The World Health Organization reported on Wednesday that a man in Mexico perished after coming into contact with a bird flu strain untested in people.
A 59-year-old client who had been hospitalized in Mexico City was the victim of the disease. One year later, the man developed vomiting, shortness of breath, and a fever. The WHO’s speech, which raises questions about a burden that has mostly been under the radar, states that this is the first lab-confirmed event of a man contracting a form of bird flu known as H5N2, raising the possibility of a second situation. A unique pressure, H5N1, is responsible for the current bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows.
The individual, who lived in central Mexico, had no history of exposure to livestock or other pets. Although the person’s state of residence has reported the avian flu strain to poultry in the position where he was exposed, the Mexican government is unsure where he was put infected.
The WHO claims that no more cases were reported after an investigation and that the existing risk posed by the H5N2 disease to the general public is low.
The H5N2- sick man had some underlying wellness conditions, including chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and historic hypertension, according to Mexico’s health ministry Wednesday. He had been bedridden for three months prior to the onset of severe symptoms in mid- April, the WHO added, citing the victim’s family. The person died the same day despite being in a hospital on April 24.
After confirming the virus ‘ appearance in a sample taken from the dying man, Mexican authorities reported the dangerous situation to the WHO on May 23.
Researchers have found people with antibodies that may indicate previous infections, even though the man in Central Mexico represents the second laboratory-confirmed situation of H5N2 in humans.
H5N2 poses a low risk to public health because it has n’t demonstrated an ability to be transmitted between humans, according to Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health. To that end, it’s concerning that the individual is n’t known to have had coverage to animals, which are the most likely source of disease, she added.
Wallace claimed that more security is required to load in the knowledge gaps.
” It’s so crazy that we do n’t know where this is coming from”, she said.
The Mexican government has begun monitoring exotic animals for H5N2 in Tlahuac, Mexico City, as well as fields, lawns, and other locations close to the man’s residence. Thus far, no afflicted animals have been identified, the health department said in Wednesday’s speech.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States did n’t respond to comments immediately.
In the U. S., the H5N1 outbreak in animals continues to expand its geographic reach. Iowa announced on Wednesday that it had found sick cows, increasing the total number of states with bird flu in animals to 10. Three labourers in the United States have tested positive for animal virus this year, two in Michigan and one in Texas. They had symptoms of eye pain, and one had a sneeze. There have been no dangerous animal instances associated with the U. S. H5N1 epidemic.
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