Latest bird flu victim recovers
Published: Monday, 31 December, 2007, 03:13 AM Doha Time
BEIJING: China?s latest bird flu patient, whose case raised fears of human-to-human transmission of the virus, has been discharged from hospital after recovering, state-run media reported.
The patient, a 52-year-old man who has been identified only by his surname Lu, was hospitalised with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus soon after his son died from it on December 2. The case prompted the World Health Organisation to warn about the risks of human-to-human transmission of the virus, a route that remains rare but which experts say could become more common if the virus mutates and possibly cause a global pandemic.
The elder Lu was discharged from an unidentified hospital in the eastern province of Jiangsu on December 26 after making a sufficient recovery, Xinhua news agency said in a report late Saturday. Although neither Lu nor his 24-year-old son reportedly had any contact with poultry, China has denied any human-to-human transmission.
The Xinhua report said the means of transmission remained unknown. - AFP
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Published: Monday, 31 December, 2007, 03:13 AM Doha Time
BEIJING: China?s latest bird flu patient, whose case raised fears of human-to-human transmission of the virus, has been discharged from hospital after recovering, state-run media reported.
The patient, a 52-year-old man who has been identified only by his surname Lu, was hospitalised with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus soon after his son died from it on December 2. The case prompted the World Health Organisation to warn about the risks of human-to-human transmission of the virus, a route that remains rare but which experts say could become more common if the virus mutates and possibly cause a global pandemic.
The elder Lu was discharged from an unidentified hospital in the eastern province of Jiangsu on December 26 after making a sufficient recovery, Xinhua news agency said in a report late Saturday. Although neither Lu nor his 24-year-old son reportedly had any contact with poultry, China has denied any human-to-human transmission.
The Xinhua report said the means of transmission remained unknown. - AFP
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