Re: An article that China reports death of H1N1v flu infection?
Re: An article that China reports death of H1N1v flu infection?
This death is being associated with the H7N9 cases in some Chinese language media.
Machine translation of an
RFA article
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The continent cumulative 10 H7N9 bird flu
2013-04-03
Of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu cases continue to increase, the latest three infections, including Hunan, 50-year-old man has died, and the remaining two from Zhejiang, one death and one person critically. The country has total confirmed cases to 10, including four deaths."
Machine translation of
original article:
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The mainland official Cumulative 10 H7N9 bird flu
Apollo News 2013-04-04 News]
Of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu cases continue to increase, the latest three infections, including Hunan, 50-year-old man has died, and the remaining two from Zhejiang, one death and one person critically. The country has total confirmed cases to 10, including four deaths....".
This article from zMedSci.cn gives details on this case and calls it H1N1v. BUT, the headline of the article associates it with H7N9.
Machine translation of
original article:
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Hunan new cases of H1N1 flu (H7N9) deaths, one week before the onset
2013-4-3
Xinhua Changsha, April 3 reporter learned from Yueyang City, Hunan Province, disease control departments, and patients suffering from the new H1N1 influenza virus in Yueyang died after the rescue of more than one week, a.
According to reports, the 50-year-old deceased Moumou, native of Fujian Province, Recently doing business in Yueyang, before the onset to Wuhan travel. According to the person in charge to participate in the life-saving treatment Yueyang City Second People's Hospital on the morning of March 26, Moumou his family to the hospital treatment, fever, high fever, cough and other symptoms, the hospital immediately its flu treatment. That afternoon, Moumou difficulty breathing, was rushed to a hospital intensive care unit for emergency treatment.
March 27, Yueyang City disease control departments through the sampling and analysis of the the Moumou influenza virus, confirmed her new H1N1 influenza. Disease control departments in its rescue while on hospital wards comprehensive disinfection, and accompany the family to be isolated for observation. The person in charge of disease control departments in Yueyang City, April 1, Moumou died. After a few days of observation, the health care workers involved in the rescue is not found to be infected new
The symptoms of H1N1 influenza, the family of the deceased are still isolated for observation.
It is understood that the new H1N1 flu are acute respiratory infections, the pathogen is a new type of influenza A (H1N1) virus spread in the crowd. The new H1N1 influenza was confirmed at the end of last year, a new flu variant, similar to the symptoms of H1N1 influenza...".
I can see how mainstream media might lump all "flu" deaths together, but I am surprised that the MedSci article associates it with H7N9.
ETA: On the main
"News & Events" section of the MedScit website, the above article is actually listed as: "new cases of H1N1 influenza in Hunan (probably H7N9) ".