sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Late reports to WHO of two October H9N2 cases that WERE NOT mentioned in the NHFPC (China'a Ministry of Health) reports for October link or November link
What's the deal with that? I check those reports monthly looking for data - and apparently - those NHFPC reports are false. Saved screen shots for October and November ..just because....
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Anyway...here are the two cases that should have been reported in a more timely fashion:
Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses Since the last update on 1 November 2018, two new laboratory-confirmed human cases of influenza A(H9N2) virus infections were reported to WHO. On 11 December 2018, China reported the detection of avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses in two children aged <5 years, one from Guangdong (with illness onset on 16 October 2018) province and one from Guangxi province (with illness onset on 10 October 2018). The case from Guangdong province reportedly had exposure to backyard poultry while the case from Guangxi did not have known contact with live poultry. During epidemiological investigations, no further cases among family members were reported. Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses are enzootic in poultry in China.
https://www.who.int/influenza/human...ry_IRA_HA_interface_13_12_2018_FINAL.pdf?ua=1
What's the deal with that? I check those reports monthly looking for data - and apparently - those NHFPC reports are false. Saved screen shots for October and November ..just because....
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Anyway...here are the two cases that should have been reported in a more timely fashion:
Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses Since the last update on 1 November 2018, two new laboratory-confirmed human cases of influenza A(H9N2) virus infections were reported to WHO. On 11 December 2018, China reported the detection of avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses in two children aged <5 years, one from Guangdong (with illness onset on 16 October 2018) province and one from Guangxi province (with illness onset on 10 October 2018). The case from Guangdong province reportedly had exposure to backyard poultry while the case from Guangxi did not have known contact with live poultry. During epidemiological investigations, no further cases among family members were reported. Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses are enzootic in poultry in China.
https://www.who.int/influenza/human...ry_IRA_HA_interface_13_12_2018_FINAL.pdf?ua=1