China confirms new human case of bird flu

[Theresa42]

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China confirms new human case of bird flu

www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-14 20:23:31

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed a new human case of H5N1 bird flu in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The victim, a 62-year-old farmer, became ill on June 19, and died on July 12.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/14/content_4960599.htm

 

[Sharpe]

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I wonder if he was from Aksu.

China kills 400,000 chickens in latest bird flu outbreak
China has announced it had killed nearly 400,000 chickens in the far northwest of the country to control a fresh outbreak of bird flu. .
The outbreak was discovered on July 14 in Aksu city, Xinjiang region, when 3,045 chickens were found dead, the agriculture ministry said in a brief statement on its website on Friday. .
Since then 356,976 chickens have been killed as part of emergency measures to contain the outbreak, according to the statement. .
"The epidemic is effectively under control," it said. There was no mention of any concerns for people living in the area.

http://www.todayonline.com/articles/132005.asp

Avian flu of the type H5N1 discovered in the town of Akessu of Xinjiang

2006-07-21 20:52: 35 cry
the Office of information of the Chinese ministry of Agriculture announced the 21 that according to the expertise on the national Laboratory of China specialized in research on the avian flu, cases of the avian flu of the type of highly pathogenic H5N1 were discovered on July 14 in the town of Akessu of the autonomous area ou?goure of Xinjiang, and 3.000 chickens died about it.
Following the confirmation of the epidemic, the ministry for Agriclture and the area of Xinjiang have worse multiple measurements to prevent the expansion of the epidemic effectively.

 

[HenryN]

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[Theresa42]

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China confirms new human case of bird flu

www.chinaview.cn 2006-08-14 20:23:31

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed a man had died from the H5N1 bird flu virus in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The victim, a 62-year-old farmer, became ill on June 19, and died on July 12.

Epidemiological research showed the man did not have close contact with any human cases of bird flu and sick or dead poultry in the last month of his life.

The regional center for disease control (CDC) and prevention tested his samples and got negative results 14 days after he fell ill, but the re-test by the national CDC on July 16 indicated he was H5N1 positive.

On August 2, the national CDC tested the rest of his samples left from previous tests and again got positive results, said the ministry.

The ministry confirmed it as a human case of bird flu by both Chinese and WHO standards and reported the new case to the World Health Organization.

Local health authorities have tightened prevention and control measures and have found no abnormal symptoms of the people who had close contact with the farmer.

This case brings China's total human cases of bird flu to 21 and the death toll from the disease to 14.

An outbreak of bird flu in poultry in Xinjiang's Aksu City was confirmed on July 14.

A total of 3,045 chickens were killed by the disease and another 356,976 were culled when the outbreak was confirmed, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

It announced on August 10 that the outbreak had been brought under control.

The information office of the Ministry of Health said they could not link the new human case with outbreaks among poultry in the region.

The source of infection for the new case is still unclear, spokesman of the Ministry of Health Mao Qun'an told Xinhua.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/14/content_4960599.htm

 

[MHSC]

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Bird flu kills 1,800 ducks in China, 210,000 culled

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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> About 1,800 ducks have died from bird flu at a farm in central China and more than 210,000 have been culled, the online edition of Xinhua news agency said Tuesday. </td> </tr><tr> <td align="left" valign="top">

A total of 1,805 ducks have died at the farm in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, since the first poultry death was reported on Aug. 4, Xinhuanet (www.xinhuanet.com) quoted the agriculture ministry as saying. ​

About 217,000 ducks at the farm have been culled, Xinhuanet said. ​

A national laboratory confirmed on Monday the ducks had died from the H5N1 bird flu virus, it said. ​

About 40 bird flu outbreaks in poultry have been reported in a dozen Chinese provinces in the past year. ​

On Monday, the Health Ministry said a 62-year-old farmer from Jimsar county in the northwestern region of Xinjiang died on July 12 from the H5N1 strain, bringing the nationwide bird flu death toll to 14. ​

It was 21st human case of bird flu in China. ​

Source: Reuters​

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[MHSC]

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Avian influenza ? situation in China ? update 14


14 August 2006

The Ministry of Health in China has confirmed the country?s 21st case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.


The case occurred in a 62-year-old male farmer from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the north-western part of the country. He developed symptoms on 19 June and died on 12 July. Initial tests on patient specimens produced negative results. As a precautionary measure, tests were repeated during July and August and eventually produced positive results, which were confirmed today by the Ministry of Health.


An epidemiological investigation of the case was unable to uncover a history of exposure to dead or diseased birds. The man had no history of travel during the month prior to symptom onset. No recent poultry outbreaks have been reported in the vicinity of the man?s home. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had not previously reported a human case.


Of the 21 cases confirmed to date in China, 14 have been fatal.



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