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June 13, 2006 - Human bird flu case reported in Shenzhen

The Centre for Health Protection has been notified of a suspected human case of avian influenza in Shenzhen.

The 31-year-old man developed fever and pneumonia on June 3. He is in critical condition.

It was reported that he visited a wet market where live chickens were on sale. The centre is seeking more information on the case.

The Department of Health's Port Health Office has maintained temperature screening for inbound travellers at all immigration control points. The Centre for Food Safety will also step up inspection on the health and hygiene conditions of chickens imported from the Mainland.

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Influenza Page
13 June 2006
Be prepared for Influenza

The Alert Response Level has been activated

http://www.chp.gov.hk/

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Alert Response Level
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Alert Response Level depicts the scenarios of confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry populations outside Hong Kong : confirmation of HPAI in <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place> in imported birds in quarantine, in wild birds, in recreational parks, in petbird shops or in the natural environment.<o:p></o:p>
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Upon the advice of the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation (DAFC), the Secretary of Health, Welfare and Food (SHWF) will activate this Response Level.<o:p></o:p>
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Another scenario depicts confirmation of human case(s) of avian influenza outside <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place>. SHWF will activate this Response Level upon the advice of Director of Health (DoH)<o:p></o:p>
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?If the trend goes on..<o:p></o:p>
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There will be the Serious Response Level then the Emergency Response Level<o:p></o:p>

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=s01 colSpan=2>Suspected bird flu victim in southern Chinese city had contact with slaughtered chicken</TD></TR><TR><TD class=s13 colSpan=2>Still no evidence of human-to-human transmission</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2 height=22>http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?no=298609&rel_no=1</TD></TR><TR style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px" bgColor=#f2f2f2><TD class=writer align=left></TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2 height=15></TD></TR><TR><TD align=left></TD><TD class=date align=right>Published 2006-06-14 10:41 (KST) </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2 height=10></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TR><TD height=20></TD></TR><TR><TD class=context>A man suspected of having bird flu in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen may have contracted the disease when his wife brought home a freshly slaughtered chicken from a local market two weeks ago, the government said.

The 31-year-old truck driver, identified only by his surname Jiang, was admitted to the Shenzhen People's Hospital on June 9 and is now in critical condition, the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Tuesday.

Samples taken from the patient have tested positive of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus at the Shenzhen Center of Diseases Control but the diagnosis has yet to be verified by China's Ministry of Health, the report said.

The man had no contact with live birds before the disease, but two weeks ago he and four family members had eaten a freshly slaughtered chicken that his wife had bought at a local market and cooked at home, Xinhua said.

Health experts say close contact with infected birds, including the defeathering or gutting of a freshly slaughtered bird with the virus, puts people at high risk for infection. But the World Health Organization has said that eating well-cooked chicken does not pose any risk of contracting bird flu.

He showed symptoms of fever, coughing and a painful back on June 3, and was transferred to Shenzhen's Donghu Hospital for advanced treatment Tuesday. The rest of Jiang's family did not show similar symptoms, but they were put under medical observation, the report said.

Shenzhen is a bustling boomtown just across the mainland border from Hong Kong. It's a popular shopping and business destination for Hong Kongers.

Bird flu has killed at least 128 people worldwide since it started ravaging Asian poultry farms in late 2003.

The man would become China's 19th reported human case if he is confirmed as having the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, Xinhua said.

Twelve people have died.

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