[Music] animal contact has tested positive for H5 flu the State's Department of Health and Senior Services said Friday it's the first time a patient in the US outbreak has had no known exposure to sick animals and it is the first time someone has been hospitalized with bird flu though it's not clear yet whether influenza was the reason for hospitalization or it was incidental the patient who has underlying health conditions was hospitalized on 22 the August and tested positive for flu a doctors sent a sample to the Missouri state public health laboratory where it was found to be of the H5 subtype which is also known as highly pathogenic Aven influenza or bird flu the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention CDC confirmed that it is H5 and said it is studying the speci