{"id":2217,"date":"2024-06-18T13:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2024-06-18T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T18:00:37","slug":"avian-influenza-ah5n2-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/2024\/06\/18\/avian-influenza-ah5n2-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"World Health Organization: Avian Influenza A(H5N2) &#8211; Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Avian Influenza A(H5N2) &#8211; Mexico<\/h4>\n<p><em>June 5, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<p>June 5 (World Health Organization, WHO) \u2013 On 23 May 2024, the Mexico International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) reported to PAHO\/WHO a confirmed fatal case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N2) virus detected in a resident of the State of Mexico who was hospitalized in Mexico City. This is the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with an influenza A(H5N2) virus reported globally and the first avian H5 virus infection in a person reported in Mexico. Although the source of exposure to the virus in this case is currently unknown, A(H5N2) viruses have been reported in poultry in Mexico. According to the IHR (2005), a human infection caused by a novel influenza A virus subtype is an event that has the potential for high public health impact and must be notified to the WHO. Based on available information, WHO assesses the current risk to the general population posed by this virus as low.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/disease-outbreak-news\/item\/2024-DON520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>To learn more, visit the WHO website &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avian Influenza A(H5N2) &#8211; Mexico June 5, 2024 June 5 (World Health Organization, WHO) \u2013 On 23 May 2024, the Mexico International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) reported to PAHO\/WHO a confirmed fatal case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N2) virus detected in a resident of the State of Mexico who was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai","category-public-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Health Organization: Avian Influenza A(H5N2) - Mexico - Cooperative Extension Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/2024\/06\/18\/avian-influenza-ah5n2-mexico\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Health Organization: Avian Influenza A(H5N2) - Mexico - Cooperative Extension Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Avian Influenza A(H5N2) &#8211; 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