# 5448
Two days ago the Mexican media was filled with stories regarding multiple cases of `atypical pneumonia’ in and around Juarez, which has resulted in at least one death (see Some Curious Reports Out Of Juarez).
Not too surprisingly, yesterday a number of reports began to emerge stating that these cases were caused by a return of the 2009 H1N1 virus.
Typical of these reports is this one from El Nacional (hat tip Alert on FluTrackers).
Mexico confirms reappearance of H1N1 influenza, which leaves 2 dead
25 Mar 2011 | 09:27 pm
The Ministry of Health of the State of Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez to which it belongs, confirmed on Friday at a news conference a second death caused by this virus for days after a traffic policeman died and the infection of another person stable.
The Mexican health authorities today confirmed the reappearance of H1N1 virus, also called flu, which caused the emergency epidemic two years ago and has already left two dead and one person infected in Ciudad Juarez on the U.S. border.
The Ministry of Health of the State of Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez to which it belongs, confirmed on Friday at a news conference a second death caused by this virus for days after a traffic policeman died and the infection of another person stable.
The state Health Secretary Sergio Piña said that clinical studies confirmed the presence of H1N1 virus in all three cases.
The H1N1 virus, while no longer a pandemic threat, is still capable of mutating or evolving towards increased virulence or transmissibility.
Given the earlier alarm expressed by local officials and the media over these cases, no doubt some sort of investigation is underway to determine if there is anything about these cases that merits particular concern.
FluTrackers has maintained an extensive thread on these reports which you may view here.
