The first human victim of avian influenza A/H5N2 virus has been reported in Mexico. This is a 59-year-old man who already suffered from several other illnesses, and for whom no “exposure to poultry or other animals” was found. Therefore, it is a human contagion. The Organization reports it […]
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The first human victim of has been reported in Mexico bird flu from viruses A/H5N2. This is a man of 59 years old who already suffered from several other illnesses, and for which no “exposure to poultry or other animals” was found. Therefore, it is a human contagion. It is reported by theWorld Health Organizationafter the Mexican authorities reported the case to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the WHO regional office for the Americas, on May 23.
The H5N2 virus is a different subtype from the best known H5N1responsible for the ongoing epidemic among cattle from milk in nine US states. There are currently three human cases linked to this virus. The WHO also recalled how a little while ago, in the month of March, a outbreak of avian flu on a farm poultry In the Michoacan, a State of Mexico: “Although the source of exposure to the virus in this case is currently unknown, A/H5N2 viruses have been reported in poultry in Mexico.” However, the organization underlines, the “risk current for the general population represented by this virus “remains”Bass“.
