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Avian Flu Scan for Mar 14, 2014
New H7N9 case in China; H5N8 impact in South Korea
Filed Under:
H7N9 Avian Influenza; Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
H7N9 sickens Guangdong province man
China's Guangdong province today reported an H7N9 influenza infection in a 57-year-old man, according to a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
He is hospitalized in critical condition. The case is only the second to be reported this week, which could indicate a further slowdown in the outbreak's second wave, which began in October.
The new cases bring the outbreak total to 391, according to a human case list kept by FluTrackers. The unofficial number of deaths holds at 120.
Mar 14 FluTrackers thread
FluTrackers human H7N9 case list
H5N8 takes toll on South Korea poultry, infects dog
South Korea's agriculture ministry said today that the county has culled 10.16 million poultry to halt the spread of H5N8 avian flu, according to a Reuters report. The outbreaks involving the highly pathogenic virus first surfaced in the middle of January, striking mainly domestic and wild ducks.
The number of farm birds slaughtered to curb the virus, detected at 28 farms so far, has almost reached the record 10.2 million culled during the nation's H5N1 outbreaks in 2008, the ministry added, noting that loss so far this year amounts to 6% of the country's poultry.
Though no human H5N8 infections have been found, the ministry said a dog has tested positive for antibodies to the virus, which suggests it was exposed to H5N8 without serious infection, the report said.
A separate news report from South Korea's Arirang News, also quoting the agriculture ministry said the dog is from a farm in Chungcheongnam-do province and has tested positive for H5 antibodies. It represents the first mammal in South Korea known to have been infected with the H5N8 virus.
The ministry added that more investigations are needed and that the farm's workers are being tested.
Mar 14 Reuters report
Mar 14 Arirang news report
Avian Flu Scan for Mar 14, 2014
New H7N9 case in China; H5N8 impact in South Korea
Filed Under:
H7N9 Avian Influenza; Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
H7N9 sickens Guangdong province man
China's Guangdong province today reported an H7N9 influenza infection in a 57-year-old man, according to a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
He is hospitalized in critical condition. The case is only the second to be reported this week, which could indicate a further slowdown in the outbreak's second wave, which began in October.
The new cases bring the outbreak total to 391, according to a human case list kept by FluTrackers. The unofficial number of deaths holds at 120.
Mar 14 FluTrackers thread
FluTrackers human H7N9 case list
H5N8 takes toll on South Korea poultry, infects dog
South Korea's agriculture ministry said today that the county has culled 10.16 million poultry to halt the spread of H5N8 avian flu, according to a Reuters report. The outbreaks involving the highly pathogenic virus first surfaced in the middle of January, striking mainly domestic and wild ducks.
The number of farm birds slaughtered to curb the virus, detected at 28 farms so far, has almost reached the record 10.2 million culled during the nation's H5N1 outbreaks in 2008, the ministry added, noting that loss so far this year amounts to 6% of the country's poultry.
Though no human H5N8 infections have been found, the ministry said a dog has tested positive for antibodies to the virus, which suggests it was exposed to H5N8 without serious infection, the report said.
A separate news report from South Korea's Arirang News, also quoting the agriculture ministry said the dog is from a farm in Chungcheongnam-do province and has tested positive for H5 antibodies. It represents the first mammal in South Korea known to have been infected with the H5N8 virus.
The ministry added that more investigations are needed and that the farm's workers are being tested.
Mar 14 Reuters report
Mar 14 Arirang news report