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The Guardian - AU
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Mexico man dies from first human case of bird flu strain H5N2

A person holds a test tube labelled
A person holds a test tube labelled "Bird Flu". The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday that a person in Mexico has died from H5N2 – the first confirmed case of a subtype of bird flu. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said a man’s death in Mexico was caused by a strain of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human.

The WHO said Wednesday it wasn’t clear how the person became infected. “Although the source of exposure to the virus in this case is currently unknown, A(H5N2) viruses have been reported in poultry in Mexico,” it said in a statement.

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