A new variant of the bird flu has infected a dairy worker in Nevada marking the state's first human case of the H5N1 avian influenza.

A dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu—genotype D1.1—that has newly spilled over to cows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed.

And Monday, a spokesperson for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed to Fortune that a dairy worker in Nevada has been diagnosed with the D1.1 variant—and that it's ...

A new strain of bird flu, the D1.1 variant, has been detected in a dairy worker in Nevada, marking the first human case of H5N1 avian influenza in the state. While the infection generally leads to ...

Scientists are closely watching the new infections in Nevada because gene sequences from affected cattle have shown that they are a subtype of the H5N1 virus, D1.1, which has been associated with ...

A dairy worker in Nevada has been confirmed to be infected by a new bird flu strain found to be spreading among cows in the state last week. That strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, called D1.1 by ...

The D1.1 strain of H5N1, now spreading in dairy herds, has a mutation that enhances replication in mammals. Could this be a ...

CNN reports a Nevada dairy worker may have been infected by deadly D1.1 version of H5N1 bird flu Worker shows only mild symptoms Genetic analyses of this version show changes that could make it ...

identified through genome sequencing of milk from Nevada. The D1.1 genotype, which had previously been predominant in wild birds, was detected in dairy cows for the first time. Until now ...

The D1.1 version of the virus in the Nevada worker contains a genetic mutation that has previously been linked to more efficient virus replication in people and other mammals, the CDC said.