A three -year -old girl has become the first human fatality of Mexico H5N1 Avian Flu, said health officials on Tuesday, April 8. The girl in the northern state of Coahuila died of multiple organic insufficiency after infection with the virus, said Secretary of Health Eliud Aguirre, added that there were no other known infection cases.
Cambodia has reported two deaths due to H5N1 this year, including that of a small child in February who had slept and played near a chicken cage where about 15 birds died. The United States has reported a death, in January.
Human infections can cause serious diseases with a high mortality rate, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). He says that human cases detected so far are mostly linked to close contact with infected birds and other animals, and contaminated environments.
“This virus does not seem to transmit Asily from person to person, and the sustained transmission from human to human has not reported on the legs,” says the WHO website.
Last year, the UN Health Corps warned that irregular surveillance was hindering its ability to handle humans that pose the H5N1 strain.
WHO asked all countries to intensify surveillance and case reports on animals and humans, and that nations share genetic samples and sequences.
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