A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with suspected bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday.

A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza."This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions,

"We are conducting a thorough investigation to fully understand the source of exposure here in B.C.," British Columbia Health Officer Bonnie Henry said in a statement.