A 59-year-old man in Mexico has died with a type of bird flu – H5N2 – never recorded in people before now.
— BBC
The first case and death of a person infected with the avian influenza A H5N2 virus is recorded in Mexico, the World Health Organization confirms this June 5.
This is the first laboratory-confirmed human case of influenza A(H5N2) virus infection reported worldwide and the first avian H5 virus infection in a person reported in 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.
— Meteored
Sources:
- June 5, 2024. Lauren Neergaard. “Man in Mexico Died of a Bird Flu Strain That Hadn’t Been Confirmed before in a Human, WHO Says.” AP News.
https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-mexico-death-h5n2-54bcefacdc1fe4a35298d3577c64cb7d.
News. - June 6, 2024. Michelle Roberts. “Man in Mexico Dies with First Human Case of H5N2 Bird Flu.” BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cneejz1kdzmo.
News. - June 8, 2024. Rocío López Fonseca. “The WHO Confirms the First Human Death in Mexico from Avian Influenza A H5N2.” Meteored.
https://www.yourweather.co.uk/news/trending/the-who-confirms-the-first-human-death-in-mexico-from-avian-influenza-a-h5n.html.
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