Because the World Well being Group (WHO) introduced yesterday, Wednesday 5/06/2024, the primary dying from chook flu, kind H5N2, was recorded in Mexico
“That is the primary laboratory-confirmed case of the influenza virus A(H5N2)” in a human, mentioned the group, a part of the UN system, within the epidemiological bulletin it revealed.
The H5N2 pressure is totally different from the one (H5N1) presently inflicting an outbreak in US cows, throughout which three human circumstances have additionally been recorded.
The one who died was 59 years outdatedn. He succumbed on April 24, in a specialised institute within the Mexican capital a couple of hours after being admitted to it for remedy, based on the WHO.
The Mexican Ministry of Well being clarified that it was a person.
The affected person introduced on April 17 with fever, shortness of breath, diarrhea, nausea and normal malaisementioned the WHO, which was alerted to the outbreak on Might 23.
He had “no” identified contact with birds or different animals, however had a number of underlying sicknesses, the WHO famous.
No different human circumstances of H5N2 have been recognized and there’s “no threat” to the final inhabitants, based on the Mexican well being ministry. The WHO considers the chance of unfold to be “low”.
The dying follows the detection in March of circumstances of H5N2 in farmed birds within the state of Michoacán, which neighbors the Mexican state the place the sufferer lived.
Different circumstances of H5N2 have been detected in birds in the identical month in Texcoco, Mexico, and in April in Temascalapa, in the identical state.
At this stage, “it isn’t potential to determine whether or not this primary human case is linked to the outbreak in birds,” the WHO famous. That is “the primary human an infection by the H5 virus reported in Mexico,” he added.
The H5N2 virus, thought-about much less pathogenic than H5N1, has been detected in poultry farms in a number of nations all over the world in recent times. Nonetheless, no case of transmission to people has been confirmed to date.
Concerning H5N1, there’s to date no proof of human-to-human transmissionhowever the WHO in April expressed its “nice concern” in regards to the unfold of this pressure.
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