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Source: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2017/02/avian-flu-scan-feb-09-2017
Avian Flu Scan for Feb 09, 2017
H7N9 cases in China; H5N8 outbreaks in China, Poland
Filed Under:
H7N9 Avian Influenza; Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
[h=3]H7N9 avian flu infects 6 more in China, nears record[/h] Officials reported six more H7N9 avian influenza infections in five different provinces in China, signaling an ongoing surge of activity what will likely make the current fifth wave of illnesses the largest since the virus was first detected in humans in 2013.
Three of the cases were noted today in an update from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The patients are a 54-year-old man from Henan province and two men, ages 55 and 75, in Sichuan province.
The three other cases were reported in provincial health department notices or China state media reports translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. They involve a 75-year-old woman in Zhejiang province, a 47-year-old woman in Hunan province, and a fatal case involving a 3-year-old girl in Yunnan province who apparently was infected in Jiangxi province. H7N9 infections in children are unusual; most illnesses have been reported in adults, especially those who have underlying health conditions.
China current wave of H7N9 activity began earlier than usual in November with 6 cases, surging to 106 in December and 183 in January. Combined with cases reported so far in February, the country now has at least 302 cases for the current season, which is approaching the record total of 319 reported for the second wave that occurred in the winter of 2013-14.
Feb 9 CHP report
Feb 9 FluTrackers thread on Zhejiang province case
Feb 9 FluTrackers thread on Hunan province case
Feb 9 FluTrackers thread on Yunnan province case
[h=3]H5N8 outbreaks reported in China, Poland[/h] In the latest avian flu developments today, based on notifications from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), China reported its second detection of highly pathogenic H5N8 influenza in wild birds this year, this time involving 20 mute swans found dead near the city of Yuncheng in Shanxi province in the central part of the country. The event began on Dec 21.
In January, China had reported an outbreak involving domesticated black swans at a zoo in the Hubei province city of Wuhan. Chinese researchers this week described the isolation and analysis of H5N8 linked to a wild bird die-off in May 2016 in Qinghai Lake, a waterfowl breeding and migratory stopover site on the Central Asian Flyway.
Elsewhere, Poland's agriculture ministry reported one more H5N8 outbreak at a poultry farm, which began on Feb 6 in Lower Silesian province in the southwestern part of the country. The virus killed 1,236 of 22,011 susceptible birds.
Feb 9 OIE report on H5N8 in China
Feb 9 OIE report on H5N8 in Poland
Avian Flu Scan for Feb 09, 2017
H7N9 cases in China; H5N8 outbreaks in China, Poland
Filed Under:
H7N9 Avian Influenza; Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
[h=3]H7N9 avian flu infects 6 more in China, nears record[/h] Officials reported six more H7N9 avian influenza infections in five different provinces in China, signaling an ongoing surge of activity what will likely make the current fifth wave of illnesses the largest since the virus was first detected in humans in 2013.
Three of the cases were noted today in an update from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The patients are a 54-year-old man from Henan province and two men, ages 55 and 75, in Sichuan province.
The three other cases were reported in provincial health department notices or China state media reports translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. They involve a 75-year-old woman in Zhejiang province, a 47-year-old woman in Hunan province, and a fatal case involving a 3-year-old girl in Yunnan province who apparently was infected in Jiangxi province. H7N9 infections in children are unusual; most illnesses have been reported in adults, especially those who have underlying health conditions.
China current wave of H7N9 activity began earlier than usual in November with 6 cases, surging to 106 in December and 183 in January. Combined with cases reported so far in February, the country now has at least 302 cases for the current season, which is approaching the record total of 319 reported for the second wave that occurred in the winter of 2013-14.
Feb 9 CHP report
Feb 9 FluTrackers thread on Zhejiang province case
Feb 9 FluTrackers thread on Hunan province case
Feb 9 FluTrackers thread on Yunnan province case
[h=3]H5N8 outbreaks reported in China, Poland[/h] In the latest avian flu developments today, based on notifications from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), China reported its second detection of highly pathogenic H5N8 influenza in wild birds this year, this time involving 20 mute swans found dead near the city of Yuncheng in Shanxi province in the central part of the country. The event began on Dec 21.
In January, China had reported an outbreak involving domesticated black swans at a zoo in the Hubei province city of Wuhan. Chinese researchers this week described the isolation and analysis of H5N8 linked to a wild bird die-off in May 2016 in Qinghai Lake, a waterfowl breeding and migratory stopover site on the Central Asian Flyway.
Elsewhere, Poland's agriculture ministry reported one more H5N8 outbreak at a poultry farm, which began on Feb 6 in Lower Silesian province in the southwestern part of the country. The virus killed 1,236 of 22,011 susceptible birds.
Feb 9 OIE report on H5N8 in China
Feb 9 OIE report on H5N8 in Poland