays Harbor and Thurston counties, and later in King County, where they remain under treatment.

Above indicates #H5N1 patient was hospitalized in all 3 Washington Counties

www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/latest-...
Latest News: First Human Avian Influenza Case in 9 months and First Fatal Case of Tick-Linked Meat Allergy | Infection Control Today
Two unsettling zoonotic developments are testing the limits of infection prevention and public health vigilance in the US. In Washington State, a resident has tested preliminarily positive for avian i...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Fatal 3F case from Durango Mexico confirmed to be D1.1 based on recently submitted CDC seqs to GISAID

A/Mexico/Dur_Indre_2292/2025 | 3/18/25
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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CDC uploaded full seqs
fatal 3F case
Durango Mexico
A/Mexico/Dur_Indre_2292/2025 | 3/18/25
confirming D1.1 genotype
The current presumptive positive pos
Washington State case is
4th #H5N1 case with respiratory distress in N America
All 3 seq cases were D1.1
2 fatal
1 hosp 2 mo
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Presumptive positive #H5N1 case
Also posted at Grays Harbor County Health
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November 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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like fatal #H5N1 LA case
A/Louisiana/12/2024|12/11/24

elderly w/ pre-existing cond
respiratory distress
rapid progression

LA case:
D1.1 w/ RBD mixed signals in oropharyngeal sample
H3 numbering
N186K
E190D

E190D also in found in British Columbia teen
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses Identified in a Person in Louisiana
CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was
www.cdc.gov
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM