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Worker infected with H5N1 bird flu in Texas after cases found in US dairy cows. "The bigger picture is that this virus is not cooling off. We’ve been worrying about this virus for 20 years, more than 20 years."

The present case is the first involving a direct transmission from bovines to humans and is also the first time cows have shown susceptibility to this virus, surprising influenza virologists.

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