China - HUMAN Cases 2008

Treyfish · Feb 24, 2008

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Like winter avian flu virus in Hong Kong to strengthen immigration control

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Sing Tao global network www.stnn.cc time :2008-02-24
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According to "Ta Kung Pao", Thomas Tsang, pointed out that for two weeks, the continent two cases of human infection of bird flu expressed concern about the risk of avian flu in the winter high, I believe that the future there will be sporadic cases arise.He said that according to the present data showed that the two cases not related to on the surface, because they do not have the same exposure history, and no person to person and the situation.
Hong Kong CHP to take a number of measures to cope with, including contact the Hospital Authority and doctors groups, if the patient or to Hunan, Guangxi, a respiratory tract infection symptoms, such as cough and fever, and had contact with dead birds, we have to carry out bird flu Virus testing. Port temperature detection continues, and from Guangxi and Hunan against passengers, airlines in the plane through the statement appealing to visitors if there are symptoms of respiratory tract infection, immediately after returning to Hong Kong to see a doctor, not contact with live birds.
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Centre has also contacted the tourism industry, providing the latest information for the industry to tour groups on the bird flu situation and preventive measures.
Thomas Tsang said, has been with the Guangdong Provincial Health Department to contact the local do not have any cases of human infection of bird flu, if cases will be immediately notified.

He called on the public to pay attention to sanitation, not to contact with wild birds.
Although the two cases are connected with the death of or contact with infected birds, but is at present no evidence to show that person to person cases. Cold time to the mainland this year, the virus survival time extended accordingly. At the same time, cold environment of migratory birds due to choose a different migration routes, the number of possible movement will increase the scope of increase will increase the spread of the avian flu virus opportunities.
CHP received by the Ministry of Health in the 21st communications, Guangxi province a human infection of the avian influenza H5N1 confirmed cases, the patient was a 41-year-old man on February 12 in the pathogenesis, February 14 in a hospital receiving treatment, 2 20 deaths. China Disease Prevention and Control Center patient samples for testing, samples confirmed the H5N1 strain of bird flu positive. Another case involved a 22-year-old man, he was on January 16 with fever and headache symptoms, and then in a hospital for treatment, died on January 24. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...stnn.cc/hongkong/200802/t20080224_736509.html

HenryN · Feb 24, 2008

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Woman seriously ill with suspected bird flu in China
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A middle-aged woman is in serious condition in southern China with suspected bird flu, the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said in a statement early Monday.

The 44-year-old woman in Guangdong Province developed symptoms on February 16 consistent with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the CHP said.
The case has yet to be confirmed by the health ministry and the CHP is in close contact with health authorities in Guangdong, the statement said.
A 41-year-old man died of bird flu in the Guangxi autonomous region in southern China on February 20, while a 22-year-old man in the central Hunan Province died of the disease on January 24.
At least 19 people have died of bird flu in China, while ten others have recovered.
The deadly strain has killed more than 200 people worldwide and ravaged poultry flocks since 2003, according to the World Health Organisation.
Scientists fear the virus can eventually mutate into a form that is much more easily transmissible between humans, triggering a global pandemic.
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HenryN · Feb 24, 2008

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A woman in southern China is suspected to have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Hong Kong government said on Monday, a week after the country reported its third death from the disease since last year.
The Centre for Health Protection said it had been notified by the Department of Health of the southern Guangdong province and Ministry of Health that the 44-year-old woman had developed symptoms on February 16 and the case had yet to be confirmed.
It gave no further details.
Last week, a man from China's southern Guangxi autonomous region died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the third death from the disease since late last year, the Health Ministry said.
Of the 29 cases confirmed to date in China, 19 have been fatal. There have been 232 human deaths globally from the H5N1 strain and 366 confirmed cases of infection since 2003, according to WHO data.
(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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Niko · Feb 24, 2008

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Suspected H5N1 patient dies in China
25 Feb 2008 04:30:25 GMT
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<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.alertnet.org/bin/js/article.js"></script><input value="13" name="CurrentSize" id="CurrentSize" type="hidden"> (Updates with death) HONG KONG, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A 44-year-old woman in China's southern Guangdong province suspected of contracting the H5N1 bird flu virus has died, the Hong Kong government said on Monday.

The migrant worker had contact with poultry and died after developing fever and a cough, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.

"We just received news that she died this morning," a spokeswoman for Hong Kong's Health Department said, adding that there was no confirmation yet as to the cause of death.

The latest suspected case comes after the country reported this month two confirmed H5N1 deaths, one in central Hunan province and the other in southern Guangxi.

China's health authorities informed Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection earlier that the 44-year-old woman from Guangdong had developed symptoms on Feb. 16.

It gave no further details. Of the 29 cases confirmed to date in China, 19 have been fatal. There have been 232 human deaths globally from the H5N1 strain and 366 confirmed cases of infection since 2003, according to WHO data. (Reporting by Donny Kwok and Tan Ee Lyn; editing by Anne Marie Roantree)

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HenryN · Feb 25, 2008

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Bird flu suspect dies in southern China
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BEIJING: A 44-year-old woman in southern China who was suspected of having contracted bird flu died on Monday, state media reported, in what would be the third death from the virus in the Asian nation this year.

The migrant worker, surnamed Zhang, died after developing a fever and a cough following contact with poultry in Guangdong province, the Xinhua news agency said.

Xinhua cited local health officials but the health ministry in Beijing declined to comment. "We have no information on the case," an official at the ministry's media office said when contacted by AFP.

The victim developed symptoms on February 16 consistent with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the Hong Kong-based Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said in a statement released early Monday.

She was hospitalised on Friday, Xinhua said.

If confirmed as a bird flu-related death, it would be the third in China since the start of 2008.

A 41-year-old man died of bird flu in the Guangxi autonomous region in southern China on February 20, while a 22-year-old man in central Hunan province died on January 24.

Not including the death of Zhang in Guangdong, 19 people have been confirmed to have died of bird flu in China since 2003, while 10 others have recovered after catching the virus.

The deadly strain has killed more than 200 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation.

Scientists fear the virus can eventually mutate into a form that is much more easily transmissible between humans, triggering a global pandemic.

China conducted a huge campaign last year to contain the disease, vaccinating tens of millions of poultry and stepping up public education efforts. - AFP/ac

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HenryN · Feb 25, 2008

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Migrant worker suspected to have bird flu

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]GUANGZHOU -- A 44-year-old woman in south China's Guangdong Province was suspected to have bird flu, the provincial health department confirmed Monday.
The migrant female worker, surnamed Zhang, was found to have had contact with poultry died of illness and have had developed symptoms of fever and cough since February 16, the department said.
The patient was hospitalized last Friday in Haifeng County in Shanwei City.
The provincial health department has organized an expert team to carry out treatment for the patient.

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HenryN · Feb 25, 2008

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HenryN · Feb 25, 2008

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AlaskaDenise · Feb 25, 2008

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niman said:
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Suspect H5N1 Fatality in Guangdong China

Recombinomics Commentary 07:34
February 25, 2008

A 44-year-old woman in south China's Guangdong Province was suspected to have bird flu, the provincial health department confirmed Monday.

The migrant female worker, surnamed Zhang, was found to have had contact with poultry died of illness and have had developed symptoms of fever and cough since February 16, the department said.

The patient was hospitalized last Friday in Haifeng County in Shanwei City.

The above comments describe a suspect H5N1 fatality in Shanwei City in Guangdong Province (see satellite map). This case follows the confirmed (41M) case in Guangxi earlier this month, and the confirmed (22M) case in Hunan. These three cases in the south follow a human to human cluster in northern China at the end of last year.

The cases in southern China are likely to be linked to clade 2.3 (Fujian strain), which is also the likely cause of the recent confirmed cases in northern Vietnam. All of the confirmed cases in southern China and northern Vietnam have been fatal. Suspect cases, as well as a 7 year old who has been described as confirmed in some media reports, have not been recently updated, but represent an addition concern with regard to milder, unreported cases.

Sequence data on the recent cases in China and Vietnam would be useful.

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HenryN · Feb 25, 2008

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Woman dies of bird flu in southern China
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25 February 2008

HONG KONG - A woman in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the government said on Monday, the fourth human death from the virus in China since late last year.
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AlaskaDenise · Feb 25, 2008

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......she died on Monday after treatment failed.........Zhang developed symptoms of fever, cough and pneumonia on Feb. 16, but was only admitted to the county hospital on Feb. 22, after first seeking treatment at a local clinic....

It would be interesting to know what treatment failed.

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Giuseppe · Feb 25, 2008

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Bird flu precautions bolstered

Preventive measures against avian influenza have been enhanced in Hong Kong due to a suspected human H5N1 case in Guangdong involving a 44-year-old Sichuan woman.

Speaking at a press briefing this afternoon Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Thomas Tsang said the Shantou resident developed symptoms on February 16 and died this morning. The case has yet to be confirmed by the Ministry of Health.

She had consumed some of the unvaccinated chickens kept in her backyard. As those chickens became sick and died during the incubation period of her illness it is believed she got the virus from them. There is no evidence or signs of human-to-human transmission.

Strengthened surveillance

The centre and the Hospital Authority have expanded the pneumonia surveillance programme. Public hospitals will conduct tests on patients with pneumonia symptoms of unknown origin who came back from Guangdong in the last six months.

The centre will strengthen its port health measures by enhancing publicity and stepping up temperature screening measures. It will inform healthcare staff of the latest situation and remind them to report suspicious cases promptly.

The Government has also asked the Guangdong Inspection & Quarantine Department to enhance inspection and surveillance of all registered farms supplying poultry to Hong Kong.

The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department will send veterinary officers to inspect the farms and enhance inspection and sample-taking to ensure poultry supplied to Hong Kong is safe for consumption.

Tougher enforcement

The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department will enhance its inspection of local poultry farms and enhance surveillance of live birds sold in wholesale markets and step up cleansing work.

The Customs & Excise Department will enhance inspections at the boundary to combat poultry smuggling activities.

People travelling to the Mainland are urged not to bring any live poultry or uncooked poultry products to Hong Kong. People are also reminded to avoid contact with live poultry.

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Giuseppe · Feb 25, 2008

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Hospital Authority activates Enhanced Surveillance Programme for avian influenza

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

Upon notification by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of a suspected human case of avian influenza H5N1 in Guangdong Province, the Hospital Authority (HA) today (February 25) announces that it will implement a four-week Enhanced Surveillance Programme in public hospitals from tomorrow (February 26) until March 24, with the following measures:

- Public hospitals should report to the e-Flu system of HA all patients fulfilling the case definition of having pneumonia (all types) of unidentified etiology and travel history to affected areas/countries with confirmed human cases of avian influenza infection in the past six months, within seven days before symptoms onset.

- The laboratory of Queen Mary Hospital and the Public Health Laboratory Centre of the Department of Health will participate in the Enhanced Surveillance Programme to provide rapid testing for avian influenza.

- This Enhanced Surveillance Programme will be reviewed in four weeks' time.

- Meanwhile, all infection control measures of public hospitals under the current Alert Response Level are still in effect.

"HA head office has also reminded the frontline staff of hospitals and clinics to step up all infection control measures and maintain vigilance. HA will closely observe the report from CHP which will continue to liaise with the Ministry of Health on the latest developments. We will continue the close liaison with CHP and will update frontline staff and the public accordingly," a spokesman for HA said.

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HenryN · Feb 25, 2008

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4th avian flu death suspected in Guangdong Province
By Donald Greenlees

Monday, February 25, 2008
HONG KONG: Health authorities tightened surveillance measures against avian influenza here Monday following the fourth death in mainland China suspected to have been caused by the virus since late last year.
Hospitals will be required to step up monitoring and reporting of patients with symptoms of pneumonia over a four-week period from Tuesday amid concerns of a renewed outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus.
A 44-year-old woman died Monday in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong from an infection suspected to have been bird flu, Chinese and Hong Kong health officials said. A test by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control in Guangdong found the woman to have been infected with the virus, but the result had yet to be confirmed by the Health Ministry in Beijing.
Her death follows several confirmed cases of bird flu infection since December. A 24-year-old man from the eastern province of Jiangsu died on Dec. 2. He passed the virus to his 52-year-old father, who later recovered. In the latest cases, a 22-year-old man from central Hunan Province died on Jan. 24, and a 41-year-old man from the southern region of Guangxi died on Feb. 20.
Hans Troedsson, the World Health Organization representative in China, said there was only a "preliminary" report on the Guangdong case.
But since mid-December, health and agriculture authorities in Hong Kong have been on heightened alert for cases of bird flu in humans and poultry. They have advised airlines and the travel industry to distribute information to travelers going to and from Jiangsu.
In a statement announcing additional measures Monday, the health authorities said they had alerted "frontline staff of hospitals and clinics to step up all infection control measures and maintain vigilance."
Evidence of a resurgence of the bird flu virus causes jitters in Hong Kong, where the economy was battered several years ago by an epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS.
Since late 2003, the H5N1 virus strain has been widespread in poultry populations in Asia and parts of Europe and has led to the culling of tens of millions of birds. China has the biggest domestic poultry population in the world, with many of the birds kept by households.
The World Health Organization has reported 232 deaths worldwide in the past four years, 29 of them in China.
Almost all the reported cases have been as a result of close contact between humans and infected birds. But there are fears that as the number of cases in people increases, so will the risk of the virus mutating into a form that is easily transmissible.
Health officials in Hong Kong said the Guangdong woman who died Monday appeared to have contracted the illness from poultry she kept near her home.
"This lady kept some chickens in her backyard, and they became sick and died during the incubation period of her illness. She also ate some of the chickens herself," Thomas Tsang, the controller of Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection, told Reuters.
Tsang said anyone in Hong Kong who has "signs of pneumonia and has visited Guangdong in the past six months" will be tested for the virus.

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HenryN · Feb 25, 2008

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China death triggers bird flu alert

Damon Pang

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection has stepped up anti-bird flu measures following the death yesterday of a 44-year-old woman in neighboring Guangdong.

The victim, who died in the coastal city of Shanwei, is suspected of eating a chicken she had raised.
The death remains a suspected H5N1 case. Two other people - one in Guangxi and one in Hunan - died of bird flu in the mainland this year.
"There is no evidence of human to human transmission," said Thomas Tsang Ho-fai, the center's controller, refering to the latest victim.
He said the chickens raised by the woman - who started to have fever, coughing and pneumonia on February 16 - had not been vaccinated and began dying between February 13 and 20.
Tsang said the government will step up measures today by conducting bird flu tests on public hospital patients who have traveled to the affected areas in the past six months and developed unidentified pneumonia symptoms.
The government, Tsang said, will also appeal to private doctors and hospitals to report as soon as possible any suspected bird flu cases.
Temperature checks at borders will continue.
Tsang said the closest chicken farm to Shanwei that supplies live poultry to Hong Kong is 40 to 50 kilometers away from the city.
Assistant Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation (inspection and quarantine) Thomas Sit Hon-chung said the government has yet to consider banning live chickens into Hong Kong or cutting imports.
Sit said a team of veterinarians will be sent to mainland poultry farms that supply Hong Kong to ensure inspection and quarantine measures are properly conducted.
He added the authorities will step up cleansing local chicken farms and wholesale markets.
Tsang said the latest case brought the mainland bird flu death toll since the disease first appeared to 20. The World Health Organization says there were 99 cases of bird flu worldwide last year.
Paul Chan Kay-sheung, a microbiology professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said there is a small chance bird flu would turn into an epidemic as was the case with SARS in 2003.
"At this stage, the possibility of bird flu transmission to humans remains low. Human-to-human transmission would only happen when the patient has extremely close contact with others for a few days," he said, pointing out that only contact with a large amount of saliva, phlegm, nasal mucus or even feces could possibly transmit bird flu.
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Laidback Al · Feb 25, 2008

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Woman dies in southern China, tested positive for bird flu 
by Guy Newey1 hour, 12 minutes ago

A 44-year-old woman in southern China who tested positive for bird flu died on Monday, health officials said, in what is likely the country's third reported death from the virus this year.
The migrant worker, surnamed Zhang, died after developing a fever and a cough following contact with dead poultry in Guangdong, the province's health department said, although authorities in Beijing did not immediately comment.
In the financial hub of Hong Kong, which borders Guangdong, officials reacted by increasing tests of poultry coming over the border, although there was no ban on imports as occurred in similar cases previously.
The Guangdong health department said Zhang died in hospital after developing a fever, cough and inflammation of the lungs on February 16.
"We undertook tests on the patient and found that ... a test for the bird flu virus (H5N1) was positive," the department said in a statement.
"It was determined that before her illness she had had contact with dead poultry," the statement added, without saying specifically that the suspect fowl had H5N1.
The department said that no-one else who had come into close contact with the victim had shown any symptoms of the virus.
The central health ministry did not confirm the case. "We have no information," an official at the ministry's media office in Beijing said when contacted by AFP. In China, the central government authorities carry out their own tests for bird flu cases.
The World Health Organisation's China representative, Hans Troedsson, said the Chinese health ministry had informed his office of the potential bird flu case on Sunday.
If confirmed as a bird flu-related death, it would be the third in China since the start of 2008.
A 41-year-old man died of the virus in the southern Guangxi autonomous region on February 20, while a 22-year-old man in central Hunan province died on January 24.
Not including the death of Zhang in Guangdong, 19 people have been confirmed to have died of bird flu in China since 2003, while 10 others have recovered after catching the virus.
The latest deaths come despite China conducting a huge campaign last year to contain the disease, during which it attempted to vaccinate its entire tens of millions of poultry and stepping up public education efforts.
Hong Kong authorities appeared to be monitoring the Guangdong case very closely and gave more details than Chinese officials.
Zhang farmed poultry at her home and ate chicken after it had fallen ill and died, Thomas Tsang, the controller of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health in Hong Kong, said.
The Hong Kong government has strengthened its border control, will continue to do temperature checks on those entering the territory and step-up inspections of imported poultry, Tsang told reporters.
Anyone who entered the city from the Guangdong province in the past six months and catches pneumonia must be tested for bird flu, he added, but there were as yet no plans to ban poultry imports from the province.

Bird flu has killed more than 200 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation. Scientists fear the virus could eventually mutate into a form that is much more easily transmissible between humans, triggering a global pandemic.

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Treyfish · Feb 25, 2008

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this says 20 in quarintine and under observation? :magnify: Shanwei, Guangdong found one case of human infection with the bird flu suspected cases

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<SMALL>(博讯- February 25, 2008 roundup)</SMALL> Guangdong Provincial Health Department on February 24 briefing, Shanwei City found one case of human infection with the deadly bird flu suspected cases.

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Zhangmeimei patients, female, 44 years old, Sichuanese, Shanwei City Haifeng County migrant worker. February 16 patients with onset of fever, expectoration, such as pneumonia performance. In the local health posts and hospitals for medical treatment, showed no sign of improvement. Haifeng County on the 22nd morning to Pengpai Memorial Hospital, the Shanwei City Health Bureau organization consultation, diagnosis of "pneumonia cases of unknown causes." At present, patients in critical condition, and ongoing treatment.

Prior to the onset of illness in patients with a history of exposure to poultry. Has been in close contact with patients and those in close contact with dead or diseased poultry implemented strict medical observation.

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Guangdong Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Center of patient specimens for testing, the avian influenza virus (H5N1) for nucleic acid positive SARS-CoV antibody detection and negative.
The latest: Official sources said, because heavy patients with 1:20 9:30 Monday about death, do not have identified the source of infection, only know that patients had contact with dead chickens.

According to official reports the Voice of America: the work of the brick factory, the deceased are currently being isolated.

砖厂喷洒消毒剂。

Wearing protective clothing prevention officers sprayed disinfectant over the past few days in the factory. Some workers to Hong Kong media revealed that the deceased had in the plant raised dozens of chickens have died later. Workers admitted that the deceased and they have all these eating chicken. The factory had been asked not to leave more than 20 employees of the factory, to avoid the spread of the virus. So far, no one of them developed symptoms.

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广东省卫生厅2月24日通报，汕尾市发现一例人感染高致病性禽流感疑似病例。

Guangdong Provincial Health Department on February 24 briefing, Shanwei City found one case of human infection with the deadly bird flu suspected cases.

患者张某某，女，44岁，四川人，汕尾市海丰县外来务工人员。

Zhangmeimei patients, female, 44 years old, Sichuanese, Shanwei City Haifeng County migrant worker.

患者2月16日发病，临床有发热、咳痰、肺炎等表现。

February 16 patients with onset of fever, expectoration, such as pneumonia performance.

曾在当地卫生站和卫生院就医，未见好转。

In the local health posts and hospitals for medical treatment, showed no sign of improvement.

22日上午转海丰县彭湃纪念医院，经汕尾市卫生局组织会诊，诊断为?不明原因肺炎病例?。

Haifeng County on the 22nd morning to Pengpai Memorial Hospital, the Shanwei City Health Bureau organization consultation, diagnosis of "pneumonia cases of unknown causes."

目前，患者病情危重，正在进行积极救治。

At present, patients in critical condition, and ongoing active treatment.

经调查，患者发病前有病死禽接触史。

After investigation, the patient prior to the onset of a history of exposure to dead or diseased poultry.

已对患者的密切接触者及病死禽密切接触者实行严密的医学观察。

Has been in close contact with patients and those in close contact with dead or diseased poultry implemented strict medical observation.

广东省疾病预防控制中心对患者标本进行检测，禽流感病毒（H5N1）核酸为阳性；SARS冠状病毒及抗体检测阴性。

Guangdong Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Center of patient specimens for testing, the avian influenza virus (H5N1) for nucleic acid positive SARS-CoV antibody detection and negative.

省卫生厅专家组根据卫生部《人感染高致病性禽流感应急预案》规定，诊断为人感染高致病性禽流感疑似病例，已报请卫生部进行确认。

Provincial Health Department under the Ministry of Health expert group "of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans", the diagnosis was infected with the highly pathogenic avian flu suspected cases have been reported to the Ministry of Health for confirmation.

省、市政府对此高度重视，省卫生厅接报当天立即派出由流行病、实验室、临床等专家组成的省专家组赶赴海丰县进行省级会诊，协助指导救治及调查处理。

Province, the municipal government attaches great importance to this, the provincial health department received a report from the day immediately dispatched epidemiological, laboratory, clinical, and other experts rushed to the composition of the Group of Experts in Haifeng County for the provincial consultation, help guide treatment and investigation.

卫生部门采取了相应的防控措施，并已将有关情况向农业部门进行通报。

The health sector to the corresponding control measures, and the situation has been briefing to the agricultural sector. :tiphat:
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Treyfish · Feb 25, 2008

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February 18, the South China Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan provinces, respectively in patients with suspected bird flu deaths.

2月25日，中国卫生部对最新广东省发现的疑似病例进行确诊和通报。

February 25, the Chinese Ministry of Health as of Guangdong Province found a suspected cases diagnosed and communications.

中国呼吸疾病专家钟南山指出，中国大范围雪灾后出现疾病扩散，包括流感、禽鸟发病率增加，有必要警惕疫情。

Chinese respiratory diseases expert Zhong Nanshan pointed out that China's large-scale snowstorm after the spread of the disease, including influenza, increased incidence of birds, it is necessary to guard against the epidemic.

中国至今共发生29起人类感染H5N1禽流感病例，其中19人死亡。

So far, China has a total of 29 cases of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza, which killed 19 people.

广州日报报导，广东省卫生厅2月25日中午通报，汕尾市海丰县报告的人禽流感疑似病例，患者经抢救无效，于2月25日9时25分在海丰县澎湃纪念医院死亡。

Guangzhou Daily, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department on February 25 noon briefing, Shanwei City Haifeng County report suspected cases of bird flu, with the rescue invalid, at 9:25 on February 25 in Haifeng County Memorial Hospital surging death.

这名患者姓张，女，44岁，四川人，汕尾市海丰县外来务工人员。

Zhang these patients, female, 44 years old, Sichuanese, Shanwei City Haifeng County migrant worker.

患者2月16日发病，临床有发热、咳痰、肺炎等表现。

February 16 patients with onset of fever, expectoration, such as pneumonia performance.

曾在当地卫生站和卫生院就医，未见好转。

In the local health posts and hospitals for medical treatment, showed no sign of improvement.

22日上午转入海丰县彭湃纪念医院，经汕尾市卫生局组织会诊，诊断为?不明原因肺炎病例?。

Haifeng County on the 22nd morning into Pengpai Memorial Hospital, the Shanwei City Health Bureau organization consultation, diagnosis of "pneumonia cases of unknown causes."

经调查，患者发病前有病死禽接触史。

After investigation, the patient prior to the onset of a history of exposure to dead or diseased poultry.

已对患者的密切接触者及病死禽密切接触者实行严密的医学观察。

Has been in close contact with patients and those in close contact with dead or diseased poultry implemented strict medical observation.

广东省疾病预防控制中心对患者标本进行检测，禽流感病毒（H5N1）核酸为阳性；SARS冠状病毒及抗体检测阴性。

Guangdong Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Center of patient specimens for testing, the avian influenza virus (H5N1) for nucleic acid positive SARS-CoV antibody detection and negative.

2月24日，广东省卫生厅接到报告当天，连续派出两批专家，赶往海丰县，与当地临床专家一起全力救治病人。

February 24, the Guangdong Provincial Health Department received reports of the day, continuous sent two groups of experts, rushed Haifeng County, together with the local clinical experts to treat patients.

由于患者病情过重，经抢救无效死亡。

Because patients with too heavy, as died.

广东卫生厅通报说，截至目前，与患者所有密切接触者均未发现类似症状。

Guangdong Health Department reported that so far, all in close contact with patients who have not found similar symptoms.

中新社报导说，国家卫生部2月20日晚发布的疫情通报说，广西壮族自治区确诊一例人感染高致病性禽流感病例。

China news agency reported that the Ministry of Health released the evening of February 20 reported that the outbreak, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region confirmed case of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

通报称，患者梁某，男，41岁，广西壮族自治区南宁市西乡塘区人，无业人员；2月12日发病，2月14日症状加重后入院治疗。

Communications, with Liang of the Weigong, male, 41 years old, Nanning City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Xixiang Tong, who were unemployed; incidence February 12, February 14 increased symptoms after hospital treatment.

2月18日，患者病情迅速恶化，经全力救治无效，于2月20日凌晨5时死亡。

February 18, and rapid deterioration of patients, to treat as null and void, at 5:00 on February 20 killed.

二月二十日，广西自治区疾病预防控制中心对患者标本进行检测，显示禽流感病毒(H5N1)核酸阳性。

February 20, the Guangxi Autonomous Region disease prevention and control center of the patient specimens for testing, showed that the avian influenza virus (H5N1) RNA positive.

二月二十一日，经中国疾病预防控制中心对患者呼吸道标本进行复核检测，结果为禽流感病毒(H5N1)核酸阳性。

February 21, the China Disease Prevention and Control Center of respiratory specimens re-tested, the result, the avian influenza virus (H5N1) RNA positive.

病毒分离工作正在进行中。

Virus isolation work in progress.

当地卫生部门流行病学调查表明，患者在发病前曾接触病死家禽。

Local health departments epidemiological survey showed that the incidence in patients died before contact with poultry.

根据世界卫生组织人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例定义和中国诊断标准，卫生部人禽流感防控专家组判定该病例为人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例。

According to the World Health Organization of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and diagnostic criteria for China, the Ministry of Health of bird flu prevention and control expert group found cases of human infection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.

中国卫生部2月18日通报，湖南省确诊一例人感染高致病性禽流感病例。

China's Ministry of Health on February 18 briefing, Hunan confirmed case of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

患者李某，男，22岁，湖南省永州市江华县人；1月16日出现发热、头痛等症状；1月22日到乡镇卫生院就诊，经对症处理后症状无明显好转；1月23日转到县医院，病情继续恶化，呼吸困难加重，经全力救治无效，于1月24日下午5时死亡。

Lee patients, male, aged 22, a native of Ganghwa Yongzhou City, Hunan Province; January 16 developed fever, headache and other symptoms on January 22 visit to the township hospitals, the symptomatic treatment without obvious symptoms improved on January 23 , to the county hospital, his condition continued to deteriorate, increasing breathing difficulties, the full treatment ineffective, at 17:00 on January 24 deaths.

2月15日，湖南省疾病预防控制中心对患者呼吸道抽取液样本进行回顾性检测，显示禽流感病毒H5核酸阳性。

February 15, Hunan Disease Prevention and Control Center of patients with respiratory tract samples collected retrospectively detected H5 avian influenza virus showed positive DNA.

2月17日晚，中国疾病预防控制中心对患者呼吸道抽取液样本进行复核检测，结果为禽流感病毒H5N1核酸阳性。

February 17 evening, the China Disease Prevention and Control Center of patients with respiratory tract samples collected review of results for the H5N1 avian flu virus nucleic acid positive.

根据世界卫生组织人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例定义和中国诊断标准，卫生部人禽流感防控专家组判定该病例为人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例。

According to the World Health Organization of human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and diagnostic criteria for China, the Ministry of Health Group of Experts on bird flu prevention and control of the pro-human infection cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.

中国卫生部表示，以上病例，当地政府已按照《人感染高致病性禽流感应急预案》采取了相应的防控措施。

Chinese Ministry of Health said that the above cases, the local government in accordance with the "human infection with the highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans" to the corresponding prevention and control measures.

对全部密切接触者实行严格的医学观察，截至目前未发现异常临床表现。

All close contacts of a strict medical observation, far found no abnormal clinical manifestations.

同时中国卫生部已向世界卫生组织、港澳台地区和部分国家通报。

At the same time the Chinese Ministry of Health has been the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and some other countries in communications.

根据世界卫生组织统计，自2003年以来，全球感染H5N1禽流感死亡的人数达232人。

According to World Health Organization statistics, since 2003, the global infection with the H5N1 bird flu death toll to 232.

科学家们担心禽流感病毒会变异成更容易在人类之间传播，造成更大的全球性疫情。

Scientists worry that the bird flu virus will mutate into a form more easily transmitted between humans, causing greater global pandemic.

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