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Avian Flu Scan for Feb 04, 2015
More H7N9 in China; Avian flu in Washington state
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza [h=3]China reports new H7N9 case in Zhejiang province[/h] Chinese officials have reported another H7N9 avian flu illness, in Zhejiang province, and Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) today noted 49 cases that have occurred in recent weeks, but it's difficult to determine if any of them are new.
The Zhejiang case involves a 49-year-old woman who is hospitalized in critical condition, according to a district health board notice translated and posted yesterday by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. She has a history of a serious underlying medical condition.
The woman was hospitalized for a cough, body aches, and other symptoms on Jan 25. Testing confirmed H7N9 on Jan 28. Officials did not mention contact with poultry or other risk factors, but they said they are following up with 20 of the woman's close contacts.
The new case brings the outbreak total to 544, according to a list compiled by FluTrackers.
Today's Hong Kong CHP notice, meanwhile, said that China's Health and Family Planning Commission and Guangdong province's health commission have reported 49 cases in the past 6 weeks: 30 from Fujian, 10 from Zhejiang, and 7 from Jiangsu provinces, as well as 1 each from Guangdong province and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. They involve 38 men and 11 women from 1 to 88 years old, and 9 proved fatal.
A post today from FluTrackers, however, notes, "Most of these 'new' cases are previously known. We have documented that the CHP was behind by 38 cases. Apparently there are an additional 11 cases but there is no visibility into who these cases are." It adds that Guangdong has recently confirmed two new cases that the CHP has not noted, but today's CHP report includes only one new case.
In other H7N9 news, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today updated its risk assessment of the disease in light of two cases recently imported into Canada, but the agency did not elevate the risk level.
Feb 3 FluTrackers post
FluTrackers H7N9 case list
Feb 4 CHP press release
Feb 4 FluTrackers post
Feb 4 ECDC news release on risk assessment
[h=3]More avian flu in Washington state, H5N8 in wild birds[/h] The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) said yesterday that an unknown strain of avian flu has struck a backyard flock of about 100 birds in Okanogan County, while a report posted yesterday by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) notes H5N8 infections in wild birds in Washington and three other western states.
The outbreak in Washington compelled the WSDA to establish the state's third concurrent quarantine related to avian flu in backyard flocks. The other outbreaks both involve H5N2 avian flu; one announced on Jan 29, also in Okanogan County, involves almost 5,000 birds, and the other, announced Jan 16, involves an unknown number of birds in Clallam County.
The latest outbreak involved a "flock of mixed poultry and other birds" in Oroville, the WSDA said in a news release. The quarantine zone includes premises within 6 miles of the affected site. Tests on Jan 31 confirmed avian flu in infected birds, and further testing is under way to identify the strain, the WSDA said.
The OIE report, meanwhile, confirms highly pathogenic H5N8 in wigeons in Whatcom County, Wash., and Butte County, Calif.; a gyrfalcon in Kootenai County, Idaho; and a mallard in Lincoln County, Neb. The gyrfalcon is a captive wild bird, while all the ducks were shot by hunters. The findings in Nevada, from samples taken Jan 30, appear to be the same results reported by the media on Feb 2.
Feb 3 WSDA news release
Feb 3 OIE report
Avian Flu Scan for Feb 04, 2015
More H7N9 in China; Avian flu in Washington state
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza [h=3]China reports new H7N9 case in Zhejiang province[/h] Chinese officials have reported another H7N9 avian flu illness, in Zhejiang province, and Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) today noted 49 cases that have occurred in recent weeks, but it's difficult to determine if any of them are new.
The Zhejiang case involves a 49-year-old woman who is hospitalized in critical condition, according to a district health board notice translated and posted yesterday by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. She has a history of a serious underlying medical condition.
The woman was hospitalized for a cough, body aches, and other symptoms on Jan 25. Testing confirmed H7N9 on Jan 28. Officials did not mention contact with poultry or other risk factors, but they said they are following up with 20 of the woman's close contacts.
The new case brings the outbreak total to 544, according to a list compiled by FluTrackers.
Today's Hong Kong CHP notice, meanwhile, said that China's Health and Family Planning Commission and Guangdong province's health commission have reported 49 cases in the past 6 weeks: 30 from Fujian, 10 from Zhejiang, and 7 from Jiangsu provinces, as well as 1 each from Guangdong province and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. They involve 38 men and 11 women from 1 to 88 years old, and 9 proved fatal.
A post today from FluTrackers, however, notes, "Most of these 'new' cases are previously known. We have documented that the CHP was behind by 38 cases. Apparently there are an additional 11 cases but there is no visibility into who these cases are." It adds that Guangdong has recently confirmed two new cases that the CHP has not noted, but today's CHP report includes only one new case.
In other H7N9 news, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today updated its risk assessment of the disease in light of two cases recently imported into Canada, but the agency did not elevate the risk level.
Feb 3 FluTrackers post
FluTrackers H7N9 case list
Feb 4 CHP press release
Feb 4 FluTrackers post
Feb 4 ECDC news release on risk assessment
[h=3]More avian flu in Washington state, H5N8 in wild birds[/h] The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) said yesterday that an unknown strain of avian flu has struck a backyard flock of about 100 birds in Okanogan County, while a report posted yesterday by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) notes H5N8 infections in wild birds in Washington and three other western states.
The outbreak in Washington compelled the WSDA to establish the state's third concurrent quarantine related to avian flu in backyard flocks. The other outbreaks both involve H5N2 avian flu; one announced on Jan 29, also in Okanogan County, involves almost 5,000 birds, and the other, announced Jan 16, involves an unknown number of birds in Clallam County.
The latest outbreak involved a "flock of mixed poultry and other birds" in Oroville, the WSDA said in a news release. The quarantine zone includes premises within 6 miles of the affected site. Tests on Jan 31 confirmed avian flu in infected birds, and further testing is under way to identify the strain, the WSDA said.
The OIE report, meanwhile, confirms highly pathogenic H5N8 in wigeons in Whatcom County, Wash., and Butte County, Calif.; a gyrfalcon in Kootenai County, Idaho; and a mallard in Lincoln County, Neb. The gyrfalcon is a captive wild bird, while all the ducks were shot by hunters. The findings in Nevada, from samples taken Jan 30, appear to be the same results reported by the media on Feb 2.
Feb 3 WSDA news release
Feb 3 OIE report