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Avian Flu Scan for Feb 06, 2015
H7N9 cases in China; H5N6 outbreak in Chinese poultry
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza
[h=3]H7N9 sickens 7 more in China, 1 fatally[/h] Two of China's provinces?Guangdong and Zhejiang? reported seven more H7N9 avian flu infections today, one of them fatal.
The Guangdong province patients are all in different cities, according to a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. They include a 48-year-old man from Guangzhou, a 76-year-old man from Zhuhai, a 55-year-old man from Chaozhou Chao, and a 2-year-old girl from Zongshan. The girl is in stable condition, with the rest in critical condition.
The patient who died is a 62-year-old woman from Huizhou. Four of the illnesses were diagnosed yesterday, and the 2-year-old girl's infection was confirmed today.
The two patients from Zhejiang province are a 58-year-old man from Tongxiang who was hospitalized on Jan 15 and is in critical condition and a 69-year-old man from Anji who got sick and was hospitalized on Jan 24 and was released on Feb 2. The information on the Zhejiang cases comes from a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers.
Today's new cases boost the global number of H7N9 cases to 553, according to FluTrackers' case list.
With no recent updates from national officials in China on what appears to be a third wave of infections that roughly began in September, it's unclear exactly how many cases have been detected over the past few months. FluTrackers, however, has recorded 98 cases since early September based on provincial and other official sources.
Though several provinces have reported cases over the past several months, a large portion of the illnesses are from southern China's Guangdong province, especially the most recent ones.
Feb 6 FluTrackers thread on Guangdong cases
Feb 6 FluTrackers thread on Zhejiang cases
FluTrackers H7N9 case list
[h=3]China's Hunan province reports H5N6 outbreak in birds[/h] China's Ministry of Agriculture confirmed one large outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu on a farm in Hunan province, according to a World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) report today.
The outbreak began Feb 2 on a poultry farm in Yiyang City in the Heshan district, located in the south-central part of the country.
Agricultural officials reported 3,400 cases of H5N6 and 2,600 deaths within the flock of 7,476 birds, representing a case-fatality rate of 76.5%. The remaining 4,876 birds were culled to prevent disease spread.
Officials confirmed H5N6 by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and have implemented several control measures, including quarantine, screening, poultry movement control, and farm disinfection.
Feb 6 OIE report
Avian Flu Scan for Feb 06, 2015
H7N9 cases in China; H5N6 outbreak in Chinese poultry
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza
[h=3]H7N9 sickens 7 more in China, 1 fatally[/h] Two of China's provinces?Guangdong and Zhejiang? reported seven more H7N9 avian flu infections today, one of them fatal.
The Guangdong province patients are all in different cities, according to a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. They include a 48-year-old man from Guangzhou, a 76-year-old man from Zhuhai, a 55-year-old man from Chaozhou Chao, and a 2-year-old girl from Zongshan. The girl is in stable condition, with the rest in critical condition.
The patient who died is a 62-year-old woman from Huizhou. Four of the illnesses were diagnosed yesterday, and the 2-year-old girl's infection was confirmed today.
The two patients from Zhejiang province are a 58-year-old man from Tongxiang who was hospitalized on Jan 15 and is in critical condition and a 69-year-old man from Anji who got sick and was hospitalized on Jan 24 and was released on Feb 2. The information on the Zhejiang cases comes from a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers.
Today's new cases boost the global number of H7N9 cases to 553, according to FluTrackers' case list.
With no recent updates from national officials in China on what appears to be a third wave of infections that roughly began in September, it's unclear exactly how many cases have been detected over the past few months. FluTrackers, however, has recorded 98 cases since early September based on provincial and other official sources.
Though several provinces have reported cases over the past several months, a large portion of the illnesses are from southern China's Guangdong province, especially the most recent ones.
Feb 6 FluTrackers thread on Guangdong cases
Feb 6 FluTrackers thread on Zhejiang cases
FluTrackers H7N9 case list
[h=3]China's Hunan province reports H5N6 outbreak in birds[/h] China's Ministry of Agriculture confirmed one large outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu on a farm in Hunan province, according to a World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) report today.
The outbreak began Feb 2 on a poultry farm in Yiyang City in the Heshan district, located in the south-central part of the country.
Agricultural officials reported 3,400 cases of H5N6 and 2,600 deaths within the flock of 7,476 birds, representing a case-fatality rate of 76.5%. The remaining 4,876 birds were culled to prevent disease spread.
Officials confirmed H5N6 by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and have implemented several control measures, including quarantine, screening, poultry movement control, and farm disinfection.
Feb 6 OIE report