The father of an 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died this week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, health officials said on Friday.
The girl fell ill on February 16 with a fever, cough and sore throat, and died on Wednesday from bird flu virus H5N1, the Cambodian health ministry said in the statement.Her 49-year-old father was the only person among them to test positive, though he is asymptomatic, they added.Wild birds were found dead at a lake near the girl's remote village.
The latest infection is the 58th recorded instance of bird flu in Cambodia since the country's first human case was discovered nearly two decades ago. Europe has been gripped by its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu since late 2021, with North and South America also experiencing severe outbreaks.The global outbreak is also responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands ofThe recent detection of the disease in a number of mammals, including foxes, otters, minks, sea lions and evenGlobally, there have been more than 450 fatal: retrieved 24 February 2023 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-father-cambodian-girl-died-bird.
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