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We’re monitoring the situation very, very closely. We’ve never seen this many infections of non-bird species as we have in the U.S.," Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz said.

The patient in Louisiana was older than 65 and was reported to have had underlying medical conditions, health officials said.

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