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China - Bejiing officials deny any human H5N6 cases - city has "perfect" avian flu surveillance system

sharon sanders

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Beijing has not yet found people infected with H5N6 avian influenza

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Source: Legal Evening News Author: Wang Shuo
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[FONT=&#23435]  Legal Evening News (Reporter Wang Shuo) Guangdong Province found confirmed cases of H5N6 avian influenza case of human infection. This is the second confirmed case of human infection with H5N6 avian influenza found in China. This morning, the Beijing CDC informed that, at present, the city has not yet found people infected with H5N6 subtype of avian influenza.
  Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province December 23 briefing, in routine monitoring, from one case of severe pneumonia cases detected H5N6 subtype avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive. December 22, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for further review of the test results for H5N6 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive. December 23, the National Family Planning Health Organization expert consultation and assessment, combined with clinical manifestations of cases, laboratory test results and epidemiological history, diagnostic subtype H5N6 human cases of avian influenza infection in the case. Patients were male, aged 58, now lives in Panyu District, Guangzhou City, have had close contact with live poultry experience, currently in critical condition in hospitals in Guangzhou admitted to hospital, close contacts of the cases had no abnormalities. Up to now, the patient frequented markets outside environmental sampling to detect, yet found positive samples.
  This morning, the reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control, at present, Beijing has established a perfect human avian influenza surveillance system, including monitoring cases of pneumonia of unknown causes, human cases of avian influenza surveillance, surveillance of influenza-like illness, influenza pathogen monitoring, monitoring of occupational exposure to poultry and poultry populations outside environmental monitoring. Has the ability to detect avian influenza virus. Currently, Beijing has not yet found people infected with H5N6 subtype of avian influenza.
  In order to do bird flu prevention, CDC recommends that city people, pay attention to personal hygiene, wash hands frequently indoor ventilation, attention to nutrition, to ensure adequate sleep and rest, increasing physical activity. Especially in a timely and thorough hand washing after contact with poultry. Minimize unnecessary contact with poultry, with special attention to avoid contact with dead poultry. When eating poultry eggs to fully cooked. Raw and cooked food should be handled separately, when hands are damaged when handling meat, it is recommended to wear gloves.
  At the same time, the emergence of symptoms of respiratory tract infection, use paper towels, handkerchiefs conceal sneezing, coughing nose and mouth to prevent infection of others; fever, cough, sore throat, general malaise and other symptoms when you should wear a mask. If exacerbations should wear a mask to hospital outpatient fever, and told the doctor of nearly seven days with or without contact with poultry, as well as whether went viral outbreaks.
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  May 6, Sichuan Province Planning Commission informed health, Sichuan confirmed one case of human infection with the H5N6 subtype of avian flu, the world's first discovery of the virus to infect humans. H5N6 subtype avian influenza virus has been isolated from ducks and mallards in Germany, Sweden, the United States and Taiwan, China, and mostly low pathogenic avian influenza virus. Since 2014, in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province of China, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, as well as Laos and Vietnam, among the birds found H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype.

http://news.sohu.com/20141226/n407311291.shtml

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Recent case in Guangdong province December 23:

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...gdong-province
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