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Louisiana is now on the list of state with confirmed cases of the Bird Flu.
Health officials would only say that the patient lives in the southwest part of the state and is currently hospitalized.
"LDH's Office of Public Health is coordinating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the epidemiologic investigation. The investigation identified that the individual had exposure to sick and dead birds that are suspected to have been infected with H5N1," said the state Department of Health.
The CDC says there are currently about five-dozen confirmed human cases of the bird flu over eight states. The most are in California.
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