A southwest Louisiana resident has been hospitalized with the state’s first recorded case of bird flu, or H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza the patient contracted after exposure to sick and dead birds, the Louisiana Department of Health announced Friday.

The Louisiana Department of Health said on Friday it has detected the first presumptive positive human case of H5N1 bird flu infection in the U.S. state. The individual is a resident of southwestern Louisiana and is currently hospitalized.

A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with what may be the state’s first case of bird flu, state health officials said Friday. The case involves “a resident of southwestern Louisiana,” the state’s Department of Health said on its website.