China - Boy, 2, positive for H5N1 hospitalized in Hong Kong, lives in Guangdong province - possible exposure from live ducks at wet market

[sharon sanders]

Re: China - Boy, 2, positive for H5N1 hospitalized in Hong Kong, lives in Guangdong province - possible exposure from live ducks at wet market

it cannot be ruled out that the source of infection was in Anhui.

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[Treyfish]

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Hong Kong H5N1 avian influenza boy went to the Guangzhou
2012 06 month 05 Day 21:53

Xinhua Hong Kong, June 5 (Reporter Huang Jie) Hong Kong SAR Government Food and Health York Chow said the two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian flu, two days before the onset of the mother to the markets of Guangzhou and standing about one meter distance the ducks believe this is a more important factor in his pathogenic.

Dr Chow also pointed out that the boy was seven days before the onset of the disease, had traveled to Anhui and other places, and therefore can not completely rule out the possibility he may be infected with the virus in other places.

Virus testing, Dr Chow said the boy body of the bird flu virus, the virus detected in the carcasses of dead birds this year completely consistent with the major bird flu virus in southern China, reflecting no genetic variation.

That the children had with their families living in Guangzhou, May 23 at the local onset of a fever and runny nose, and then to Hong Kong for medical treatment and was diagnosed with the H5N1 avian influenza cases.http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-06-05/215324540947.shtml

[Treyfish]

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Guangzhou bird markets kill a chicken halfway

Two-year-old boy infected with avian influenza last Saturday, less brain edema surgery yesterday in serious condition, but the source of the virus Rengshi Mi!

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Guangdong Province Center for Disease Control announced yesterday, 7 40 environmental samples taken in the markets visited by the boy and the neighborhood, six were positive for avian flu virus.

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Reporters yesterday to Guangzhou, Interrupted, noted that the local health quarantine departments to the market culling of chickens was chicken traders to protest, but nothing, the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety reiterated that it will only strengthen the monitoring.

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Infectious disease experts have warned that poultry vaccines and viruses do not match, the limited power of the chickens protection, coupled with the crowded market environment, the virus more easily transmitted from chickens, ducks between opportunistic raid human.
<!--//browseHistoryList-->Guangdong CDC boy to market their homes near the market, including the extraction cages, chopping boards, etc. 40 7 environmental samples tested, were positive for avian flu virus detected in six samples, five case of H5, a case of H9 type, but the poultry practitioners throat swab sample was negative for influenza virus, and no person has been infected.

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Center director Jianfeng that the poultry market by the bird flu virus contamination but it is difficult to determine the source of the outbreak of the virus in the community and popular possibility is very low.
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Our reporter yesterday to the suspected source of infection is near the Guangzhou Haizhu District, Jiangnan East markets, chicken vendors in the health and quarantine departments in Guangdong Province on Monday morning to the market to the culling of chickens and epidemic prevention, but killing thirty chickens, poultry traders protest without compensation, without notice after the halfway cut.

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Chicken stalls in the market yesterday to continue the business, but business is deserted, fell five percent higher than usual. The stall owners, Market Health is the ideal, the virus passed in from the periphery of unlicensed chicken stalls.
<TABLE class=photoLayout><TBODY><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Ho Pak-leung: A vaccine with the virus

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For boys the source of infection in Guangzhou Market for Food and Health Secretary York Chow yesterday refers to the great cause of the boy disease before the onset of the 2nd, had told the mother to the markets of Guangzhou near their homes to buy ducks from the ducks about one meter, and stay for a long period of time. He believes that no other contacts of the infected, which is a single case, no successor risk.
<TABLE class=photoLayout><TBODY><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The University of Hong Kong infection by the Director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases, Ho Pak-leung, refers the detection of avian influenza virus in the market environment, to further laboratory virus is a new species 2.3.2.1, in order to determine whether the markets are affected by the invasion of new varieties.

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He believes that avian influenza viruses do not fit with the existing chickens in the vaccine, even if the vaccination is to protect the force is also limited, sporadic chickens infected, the Mainland market is overcrowded, health is not ideal to make the virus more chickens, ducks between the spread of virus penetration, waiting for an opportunity to raid human. If the vaccine has not replaced, the new virus may continue to spread in chickens from the Mainland, do not rule out local farms and markets also were caught.

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[Treyfish]

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Experts worry about the restructuring of influenza and avian influenza

Express News reporter Chen Yang Cao Hongmei reported that the recent Hong Kong influenza raging Express Reporter learned yesterday from the Guangdong Provincial CDC influenza in Guangdong at the peak epidemic period, and influenza accounted for Jiucheng.

The experts fear that the seasonal flu with avian influenza restructuring so that it can spread from person to person, this will focus on monitoring. Mystery for the Hong Kong children infected with avian influenza event, the Express reporter interviewed yesterday, Guangdong Province Center for Disease Control chief expert, infectious disease prevention and control, He Jianfeng, director, and he said the boy why is still a mystery infection in June.

Express reporter was informed, Guangzhou City set three hospitals in Haizhu District --- Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Haizhu District People's Hospital, Gangnam Community Health Service Center for monitoring hospitals to strengthen the fever and flu-like symptoms cases the monitoring and search suspicious cases that take the initiative to the Haizhu District, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control report.

Jianfeng introduced, Guangzhou City CDC test results prompted the sick boy was most likely infected with avian influenza virus from the external environment of the Jiangnan East market. It is reported that Guangdong had confirmed cases of bird flu, the only one outside environment has detected cases of avian influenza virus.

Jianfeng also said that avian influenza is mainly spread between birds and spread in humans there is no biological basis for the infection cases, scholars believe may be differences in gene receptor. As long as the market rigorous disinfection of public eating undercooked poultry do not have to worry about, because the avian influenza virus will be killed in more than 70 degrees Celsius.

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[Treyfish]

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The Haizhu a duck samples detected suspected bird flu positive
: 2012-06-06

<FOUNDER-CONTENT>WASHINGTON It is understood that the June 3, the agricultural sector in Guangzhou City, Haizhu District, Jiangnan East market found infected with avian influenza viruses in Hong Kong children have been to conduct a comprehensive epidemiological investigation.

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Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture yesterday informed that the test results of individual birds healthy carriers of the virus, the Provincial Animal prevention and control centers has sent personnel to send relevant samples to the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory to do further testing.


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Child has been awake avian flu
As for the two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian influenza in Guangzhou earlier return to Hong Kong seeking treatment yesterday, has been sober and without the use of the respirator to assist breathing. He is still the Princess Margaret Hospital in serious condition, the parents still in the hospital for observation.
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..Guangzhou two-year-old boy infected with bird flu after treatment, better, without the use of a respirator, is still the Princess Margaret Hospital in serious condition, the boys' parents also admitted for observation in the hospital.

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Parents still in the hospital.. wonder why

[Treyfish]

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Guangzhou infected with avian influenza boy sober and not using respirators
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08.06.2012 11:36
Two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian influenza in Guangzhou, have been sober and not a hand respirator to assist breathing. He is still the Princess Margaret Hospital in serious condition, the parents still in the hospital for observation.

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The boy and his family live in Guangzhou, before the onset of the disease, with the mother duck to a nearby market to buy, the boy had contact with live poultry. Accident boy earlier to the markets in Guangzhou, and markets a duck samples were positive for H5 avian influenza virus, the poultry markets practitioners, has not been found to be infected. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.g oogle.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx%3FItemId%3D519703%26csid%3D261_341 &usg=ALkJrhi59EzOj2wek8tDYGMIBDIsKVZ3NA

[Treyfish]

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Hong Kong-2 Year old boy still in hospital

Dr Tsang: Undetermined down when the avian flu a serious alert level
18/06/2012 1:07 PM

To Hong Kong from Guangzhou in early two-year-old boy diagnosed with the H5N1 avian influenza infection, currently still in hospital. Centre for Health Protection Thomas Tsang said that Hong Kong is only one human cases of infection, the center view of Hong Kong and the Mainland, including virus new development, will also work with the Guangdong Provincial Health Department to contact and then decide when to cut the avian flu a serious alert level.

In addition, Thomas Tsang refers to the 24 imported cases of dengue fever so far this year, called on members of the public traveling abroad to anti-mosquito measures.
http://www.metroradio.com.hk/997/News/Default.aspx?NewsID=2b891477-65c4-493c-adfa-0d5549ad0a09

[Treyfish]

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Boy body suffering from avian influenza virus has been cleared

..According to the advisory board member of one of Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection Thomas Tsang, Director of, from ear to Hong Kong last month diagnosed transfection of avian influenza the boy had been transferred to ICU, the virus has been cleared in a stable condition, but hydrocephalus is still needed to treat, his family were not infected. Monitoring shows that some changes of recent years, strains of influenza in Hong Kong and Guangdong closer and closer, so the two will have more cooperation in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and research.

2012-07-17 00:00: http://lady.southcn.com/6/2012-07/17/content_51106696.htm

[Laidback Al]

Re: China - Boy, 2, positive for H5N1 hospitalized in Hong Kong, lives in Guangdong province - possible exposure from live ducks at wet market

It is not clear how long this child was hospitalized. He was initially admitted on May 28th and according to treyfish's post above he was still being hospitalized on June 18th, some 21 days later. If the child has only been release recently (in July) he could have been treated for up to 6 weeks.

This is another example of an H5N1 case that had to receive extensive hospitalization and care to recover. It should serve as a reminder that long term hospitalization will not be available in the throes of a virulent pandemic.