First human dying from avian influenza in Mexico: a 3 -year -old woman contaminated with a chicken | EUROtoday

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The well being authorities of the state of Coahuila confirmed the primary human dying in Mexico brought on by the avian affect H5n1. It is a 3 -year -old woman, who would have been contaminated instantly by a chicken, even when it isn’t identified how the transmission came about. The minor has deceased attributable to “multi -organ failure”he informed journalists Eliud Aguirre, secretary of the well being of this state, Coahuila, on the border with the United States.

The little woman died after 5 days spent in intensive care. As quickly because it was found, the case was reported to WHO and all of the well being models of the Mexican hospital system have been put in a alert.

“To date we have not found other suspicious cases, but we continue to adopt measures to verify that there are no others,” stated the Health Secretary of Coahuila, Eliud Aguirre Vázquez, underlining that for the reason that starting of the woman hospitalization he has ordered the fixed monitoring of the state of affairs all through the well being sector.