The Washington resident who was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died from complications of the disease. It is especially important that people who may have exposure to domestic or wild birds get a seasonal flu vaccine. loading...

Testing at the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Lab identified the virus as H5N5, making this the first recorded infection with this variant in a person globally. The result was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

According to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health , the person was an older adult with underlying health conditions. The person had a backyard of mixed domestic birds. People who had exposure to this flock of birds and environment are being monitored for symptoms.

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