sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Influenza at the human-animal interface Summary and assessment, 16 March to 20 April 2017
Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses Current situation:
One new laboratory-confirmed human case of A(H9N2) virus infection was reported to WHO from China in an eleven-month-old boy from Gansu province. The case developed mild illness on 6 February 2017, was hospitalized and has recovered. He had exposure to backyard poultry prior to illness onset. This is the first human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) virus infection reported to WHO since December 2016 and the first human case reported from Gansu province.
Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses are enzootic in poultry in China.
http://www.who.int/influenza/human_a...04_20_2017.pdf
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Gansu province recently announced their first H7N9 case:
#1376 - Male, 82, hospitalized April 3, serious, Suzhou City, Jiuquan City, Gansu province CHP rpt 11/4/17 WHO rpt 20/4/17
Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses Current situation:
One new laboratory-confirmed human case of A(H9N2) virus infection was reported to WHO from China in an eleven-month-old boy from Gansu province. The case developed mild illness on 6 February 2017, was hospitalized and has recovered. He had exposure to backyard poultry prior to illness onset. This is the first human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) virus infection reported to WHO since December 2016 and the first human case reported from Gansu province.
Avian influenza A(H9N2) viruses are enzootic in poultry in China.
http://www.who.int/influenza/human_a...04_20_2017.pdf
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Gansu province recently announced their first H7N9 case:
#1376 - Male, 82, hospitalized April 3, serious, Suzhou City, Jiuquan City, Gansu province CHP rpt 11/4/17 WHO rpt 20/4/17