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Fatal H5N1 avian flu case reported in China
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Nov 30, 2022
China has reported a fatal H5N1 avian flu case, its first since 2015, according to a notification from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
The woman is from Guangxi province in southern China. Her symptoms began on Sep 22, and she was hospitalized 3 days later. She died on Oct 18. The report doesn't say which H5N1 clade is involved, but human infections involving the earlier Asian clade are often severe or fatal. Human infections involving the Eurasian H5N1 strain, which over the past few years has spread to poultry across several world regions, are mild.
An investigation revealed that the woman had been exposed to live poultry before she got sick.
The CHP said that China has reported 54 human H5N1 cases since 2005.
In its latest update, the World Health Organization said the global H5N1 total is 865 cases, including 456 deaths.
Fatal H5N1 avian flu case reported in China
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Nov 30, 2022
China has reported a fatal H5N1 avian flu case, its first since 2015, according to a notification from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
The woman is from Guangxi province in southern China. Her symptoms began on Sep 22, and she was hospitalized 3 days later. She died on Oct 18. The report doesn't say which H5N1 clade is involved, but human infections involving the earlier Asian clade are often severe or fatal. Human infections involving the Eurasian H5N1 strain, which over the past few years has spread to poultry across several world regions, are mild.
An investigation revealed that the woman had been exposed to live poultry before she got sick.
The CHP said that China has reported 54 human H5N1 cases since 2005.
In its latest update, the World Health Organization said the global H5N1 total is 865 cases, including 456 deaths.