Mexico says bird flu patient died of chronic disease, not virus

MEXICO CITY, June 7 (Reuters) - A man who contracted bird flu in Mexico died due to chronic diseases and not the virus, Mexico's health ministry said on Friday.

Earlier this week, the World Health Organization reported the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with A(H5N2) avian influenza in Mexico.

In a Friday press conference in Geneva, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier described the man's case as a "multifactorial death" and noted that experts were still investigating whether he was infected by someone or by contact with animals.

Mexico's health ministry on Friday stressed that the 59-year-o...
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