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A 74-year-old man infected with variant K of influenza A H3N2 died this Tuesday in Argentina, as confirmed to EFE on Wednesday by the Ministry of Health of the province of Mendoza, where the death occurred.
Argentina recorded on Wednesday the first death due to the H3N2 super flu in Mendoza. It is an Argentine man who resided in Spain, 74 years old, who contracted the virus prior to his arrival in the country, last December. He was hospitalized for more than a month at the Hospital Carrillo de Las Heras. In dialogue with LN+, infectiousist Ricardo Tejeiro explained that respiratory viruses are not exclusive to winter, but that the impact changes ac…
The number of confirmed influenza A(H3N2) subclade K diagnoses doubled in the last week. Who are the most affected and what is the issue with specialists?
The region remains on alert after confirmation in Mendoza, Argentina, the first death linked to the H3N2 flu, known mediaally as "superflu." The victim is a 74-year-old man, resident in Spain, who had comorbidities such as COPD and smoking. The patient contracted in the northern hemisphere the subclad "K", a mutation that has demonstrated a remarkable immune escape capacity, challenging the effectiveness of antibodies generated by vaccines from …
A 74-year-old man died in a Mendoza hospital after contracting the flu virus variant that circulates strongly in the northern hemisphere, while the health authorities confirmed that this is the first death due to this strain in Argentina.
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