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B.C. teen no longer critical with avian flu, has been taken off oxygen | Globalnews.ca

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A 13-year-old girl from B.C. became the first critically ill pediatric patient with avian influenza in North America .

The teen contracted H5N1 earlier this fall and was treated for respiratory failure, pneumonia and acute kidney injury.

The case summary was published in a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday .

The girl was deemed to be no longer infectious the following day.

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