WHO reports world’s first human death from bird flu

registered the first death from bird flu It has been detected in one laboratory in the world of AH5N2. Mexico And, according to information published this Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), the victim would be a 59-year-old man who died on April 24.

“This is the first laboratory-confirmed human case of influenza A(H5N2) virus infection globally, and the first case of A(H5) virus infection in a person in Mexico,” the WHO warned on its website. The virus to which the person was reported to have been exposed is still unknown. in poultry farming

in Mexico. But, according to the agency, the man, who lived in a central state of Mexico, had no history of exposure to these types of birds or other animals.

On 23 May, Mexican health authorities informed WHO of a confirmed case of human infection with an avian influenza A (H5N2) virus. According to family members, the patient had been bedridden for several days due to other health problems, but it was not until 17 April that he developed fever, difficulty breathing, diarrhea, nausea, and general malaise. On 24 April, he sought medical help and entered the ‘Ismael Cosío Villegas’ National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), where he was treated for 100 days. “He died the same day due to complications from his illness”,

Mexican officials They have not informed So far about the case reported by WHO. The last information published in Mexico was on April 5, when the National Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality Service (CENASICA) declared the country a zone free of AH5N2 avian flu and assured that the virus had been absent for more than 25 years since the last confirmed case in commercial production on June 5, 1995. Data that now seem out of date.

Cows infected with bird flu

Soon after the H5N1 bird flu virus was discovered, sad news of the first bird flu death has emerged Will spread to dairy cows in recent weeks from Mexico’s neighboring country, the United States. And, although three human cases have been reported in that country so far this year, U.S. health officials have clarified that none of the infections are related to the spread of the virus in cows.

The H5N1 virus is a subtype of avian flu Very contagious Bird flu has spread among birds to cows. In late March, it emerged that dairy cows in Texas and Kansas had been infected with bird flu, and a few days later, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials confirmed multiple cases in a herd of dairy cows in Michigan that had recently come into contact with the Texas samples.

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