Observation: if family raised poultry - quite possibly hatched from eggs - are a significant source of infection, then where are these birds catching the infections from? Suggests wild bird or environmental link?
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=199504
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HANGZHOU, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three men and a woman have been confirmed to have contracted the H7N9 bird flu in east China's Zhejiang Province, amid rising numbers of family-raised live poultry testing positive for the virus, local health authorities said on Monday.
The new cases bring the total number of human infections to 78 this year in one of the two provinces worst hit by H7N9, with the other being south China's Guangdong Province.
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The share of H7N9 patients with live poultry raised at home is on the rise as health authorities have found the rate of family-raised poultry, especially chicken, being tested positive for the virus stands between 30 and 50 percent in areas inhabited by H7N9 patients.
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=199504
:tiphat:BGW at Fluwiki.
HANGZHOU, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three men and a woman have been confirmed to have contracted the H7N9 bird flu in east China's Zhejiang Province, amid rising numbers of family-raised live poultry testing positive for the virus, local health authorities said on Monday.
The new cases bring the total number of human infections to 78 this year in one of the two provinces worst hit by H7N9, with the other being south China's Guangdong Province.
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The share of H7N9 patients with live poultry raised at home is on the rise as health authorities have found the rate of family-raised poultry, especially chicken, being tested positive for the virus stands between 30 and 50 percent in areas inhabited by H7N9 patients.
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