The World Well being Group mentioned Wednesday that one dying was attributable to the primary laboratory-confirmed human case of an infection with a subtype of avian influenza.
The WHO mentioned the 59-year-old Mexico resident had died on April 24 after creating fever, problem respiratory, diarrhea, nausea and common malaise.
This was the primary laboratory-confirmed human case of an infection with subtype A(H5N2) of avian influenza reported worldwide and the primary an infection with the H5 virus in an individual reported in Mexico.
The sufferer had no historical past of publicity to poultry or different animals, the WHO mentioned. Circumstances of avian influenza subtype A(H5N2) have been reported in poultry in Mexico.
The particular person had a number of underlying medical circumstances and had been bedridden for 3 weeks, for different causes, earlier than the onset of acute signs, the WHO mentioned.