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  • CIDRAP NEWS SCAN: H7N9 cases, death in China; H5N1 cases in Egypt

    Source: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-persp...an-feb-12-2015
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    Avian Flu Scan for Feb 12, 2015
    H7N9 cases, death in China; H5N1 cases in Egypt[/B]
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    Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza China reports three H7N9 infections, one fatal

    Three more H7N9 infections from China, one of them fatal, were reported yesterday and today, one in Shanghai and two in Guangdong province, according to official sources.
    The patient from Shanghai is a 53-year-old man who is hospitalized in critical condition, according to a city health commission statement yesterday that was translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. The case is Shanghai's fourth to be reported in the third wave of infections, which began in September.
    Meanwhile, the two patients from Guangdong province include a 61-year-old man from Guangzhou who died from his illness and a 60-year-old man from Shantou who is hospitalized in critical condition, according to a provincial health department notice today that was translated by FluTrackers.
    Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) today also reported the three new H7N9 cases and the death.
    The trio of new cases lifts the global H7N9 case tally to 588, according to a running list maintained by FluTrackers.
    Feb 11 FluTrackers thread on Shanghai case
    Feb 12 FluTrackers thread on Guangdong province cases
    Feb 12 CHP statement
    FluTrackers H7N9 case list


    Egypt reports 2 more H5N1 cases

    Egyptian officials reported two H5N1 avian flu infections in recent days in Asyut governorate, continuing the country?s spate of cases in recent weeks, according to two Egyptian media reports translated by FluTrackers.
    On Feb 10 the country's Ministry of Health reported H5N1 in a two-and-a-half?year-old child who is hospitalized. Today provincial authorities said that a 42-year-old woman with pneumonia and breathing difficulties tested positive for the disease, according to the second FluTrackers post. No other details were provided.
    Asyut is in central Egypt along the Nile River. The country has reported 40 H5N1 cases already this year, 15 of which have proved fatal, according to a case list maintained by FluTrackers.
    Feb 10 FluTrackers post
    Feb 12 FluTrackers post
    FluTrackers
    case listing




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