Pre-print on the latest human case of H5Nx from Mexico ( and first-ever H5N2 ) around Sept 2025
Young, female, save for her BMI no major risk factor identified; survived but hemoptysis and lung damage observed. Not to be confused with the fatal H5N1 Mx case.
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Emergence of a novel reassorted high pathogenicity avian influenza A(H5N2) virus associated with severe pneumonia in a young adult
Background Infection of backyard and poultry with low pathogenicity avian influenza LPAI A(H5N2) viruses has occurred in Mexico since 1994, and the first human infection caused by this influenza virus...