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"The Department of Health has warned GPs to be alert to the possibility of bird flu in people who have recently returned from China.
The warning was sent last week after China confirmed it had identified eleven cases of human infection with the new strain of avian influenza A (H7N9), including five deaths.
GPs are told they should consider anyone who develops a serious respiratory illness in the seven days following arrival in the UK from China a potential case.
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In a letter sent to all GPs in England, chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies says Public Health England has intensified surveillance and revised the avian influenza investigation algorithm.
?Screening tests can be carried out by designated regional Public Health Laboratories but samples will need to be sent to the national influenza reference laboratory for a definitive test,? the letter states......"
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Information provided to GPs to assess potential H7N9 cases in returning travelers. http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFil.../1317138620910