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    Hong Kong baby suspected to have mild bird flu

    The Associated Press
    Tuesday, December 30, 2008
    HONG KONG: An infant in Hong Kong is suspected to have contracted a mild strain of bird flu, a health official said Tuesday.
    The baby girl — who is several months old — was hospitalized in stable condition, said the health department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with department policy.
    No other details were immediately available.
    The case came weeks after three dead chickens tested positive for bird flu in Hong Kong, prompting the city to suspend poultry imports for 21 days and begin slaughtering 80,000 birds.
    Hong Kong's biggest bird flu outbreak was in 1997, when the more virulent H5N1 strain jumped to humans and killed six people.
    Bird flu has killed at least 247 people worldwide since 2003, according to the World Health Organization.


  • #2
    Re: Hong Kong baby suspected to have mild bird flu

    It is unclear if "mild" bird flu means H5N1 with mild symptoms, or another sub-type. Hong Kong has reported mild H9N2 previously and South Korea used hocus pocus when the culler was infected with clade 2.3.2.

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    • #3
      Re: Hong Kong baby suspected to have mild bird flu

      Hong Kong baby living in China has mild bird flu - International Herald Tribune
      Hong Kong baby living in China has mild bird flu

      The Associated Press
      Published: December 30, 2008
      HONG KONG:

      A 2-month-old Hong Kong-born infant who lives in China has contracted a mild strain of bird flu, a health official said Tuesday.


      The baby girl, who contracted the H9 strain of avian influenza, is currently isolated at a local hospital and is in stable condition, Thomas Tsang, controller of Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection, told a news conference.

      The baby lives with her family in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen but recently visited a hospital in Hong Kong after showing symptoms, Tsang said.He said health officials in the southern Chinese Guangdong province are trying to determine how she caught the virus.

      Tsang said Hong Kong has recorded four previous human cases of H9 infections. All patients have fully recovered.

      The case came weeks after three dead chickens tested positive for bird flu in Hong Kong, prompting the city to suspend poultry imports for 21 days and begin slaughtering 80,000 birds.

      Hong Kong's biggest bird flu outbreak was in 1997, when the more virulent H5N1 strain jumped to humans and killed six people.

      Bird flu has killed at least 247 people worldwide since 2003, according to the World Health Organization.
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      <cite cite="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/30/asia/AS-Hong-Kong-Bird-Flu.php">Hong Kong baby living in China has mild bird flu - International Herald Tribune</cite>

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      • #4
        Re: Hong Kong baby suspected to have mild bird flu

        Hong Kong: CHP investigating case of influenza A (H9N2) infection (12/30/2008) [CHP]

        The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating a case of influenza A (H9N2) infection - a mild form of avian influenza - involving a 2-month-old girl.


        The Controller of CHP, Dr Thomas Tsang said today (December 30) the baby girl, living in Shenzhen with her parents, developed vomiting, cough and runny nose (but no fever), and was admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH) on December 22.

        She was discharged the next day.

        The girl was taken back to Shenzhen and was re-admitted to TMH on December 29 because of high white blood cell count, which may be suggestive of underlying hematological condition.

        Dr Tsang said influenza A (H9N2) virus was detected from the girl's respiratory specimen taken on December 22.

        The girl was staying in the hospital for isolation and further investigation.

        Her family members are asymptomatic and have been put under medical surveillance.

        "Further genetic sequencing is being conducted to determine if the virus is completely of avian origin," Dr Tsang said. "As the girl was staying in Shenzhen for the whole incubation period, we have informed the Guangdong health department of this case and they will carry out necessary investigation and follow up actions. The department will inform the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health, and health authorities of Macao about the findings. Influenza A (H9N2) is an avian influenza virus which has been isolated from duck and chicken for many years. Infection in humans is rare, and appears to present as a mild disease.

        Dr Tsang said this was the fifth time H9N2 viruses, an avian influenza virus, had been isolated from humans in Hong Kong.

        Three girls and a boy were confirmed to have suffered from H9N2 infection in 1999, 2003 and 2007 respectively.

        Hong Kong had a very comprehensive avian influenza surveillance programme to detect the presence of any avian influenza and the possible reassortment of the viruses so that prompt responsive measures could be taken, Dr Tsang said.

        As a precautionary measure, people are reminded to avoid contact with live poultry to minimise the chance of being infected with avian influenza.

        "Hands should be washed thoroughly with soap and water after handling live poultry.

        "To build up good body resistance against influenza, people are encouraged to maintain a balanced diet, do regular exercise, and have adequate rest. They should not smoke,?? Dr Tsang said.

        People can obtain updated information on influenza from the CHP's website (http://www.chp.gov.hk).

        They can also get information on the prevention of influenza from the department's Central Health Education Hotline on 2833 0111.
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        • #5
          Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

          Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...37229820081230

          HK says baby girl infected by H9N2 bird flu strain
          Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:18pm IST

          HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong on Tuesday confirmed a two-month-old baby girl was infected with the H9N2 bird flu strain, the fifth human case in the city since 1999, a government health official told reporters.

          "Today the Center for Health Protection confirmed one human case of influenza H9N2 infection, affecting a two-month-old baby girl," said Thomas Tsang, controller for the Center of Health Protection, adding the infant was in a stable condition.

          While countries around the world may be preparing for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic, a team of researchers said in August 2008 that the H9N2 also poses a threat to humanity.

          H9N2, a virus seen mostly in birds, has previously infected at least four children in Hong Kong, causing mild illness, and is found in birds, pigs and other animals in Europe and Asia.

          The team of scientists from the University of Maryland, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and elsewhere tinkered with the virus and tested it in ferrets, animals whose biology is very close to humans when it comes to flu.

          A single mutation made H9N2 more virulent and pathogenic, and also helped it transmit more easily from one ferret to another, they reported in their study published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE.

          They also mixed H9N2 with an H3N2 virus, a type of influenza virus that causes seasonal flu in people. Scientists believe that if a human or animal is infected with two strains of flu at the same time, this "reassortment" can happen in nature. The reassorted virus was easier for the ferrets to catch and transmit.

          There are hundreds of strains of avian influenza viruses, but only four -- H5N1, H7N3, H7N7, and H9N2 -- are known to have caused human infections, according to the World Health Organization.

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            Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

            Originally posted by Shiloh View Post
            Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...37229820081230

            HK says baby girl infected by H9N2 bird flu strain
            Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:18pm IST


            There are hundreds of strains of avian influenza viruses, but only four -- H5N1, H7N3, H7N7, and H9N2 -- are known to have caused human infections, according to the World Health Organization.
            H7N2 has caused human infections in the United States and UK.

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            • #7
              Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

              Hong Kong: Probe launched into baby's H9N2 infection (news.hk)
              Probe launched into baby's H9N2 infection

              *The Centre for Health Protection is investigating a case of influenza-A virus (H9N2) involving a two-month old girl who lives in Shenzhen.


              The Hong Kong-born baby is stable in Tuen Mun Hospital.

              Centre controller Dr Thomas Tsang today said the girl was admitted December 22 with a runny nose, vomiting and a cough but no fever.

              She was discharged the next day and returned to Shenzhen.

              But she lost her appetite later and was sent to a local doctor for treatment.

              As her white blood cell count was high, her mother brought her back to the hospital December 29.

              Test results found the presence of H9N2, which is a mild form of avian flu.

              Guangdong health authorities have been informed of the case.

              The Department of Health will also inform the World Health Organisation, the Mainland's Ministry of Health, and health authorities of Macau.

              "The investigation is ongoing and we want to find the source of the virus," he said.

              "We are particularly concerned about whether the case is human-to-human transmitted and whether there are other people infected."

              Dr Tsang said the virus is widely spread among birds and poultry in southern China.

              There were four human cases in the past 10 years and all patients recovered.

              He said one of the major causes of H9N2 is close contact with live poultry and birds.

              "The rest of the girl's immediate family is asymptomatic. We are monitoring their condition and have given them Temiflu," Dr Tsang said.

              "Since the girl's white blood cell count is high the hospital is finding out whether she has other blood disorders, such as leukaemia."
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              <cite cite="http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/081230/html/081230en05006.htm">Probe launched into baby's H9N2 infection</cite>

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              • #8
                Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                Source: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/con...influenza.html


                Hong Kong reports baby has H9N2 virus

                Lisa Schnirring * Staff Writer

                Dec 30. 2008 (CIDRAP News) ? Health officials in Hong Kong today said a 2-month-old girl who lives in mainland China has been hospitalized at a Hong Kong hospital for an H9N2 avian influenza infection, which typically causes mild illness but is considered one of the viruses that could evolve into a pandemic strain.

                Thomas Tsang, controller for Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection, told reporters today that the girl was in stable condition and is in isolation, according to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press (AP).

                The baby and her family live in Shenzhen, in southern China, but she was hospitalized in Hong Kong after she got sick, the AP report said. An Agence France-Presse report today said the girl's case was diagnosed after she fell ill with vomiting, a cough, and a runny nose.

                "We have had four (H9N2) cases in the past 10 years and they all had mild respiratory symptoms and they all recovered," Tsang said at the press conference, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur. He added that the virus is common among chickens and geese in southern China.

                Tsang said health officials in China's Guangdong province are investigating how the girl contracted the virus, the AP reported.

                Hong Kong's last H9N2 case was reported in March 2007, when the virus struck a 9-month-old girl. The same subtype sickened two girls in 1999 and a 5-year-old boy in 2003, according to previous reports.

                Though the H9N2 strain of avian flu is distinct from the deadly H5N1 subtype, global health experts regard it as one of the other avian influenza viruses that could evolve into a pandemic strain.

                Researchers have reported that the virus can spread to pigs, in which it could potentially reassort with other influenza viruses that are more likely to infect humans. Serologic studies have suggested that there may be more human H9N2 infections than have been detected and reported.

                In August, investigators published a study in PLoS One (Public Library of Science One) that explored how H9N2 viruses replicate and transmit in ferrets, which have sialic acid receptors in their respiratory tracts resembling those in humans. They found that wild-type H9N2 viruses can infect ferrets and can spread to other ferrets through direct contact, though aerosol transmission did not seem to occur.

                The research group also identified genetic characteristics that could enhance H9N2 replication and direct-contact transmission. They also found that a reassortant virus that combined genes from H9N2 and human H3N2 strains replicated in both the upper and lower respiratory tracts and caused more serious lung damage than the wild-type H9N2 virus did.

                Given the concerns about H9N2's pandemic potential, the US government in 2004 contracted with Chiron Corp. (now part of Novartis) to produce 40,000 doses of a vaccine against the strain. In Sept 2006 researchers reported that a phase 1 clinical trial demonstrated that the experimental vaccine generated a good immune response.

                See also:

                Mar 20, 2007, CIDRAP News story "Baby in Hong Kong infected with H9N2 avian flu"

                Aug 14 CIDRAP News story "Researchers probe pandemic potential of H9N2 virus"

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                • #9
                  Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                  On cross-border spread of avian flu can not be taken lightly
                  [2008-12-31]

                  衛生防護中心昨日證實,一名在本港出生,居於深圳的2個月大女嬰被驗出感染H9N2禽流感。

                  Center for Health Protection confirmed yesterday, one born in Hong Kong, living in Shenzhen's 2-month-old baby girl were found infected with H9N2 avian influenza.

                  專家初步判斷,該女嬰是在內地感染,之後來港求醫時才發現病毒,是一宗跨境病例。

                  Experts preliminary judge, the girl was infected in the Mainland, Hong Kong and seek medical attention only after the discovery of the virus, is a cross-border cases.

                  隨著港粵兩地人流往還愈趨頻繁,可能導致傳染病通過人流跨境傳播,當局應加強與廣東省醫療部門的通報機制, 當發現有港人在內地感染疫症時,應第一時間通報本港醫院,做好準備,防範疫症在港傳播。

                  With the Hong Kong and Guangdong increasingly frequent flow of people between the two places could lead to the spread of infectious diseases through cross-border flow of people, the authorities should be strengthened with the Guangdong health department notification system, upon detection of any outbreak of infection in the Mainland, Hong Kong people should be the first time inform the local hospital, ready to prevent the spread of the epidemic in Hong Kong.

                  禽流感病毒以H5N1殺傷力最大,死亡率達6成。

                  H5N1 avian influenza virus to the largest mass destruction, the death rate of 6-cheng.

                  比較而言,這次女嬰感染的H9N2,雖然毒性較H5N1為輕,但傳染性極高,尤其對於抵抗力弱的嬰孩,更具 殺傷力。

                  In comparison, the baby girl infected H9N2, although less toxic than H5N1, but highly contagious, especially for the weak resistance of the baby, more lethal.

                  據美國瑪利蘭大學研究發現,H9N2禽流感病毒一旦出現變種,其致命性及傳播力將變得相當驚人 。

                  According to the U.S.玛利兰University study found, H9N2 avian influenza virus variants event, the spread of lethal force and will become quite alarming.

                  該病毒廣泛存在禽鳥間,辨識人類細胞的能力亦較強,人體感染後未必會發病,但可令病毒快速地人傳人,是名副 其實「沉默的病毒」。

                  Extensive presence of the virus among birds and poultry, the ability to identify human cells grow stronger, and the human body after infection may not be the disease, but the virus quickly person to person and is worthy of the name "Silence of the virus."

                  由於本港地狹人稠,空氣流通欠佳,令病毒更易散播,因此,當局不可低估病毒的嚴重性,應盡早就防控H9N2 病毒作部署,做好研製疫苗及偵測病毒等準備,以備不時之需。

                  Because Hong Kong is so densely populated small city, a poorly-ventilated, so that the virus spread more easily, therefore, the authorities should not underestimate the seriousness of the virus, should long ago for the deployment of prevention and control of the H9N2 virus, do a good job in the development of a vaccine and detection of viruses and other preparations to and when necessary.

                  自從當局推行活雞日日清政策,有效截斷病毒傳播鏈後,活雞在本港傳播禽流感的機會已經減少。

                  Since the introduction of live day-money policy to effectively cut off the virus transmission chain, the live chickens in Hong Kong the opportunity to spread of bird flu has been reduced.

                  然而,由於粵港兩地的交流日益緊密,每日大批港人往返兩地工作和居住,如果港人在內地感染禽流感,極容易將 病毒帶入,成為本港防疫體系的重大漏洞。

                  However, due to the exchange of Guangdong and Hong Kong becoming increasingly close, a large number of people per day between the two places to work and live, if Hong Kong people infected with bird flu virus into a very easy to become a major epidemic prevention system in Hong Kong loopholes.

                  因此,當局一方面應加強邊境的防疫檢驗,主動抽查往來人士,並派發禽流感宣傳單張,勸喻有發燒咳嗽人士盡快 求診。

                  Therefore, on the one hand, the authorities should step up border quarantine inspection, sampling between those who take the initiative and distribute publicity leaflets to the avian flu, cough with fever are advised to seek treatment as soon as possible.

                  同時,當局應設立粵港醫院的通報機制。

                  At the same time, the authorities should set up a notification mechanism between Guangdong and Hong Kong hospitals.

                  這既有助防範疫症四處傳播,亦有助追查病源,作出相應治療。

                  This not only helps to prevent the spread of the epidemic, it will also help to trace their sources, to make the corresponding treatment.

                  香港是世界上最早爆發禽流感疫情的地區,過去11年已先後出現9次,不僅造成人命傷亡,更衝擊 本港經濟。

                  Hong Kong was the world's first bird flu outbreak areas, over the past 11 years has appeared 9 times, not only causing casualties, but also impact the local economy.

                  本港作為旅遊、購物天堂,倘若爆發傳染病疫情,將嚴重打擊旅客來港的信心。

                  Hong Kong as a tourist, shopping paradise, if the outbreak of infectious diseases will be serious blow to the confidence of visitors to Hong Kong.

                  在過去禽流感、沙士肆虐時,各主要景點門可羅雀、市面一片蕭條的情景,港人仍歷歷在目。

                  Avian influenza in the past, when the SARS outbreak, all the major attractions门可罗雀, the markets are very depressed, and scenes of Hong Kong people are still fresh in our memory.

                  現時本港經濟不景,旅遊消費是本港主要經濟支柱,更不容有失

                  。 Of the current economic downturn, tourism consumption is the major economic pillars of Hong Kong, but also can not jump.

                  因此,當局必須對禽流感防疫工作高度重視,嚴陣以待,加強監察、提升醫院的戒備級別、強化街市消毒衛生工作 ;並積極與內地的衛生部門聯繫,完善資訊通報機制,杜漸防微,以免經濟遭受重創

                  。 Therefore, we must work on the avian flu epidemic attach great importance to combat readiness, to strengthen the monitoring and upgrade hospitals alert level, and strengthen health workers disinfected the market; and actively with the Mainland health sector linkages, and improve information reporting mechanism, Mrs becoming anti-Micro, in order to avoid economic damage.

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                    Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                    The Government informed the continent to trace the source of bird flu infected baby

                    * 2008-12-30
                    * China Times
                    * 【Central News Agency】

                    One was born in Hong Kong living in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China's 2-month-old girl found in Hong Kong today has been infected with H9N2 avian influenza virus, the Hong Kong Department of Health urgent notice the Guangdong Provincial Health Office to assist in tracing the infected baby the source and means.

                    Hong Kong Department of Health Director of the Center for Health Protection Thomas Tsang, met with the media this evening that the baby girl with his family to live in Shenzhen, her December 22 cough, runny nose and vomiting symptoms, but no fever, baby parents She sent to Tuen Mun Hospital in Hong Kong, a night in hospital and discharged to return to Shenzhen.

                    Baby girl to return to Shenzhen, the parents found her not want to eat, so take her to Shenzhen attendance, high white blood cell found the baby, they brought a baby girl yesterday to Tuen Mun Hospital, the Hong Kong Department of Health, today we have women nasopharyngeal secretions of infants and test results, confirmed she was infected H9N2 avian influenza virus.

                    At present, a baby girl in Tuen Mun Hospital for isolated treatment in stable condition.

                    As the baby often live in Shenzhen, Hong Kong Department of Health has notified the Guangdong Provincial Health Department to assist in tracing the source of a baby girl and means of infection, and understanding of their home environment have a chance to come into contact with live poultry.

                    Thomas Tsang said, H9N2 avian influenza virus commonly found in poultry in southern China region, including Hong Kong have the birds, human infection is mainly due to contact with poultry. As the baby girl do not even have a chicken, I believe that route of transmission and contact with poultry-related.

                    However, the Hong Kong authorities will do gene cultivate in order to determine whether the avian influenza virus variants are expected 1-2 weeks after the results.

                    Thomas also said, H9N2 avian influenza virus are relatively less powerful, patients can recover after treatment, together with the baby girl infected with the H9N2 virus earlier this month in Hong Kong poultry farm outbreak of avian influenza virus H5N1 are different, so the restoration of Hong Kong today three weeks to stop the import of live chickens, the need to prohibit the import and sale of live chickens.

                    This is what Hong Kong has always found the first five human infection cases of H9 avian influenza, most recently early last year, one is a baby girl in Tseung Kwan O infection, recovered after treatment.

                    However, in Hong Kong in 1997, bird flu outbreak, there were 6 of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza virus died.

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                    • #11
                      Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                      Currently in stable condition, the Hong Kong Department of Health said that the dangers of the virus as H5 high, do not panic

                      本报讯一名居住在深圳的香港女婴,在香港被证实感染H9N2禽流感。

                      By living in Shenzhen, a Hong Kong baby girl, in Hong Kong was confirmed to have contracted H9N2 avian influenza.

                      目前正在香港屯门医院隔离治疗,情况稳定。

                      Is currently being treated in isolation in Hong Kong Tuen Mun Hospital in stable condition.

                      港府卫生官员认为,该案例因人传人感染的可能性不高。

                      Government health officials that the case because of the possibility of human-to-human infection is not high.

                      昨天下午,香港卫生署紧急召开记者会,称已经连同广东省卫生厅调查感染源。

                      Yesterday afternoon, the Hong Kong Department of Health Emergency held a press conference that has, together with the Guangdong Provincial Health Department to investigate the source of infection.

                      港府卫生官员表示,H9病毒较为轻微,病人一般可以康复,目前正在对女婴的样本进行进一步的检测,等到基因 分析出来后,才能知道是否存在人传人的情况。

                      Government health officials said, H9 virus relatively minor, patients can generally be recovered, the baby is currently on a sample for further testing, until after genetic analysis in order to know whether there is person-to-person situation.

                      而这需要一两个星期的时间。

                      Which requires 12 weeks of time.

                      记者昨天从深圳相关部门了解到,这名女婴只有82 天大,和家人居住在南山,深圳卫生部门已派人员到女婴在深圳居住的小区进行调查,并将统一发布 消息。

                      Yesterday reporters learned from relevant departments of Shenzhen, the only 82-day-old baby girl, and his family live in Nanshan, Shenzhen health authorities have sent officers to the baby girl living in Shenzhen district will be investigated and issued a unified message.

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                        Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                        Source: http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/h...231en05008.htm

                        December 31, 2008
                        Avian flu

                        Toddler recovering from avian infection
                        *
                        Centre for Health Protection

                        The symptoms of the two-month-old girl infected with influenza-A (H9N2) are subsiding, the Centre for Health Protection says, adding her parents have tested negative for the virus.


                        She is stable and still isolated in Tuen Mun Hospital. Other patients and health workers who might have been exposed to the girl are being examined. None have developed respiratory-infection symptoms so far.


                        Guangdong health authorities have found a small number of chickens kept in a food premises near the girl's Shenzhen home. Her contacts in Shenzhen and the food premises workers are asymptomatic and under medical surveillance.

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                        • #13
                          Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                          Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...t_10587234.htm

                          Shenzhen says no further bird flu infections after infant case
                          www.chinaview.cn 2008-12-31 20:56:10

                          SHENZHEN, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- No further infections of bird flu have been detected here in southern China, where an 82-day-old baby girl contracted the disease, a city health bureau spokesman said on Wednesday.

                          The girl, surnamed Chen, was born in Hong Kong. She had been living in Xiabaishi Village, Nanshan District with her grandmother while her parents were working in Hong Kong.

                          The baby fell ill last Monday and was diagnosed as having the H9N2 bird flu strain on Tuesday in a Hong Kong hospital, the spokesman said.

                          Experts from the city's health bureau and disease control center went to the village to investigate. They collected blood samples from the baby's grandmother and eight staff members in a local hospital who had contact with the baby. No virus was detected in those samples.

                          Experts also investigated a restaurant near the patient's home that kept live chickens. No virus was found in blood samples from four staff members of the restaurant.

                          The disease control center has sterilized the area around the baby's home and the hospital where she sought treatment.


                          Experts said the H9N2 bird flu strain is less pathogenic than the H5N1 strain.

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                            Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                            <TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>Baby H9N2 case traced to Shenzhen restaurant

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                            </TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#999999 height=1></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>Mary Ann Benitez and Fiona Tam in Shenzhen
                            Jan 01, 2009 </TD></TR><TR><TD>A two-month-old Shenzhen girl confirmed to have been infected with H9N2 bird flu in Hong Kong lives near a restaurant which keeps chickens, indicating the possible source of her infection....


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                            • #15
                              Re: HONG KONG: One Human case of Avian Influenza A/H9N2 infection, confirmed by HK authorities

                              Originally posted by niman View Post
                              <TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>Baby H9N2 case traced to Shenzhen restaurant


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                              </TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#999999 height=1></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>Mary Ann Benitez and Fiona Tam in Shenzhen
                              Jan 01, 2009
                              </TD></TR><TR><TD>A two-month-old Shenzhen girl confirmed to have been infected with H9N2 bird flu in Hong Kong lives near a restaurant which keeps chickens, indicating the possible source of her infection....



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                              The above story does not cite any positive test results for anyone or anything connected with the restaurant.

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