GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Mexican officials have confirmed the country’s first human death from H5N1 avian influenza is a 3-year-old girl, who was also the first confirmed human case in Mexico.
The young girl, a resident of the state of Durango, passed away on April 8 at a hospital in Torreón where she was initially being treated with oseltamivir, the Mexican Ministry of Health reports. After initial positive test results, it was noted she died approximately a week later from respiratory complications.
It’s not known how the child contracted the virus and Mexican officials note that, following. . .
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