China - HUMAN Cases 2008

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="georgia11 padcell8"> <!-- more than 7 paragraphs --> <!-- story content : start --> HONG KONG - A 22-YEAR-OLD man in central China has died of bird flu, Hong Kong's health department said late on Monday, citing a notification from the Chinese health ministry. The man from Hunan province developed a headache and fever on January 16 and was admitted to hospital, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection said.
The man died on January 24.
Chinese laboratory tests on samples from the patient on Sunday proved positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the centre said.
China's health ministry notified Hong Kong of the case on Monday, it said, adding that it was seeking further information on the case.
With the latest fatality, at least 18 people have died of bird flu in China. Ten other patients recovered.
<!-- show media links starting at 7th para --> China's last fatal case was a 24-year-old man in the eastern province of Jiangsu who died in December.
While the disease is usually associated with contact with infected birds, China has a widespread poultry vaccination programme and only one confirmed human bird flu case has followed a matching outbreak in poultry.
H5N1 has killed more than 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003, according to the World Health Organisation.
Scientists fear the virus will eventually mutate into a form that is much more easily transmissible between humans, triggering a global pandemic. -- AFP

http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Asia/STIStory_207873.html

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[Commonground]

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If he developed the symptoms on the 16th, wasn't that kind of quick? Doesn't specifically say when he was admitted though.

The man from Hunan province developed a headache and fever on January 16 and was admitted to hospital, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection said.
The man died on January 24.

[HenryN]

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<TABLE style="DIRECTION: ltr" width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>China Says 22-Year Old Died of Bird Flu</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>By VOA News
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China's Health Ministry says a 22-year old man from the central Chinese province of Hunan has died of bird flu.
In a statement Monday posted on its Web site, the Health Ministry says the man first showed symptoms of the disease in mid-January and died more than a week later on January 24.
Health officials say samples taken from the man confirm that he had the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease. The ministry says that individuals who came into contact with him were under close supervision and reported no signs that the disease was spreading.
The statement did not say how the man contracted the disease or why it has taken nearly four weeks for news of his death to reach the public.
Not including today's reported death, the World Health Organization says 27 people in China have already died from the deadly H5N1 strain of disease since 2003.
Since then, the disease has claimed 227 lives worldwide, most of them in Asia. Most bird flu cases involve close contact with infected poultry.
China was heavily criticized for its cover-up of the outbreak of SARS, (severe acute respiratory syndrome) pandemic which started in southern China in late 2002 and killed more than 700 people worldwide.
Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

http://voanews.com/english/2008-02-18-voa28.cfm

[HenryN]

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China confirms new human death from bird flu
18 Feb 2008 15:57:27 GMT
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BEIJING, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A 22-year-old Chinese man from the central province of Hunan has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second death from the disease since late last year, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
The man, surnamed Li, first noticed symptoms of fever and headache on Jan. 16. He went to hospital several days later and died on Jan. 24, the ministry said on its Web site.
The provincial disease control and prevention centre subsequently collected a specimen from the victim on Feb. 15, and the initial tests for the bird flu virus were positive.
A specimen was then sent to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing, which confirmed it as testing positive for the H5N1 virus on Sunday, the ministry said.
The ministry did not explain the reason for the delay in testing the victim for bird flu, but Hunan was one of the provinces most badly hit by freak snowstorms that killed more than 100 people and cut off roads and power in many parts of central and southern China in late January and early February.
The ministry said the local government had taken appropriate action.
"All people in close contact with the victim have been given strict medical examinations, and up until now no abnormal conditions have been discovered," it said in its statement.
It added that it had informed the World Health Organisation and other foreign government authorities of the case.
With the world's biggest poultry population and millions of backyard birds roaming free, China is at the centre of the fight against bird flu. The country has now had 28 human cases, including 18 deaths.
Scientists fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a form that could pass easily from person to person, sparking a global pandemic. (Reporting by Jason Subler)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK344166.htm

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[Commonground]

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He went to hospital several days later

we're getting there.

and died more than a week later on January 24.

yes, 8 days would be more than a week.

[Commonground]

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Hat-tip pugmom at FW:

China Update

http://news.sohu.com/20080218/n255221971.shtml

February 18 - According to the Chinese Ministry of Health website news, the Chinese Ministry of Health on February 18 briefing, Hunan confirmed case of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Lee patients, male, aged 22, a native of Ganghwa Yongzhou City, Hunan Province; January 16 developed fever, headache and other symptoms on January 22 visit to the township hospitals, the symptomatic treatment without obvious symptoms improved on January 23 , to the county hospital, his condition continued to deteriorate, increasing breathing difficulties, the full treatment ineffective, at 17:00 on January 24 deaths.

February 15, Hunan Disease Prevention and Control Center of patients with respiratory tract samples collected retrospectively detected H5 avian influenza virus showed positive DNA. February 17 evening, the China Disease Prevention and Control Center of patients with respiratory tract samples collected review of results for the H5N1 avian flu virus nucleic acid positive.

According to the World Health Organization of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and diagnostic criteria for China, the Ministry of Health of bird flu prevention and control expert group found cases of human infection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.

After the epidemic occurred, the local government has attached great importance, in accordance with the "human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans" to the corresponding prevention and control measures. All close contacts of a strict medical observation, far found no abnormal clinical manifestations.

The patients with the situation, the Ministry of Health has the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and some other countries in communications....

[Treyfish]

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金黔在线讯2月17

Jinqianzaixian - February 17 noon in the Guiyang Railway Station temporary waiting room full of people, two railway disease prevention and control sector workers sprayed disinfectant sprayers used for public regional Sterilization. This is the disease control departments in the province suffered from unusually Xue-ning FU weather, the peak of the Spring Festival travel season to greet passengers preventive security measures for the health of passengers.
<!--advertisement code begin--><!--advertisement code end--> It is understood that the eight early after the Spring Festival travel season province railway passenger traffic growing, and the Guiyang Railway Station every day usher tickets, stop travel, tens of thousands of visitors arriving passengers segregation. In order to ensure that health visitors, tourists and create a healthy and safe environment, Guiyang Railway Centre for Disease Control and Prevention to take measures to daily dispatched four staff, the temporary waiting room Guiyang Station Square, ticket offices, the station waiting room, the VIP room, stop hall, a station access platform, such as a focus on more than 10,000 square metres of public areas were disinfected, spraying disinfectant syrup, garbage bins, and spittoon, toilets and other key facilities to conduct a comprehensive disinfection, disinfection increase the intensity (Figure Immunization for temporary waiting area in the spraying disinfectant liquid) At the same time, rail and epidemic prevention departments have also Guiyang Station, Guiyang Railway medical departments are coordinating their activities regularly in the regional passenger inspections and the need to help the sick passengers relief, the provision of medical and counselling services.
At the same time, Guiyang railway station has also strengthened sanitation stations sweeping regional efforts to ensure that passengers travel health.
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[Treyfish]

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BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed a human case of H5N1 bird flu in the central Hunan Province.
A 22-year-old man surnamed Li in Jianghua County, Yongzhou City, suffered fever and headache on Jan. 16 and was hospitalized on Jan. 22. His symptoms worsened despite treatment.
Li died at 5 p.m. on Jan. 24 after all rescue measures failed.
His specimens tested positive for the bird flu virus strain H5N1, said the country's Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The report didn't identify how he might have contracted the disease.
The virus is most commonly passed from sick poultry to humans who have close contact with infected birds.
Statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO) show there have been 18 human deaths from the H5N1 strain, and 28 confirmed cases of infection in China since 2003.
By Feb. 1, of the total of cases of confirmed human bird flu infections worldwide, 225 have been fatal.
The local government undertook prevention and control measures once the case was reported. Those who had close contact with Li were put under strict medical observation. So far, none have shown signs of the disease, the ministry said.
The case has been reported to the WHO, authorities in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and some foreign governments. The latest confirmed case of human bird flu took place in the worst snow-stricken province of Hunan, where prolonged low temperatures, icy rain and heavy snow have caused blackouts and traffic chaos. On Feb. 15, the Ministry of Health said that no cases of infectious epidemic or mass food poisoning were reported in China's snow-stricken areas by Feb. 14, and that the death toll caused by infectious diseases in the snow-stricken areas showed no year-on-year increase in the past month.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/19/content_7626990.htm

[Laidback Al]

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Now WHO confirmed . . .

Avian influenza ? situation in China

20 February 2008
The Ministry of Health in China has reported a new case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case is a 22-year old male from Jianghua County, Yongzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province.
He developed symptoms on 16 January was hospitalized on 23 January and died on 24 January. The case was confirmed by the national laboratory on 17 February. Investigations into the source of his infection are ongoing.
Of the 28 cases confirmed to date in China, 18 have been fatal.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_02_20/en/index.html

[sharon sanders]

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China says 41-year-old man dies from bird flu



21 Feb 2008 13:22:09 GMT
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<!-- AN5.0 article title end --> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.alertnet.org/bin/js/article.js"></script> <input value="13" name="CurrentSize" id="CurrentSize" type="hidden"> <!-- China says 41-year-old man dies from bird flu --> <!-- Reuters --> BEIJING, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A man from China's southern Guangxi autonomous region has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The man fell ill on February 12 and was admitted to hospital two days later. He died on February 20, the ministry said on its Web site (www.moh.gov.cn). A specimen from the 41-year-old victim was sent to a central government laboratory and was confirmed on Wednesday as containing the H5N1 virus, it said. (Reporting by Emma Graham-Harrison)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T34765.htm

[sharon sanders]

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中华人民共和国卫生部 www.moh.gov.cn 2008-02-21

People's Republic of China Ministry of Health www.moh.gov.cn 2008-02-21 </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#999999" height="1" width="100%"></td></tr><tr><td height="15">
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卫生部

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2月21日

February 21 </st1:chsdate>

通报，广西壮族自治区确诊一例人感染高致病性禽流感病例。

Communications, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region confirmed case of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza. <o:p></o:p>

患者梁某，男， 41岁，广西壮族自治区南宁市西乡塘区人，无业人员。

Liang of the Weigong patients, male, 41 years old, Nanning City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Xixiang Tong, who were unemployed.

2月12日发病， 2月14日症状加重后入院治疗。

February 12 onset, February 14 increased symptoms after hospital treatment.

2月18日，患者病情迅速恶化，经全力救治无效，于2月20日凌晨５时死亡。

February 18, and rapid deterioration of patients, to treat as null and void, at 5:00 on February 20 killed.

2月20日，广西自治区疾病预防控制中心对患者标本进行检测，显示禽流感病毒（ H5N1 ）核酸阳性。

February 20, the Guangxi Autonomous Region disease prevention and control center of the patient specimens for testing, showed that the avian influenza virus (H5N1) RNA positive.

2月21日，经中国疾病预防控制中心对患者呼吸道标本进行复核检测，结果为禽流感病毒（ H5N1 ）核酸阳性。

February 21, the China Disease Prevention and Control Center of respiratory specimens re-tested, the result, the avian influenza virus (H5N1) RNA positive.

病毒分离工作正在进行中。

Virus isolation work in progress.

当地卫生部门流行病学调查表明，患者在发病前曾接触病死家禽。

Local health departments epidemiological survey showed that the incidence in patients died before contact with poultry.

根据世界卫生组织人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例定义和我国诊断标准，卫生部人禽流感防控专家组判定该病例为 人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例。

According to the World Health Organization of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and diagnostic criteria in China, the Ministry of Health of bird flu prevention and control expert group found cases of human infection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases. <o:p></o:p>

疫情发生后，当地政府高度重视，已按照《人感染高致病性禽流感应急预案》采取了相应的防控措施 。

After the epidemic occurred, the local government has attached great importance, in accordance with the "human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans" to the corresponding prevention and control measures.

对全部密切接触者实行严格的医学观察，截至目前未发现异常临床表现。

All close contacts of a strict medical observation, far found no abnormal clinical manifestations. <o:p></o:p>

该患者的有关情况，卫生部已向世界卫生组织、港澳台地区和部分国家通报。

The patients with the situation, the Ministry of Health has the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and some other countries in communications. <o:p></o:p>
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[Laidback Al]

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Location of Hunan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.

[HenryN]

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MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) - A man died of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in southern China in the second confirmed case in a month, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
The 41 year-old resident of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region developed bird flu symptoms on February 12 and died on February 20, two days after being admitted to a local hospital. He became the 18th bird flu fatality on the country's record.
On January 24, the lethal virus killed a 22 year-old resident of the central Hunan Province.
In both accidents, the source of infection has yet to be established. According to the World Health Organization, avian influenza has so far killed 230 people in 364 confirmed cases worldwide. Although there have been no incidences of human to human infection, experts fear that it may mutate into a form that could easily be transmitted from person to person, causing a global pandemic.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20080221/99808646.html

[HenryN]

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China says 41-year-old man dies from bird flu

Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:53am EST
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BEIJING, Feb 21 (Reuters) - A man from China's southern Guangxi autonomous region has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the third death from the disease since late last year, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The man fell ill on February 12, was admitted to hospital two days later and died on February 20, the ministry said on its Web site (www.moh.gov.cn).

He had been in contact with sick domestic poultry, and a specimen sent to a central government laboratory confirmed he was infected with the H5N1 virus.

Checks have been carried out on everyone who had been in contact with the victim, and so far no abnormalities had been detected, the statement added.

The ministry has informed the World Health Organisation, authorities in Hong Kong and some other national governments of the case.

A 22-year-old man from the central Chinese province of Hunan died in late January of the H5N1 strain. Between Jan 18 and Feb 14 it also killed three men in north Vietnam, which borders Guangxi.

With the world's biggest poultry population and millions of backyard birds roaming free, China is at the centre of the fight against bird flu. Since late 2003, the country has had 29 human cases, including 19 deaths.

Scientists fear the bird flu virus could mutate into a form that could pass easily from person to person, sparking a global pandemic.

Not including the latest death, the virus is known to have killed 230 people globally since late 2003, according to the World Health Organisation. (Reporting by Emma Graham-Harrison; Editing by David Fogarty)

http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USPEK35422

[HenryN]

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02210801/H5N1_Guangxi.html