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Shanghai confirms yellow fever case
Source: Xinhua 2016-03-18 19:14:26
SHANGHAI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai's municipal health and family planning commission on Friday confirmed the city's first case of yellow fever reported this year.
The patient, a 46-year-old man from the eastern province of Jiangsu, first experienced fever symptoms on March 5 while in Luanda, capital of Angola, where he contracted the virus.
He sought medical treatment after returning from the African country to China on March 7.
The man tested positive for yellow fever at the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday and the infection was confirmed by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
According to the commission, the patient has suffered liver damage but is in stable condition.
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Source: Xinhua 2016-03-18 19:14:26
SHANGHAI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai's municipal health and family planning commission on Friday confirmed the city's first case of yellow fever reported this year.
The patient, a 46-year-old man from the eastern province of Jiangsu, first experienced fever symptoms on March 5 while in Luanda, capital of Angola, where he contracted the virus.
He sought medical treatment after returning from the African country to China on March 7.
The man tested positive for yellow fever at the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday and the infection was confirmed by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
According to the commission, the patient has suffered liver damage but is in stable condition.
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