Man in Mexico dies in first known human case of H5N2 bird flu variant
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The 59-year-old had no known exposure to poultry or other animals, the World Health Organization said. His symptoms included nausea, fever and shortness of breath.
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The World Health Organization said on Wednesday a death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with a subtype of bird flu.
The unidentified victim — a 59-year-old resident of Mexico — died April 24 after developing a fever, shortness of breath, diarrhea and nausea, among other things.
Mexico and WHO health officials have reported the first known human case and death tied to H5N2 avian influenza. No further cases have been detected yet.
Experts say the mysterious death of a man in Mexico who had one kind of bird flu is unrelated to outbreaks of another bird flu at U.S. dairy farms. A 59-year-old man in Mexico who had been bedridden because of chronic health problems, but then in April developing a fever, shortness of breath and dia…
Health authorities say a man in Mexico died from a type of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human. The World Health Organization says Mexican health officials confirmed the April death but don't know how the man became infected.
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Even as the United States grapples with an outbreak of H5N1 flu in dairy cattle, the World Health Organization has announced the first known human infection with a different strain, H5N2, in a person in Mexico who died of complications of their infection.
The World Health Organization announced a 59-year-old resident of Mexico died from the first laboratory-confirmed human infection of the H5N2 strain of bird flu. This is not the same strain causing the outbreak in the United States.
Should we be worried about the first human case of the H5N2 strain of bird flu? H5N2, confirmed in a man in Mexico who died, is different from the bird flu virus affecting cows in the U.S.
The infection, the world’s first laboratory-confirmed human case of the H5N2 bird flu variant, comes as the United States battles outbreaks of a different avian influenza strain, H5N1, among birds and cattle.
The World Health Organization today said a person’s death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with the A(H5N2) subtype of bird flu reported globally, and the first human infection with the H5 strain of the virus reported in Mexico.
A person died of bird flu in Mexico in the first confirmed case of a human infected with the H5N2 variant, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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