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China reports fatal H9N2 avian flu case
China recently reported another H9N2 avian influenza case, which involved a 39-year-old man who died from his infection, according to the latest weekly communicable disease threat report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The man from Guizhou prefecture, located in southwest China, became sick on Oct 29 and was hospitalized the same day with a severe illness. He died on Nov 1. The ECDC said no other related cases were detected.
Before the man's illness, China had reported five other H9N2 cases over the past 6 months, including another from Guizhou, according to an avian flu update from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The ECDC notes that 94 cases from 8 countries have been reported since 1998, most of them from China.
H9N2 is common in Asian poultry, and sporadic infections are known to occur in people who have contact with poultry or their environments. Infections are usually mild and typically reported in children.
Nov 19 ECDC weekly communicable disease threat report
Nov 16 CHP avian flu update
China reports fatal H9N2 avian flu case
China recently reported another H9N2 avian influenza case, which involved a 39-year-old man who died from his infection, according to the latest weekly communicable disease threat report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The man from Guizhou prefecture, located in southwest China, became sick on Oct 29 and was hospitalized the same day with a severe illness. He died on Nov 1. The ECDC said no other related cases were detected.
Before the man's illness, China had reported five other H9N2 cases over the past 6 months, including another from Guizhou, according to an avian flu update from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The ECDC notes that 94 cases from 8 countries have been reported since 1998, most of them from China.
H9N2 is common in Asian poultry, and sporadic infections are known to occur in people who have contact with poultry or their environments. Infections are usually mild and typically reported in children.
Nov 19 ECDC weekly communicable disease threat report
Nov 16 CHP avian flu update
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