Mexico confirms country's first human case of bird flu in a 3-year-old
girl
[April 05, 2025]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 3-year-old girl from the western state of
Durango is Mexico's first confirmed human case of bird flu, health
officials said Friday.
Type A H5N1 influenza has been spreading through animals and some people
in the United States. There have been 70 cases in that country since
during the past year, according to the World Health Organization, though
researchers and studies suggest that’s likely an undercount.
In Mexico, the girl was in serious condition in a hospital in Torreon in
the neighboring state of Coahuila, the health ministry said in a
statement Friday. It said she had initially been treated with an
anti-flu medication.
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 It was not known how the girl
contracted the virus. Investigators were testing wild birds in the
vicinity of the girl’s home, the statement said.
The health ministry said the risk to the general population from the
virus was considered low.
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