HOUSTON – Texas' health officials say a Mexican toddler who is the first confirmed U.S. death from swine flu arrived in Texas from Mexico on April 4 and developed flu symptoms four days later.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday the Mexico City boy had underlying health problems when he traveled to Brownsville Texas to visit relatives. He was admitted to a Houston hospital a few days after developing a fever and other flu symptoms and died on Monday night.
The boy was about 2 years old. Houston officials said he was 23 months old, but state officials said he was 22 months old and could not immediately explain the discrepancy.
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the death earlier Wednesday.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Health officials said Wednesday that a nearly 2-year-old Mexican boy is the first confirmed U.S. death from swine flu.
The child had traveled with family from Mexico City to Matamoros, Mexico and then to neighboring Brownsville, Texas, said Houston Health and Human Services Spokeswoman Kathy Barton. The boy became ill and was taken to a Houston hospital. He died Monday night, she said.
Health officials did not immediately release more information about the case, but the boy is not believed to be among the six confirmed cases of swine flu in Texas.
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