Published Date: 2007-05-26 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/MBDS> Avian influenza, human (04): China, RFI
Archive Number: 20070526.1683

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (04): CHINA, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Sat 26 May 2007
Source: Xinhua News Agency [edited]
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/26/content_6155546.htm>

China's Ministry of Health has confirmed a new human case of bird
flu, the Ministry announced on its website Saturday [26 May 2007]. A
19-year-old soldier in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), is now
receiving treatment at an army hospital, the Ministry said. A
[Ministry] spokesman declined to say in which part of the country
[the soldier] was stationed or how he may have come in contact with the virus.
The man developed symptoms of fever, cough, and pneumonia on 9 May
2007. He was sent to an army hospital on 14 May 2007, [where he
remains hospitalized]. Tests [performed] by the local Center for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 18 May 2007, showed that he
had been infected with bird flu virus serotype H5N1. The result was
confirmed by Chinese and PLA CDCs on Wednesday [23 May 2007]. The
website did not indicate Cheng's current condition.
The ministry said leaders of the State Council and the Central
Committee of PLA were "highly concerned" by the case. They have
ordered the army to cooperate with the local health bureau to closely
monitor those who have had close contact with the patient. So far,
none have shown symptoms of the disease.
According to the website, China's Health Ministry has conveyed the
information to the World Health Organization (WHO), health agencies
in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and some countries.
China has reported a total of 25 human cases of bird flu since 2003,
which have caused 15 deaths. On 27 Mar 2007, a 16-year-old boy in
eastern Anhui Province died from the deadly virus. The [source] of
his infection is still unknown.
The Ministry of Health confirmed last August [2006] that the
country's 1st human case of H5N1 bird flu virus occurred in November
2003. A 24-year-old man who died in Beijing in 2003, was initially
thought to be suffering from SARS (severe acute respiratory
syndrome). Further laboratory tests confirmed he died of human avian influenza.
[Byline: Jiang Yuxia]
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[The newswire above does not mention the location of the army camp
where the new confirmed human case of avian influenza from China
acquired the infection. Further information on the location of this
camp as well as information on whether this human infection is
related to the handling of poultry will be appreciated.
The cumulative number of confirmed human cases of avian influenza
A/(H5N1) reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of 24 May
2007, can be found at
<http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2007_05_24/en/index.html>.
This new case has not been included. - Mod.KS]

See Also

[Please note that errors were picked up in the numbering of prior
PRO/MBDS posts in the Avian influenza - MBDS region thread. The
archives are being renumbered, and the listing below reflects these
changes. - Mod.MPP
Avian influenza, human (03): China (Anhui) 20070329.1077
Avian influenza, human (02): antiviral use 20070321.0999
Avian influenza, human: H9N2, China (Hong Kong SAR) 20070320.0980
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region (08): Viet Nam 20070523.1649
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region (07): Cambodia, WHO 20070410.1209
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region (06): Cambodia 20070406.1156
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region (05): Laos, conf. 20070316.0929
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region (04): Laos, fatal 20070308.0816
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region (03): Laos, susp. 20070304.0763
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region (02): Laos, conf. 20070227.0704
Avian influenza, human - MBDS region: Laos, susp, RFI 20070225.0686
Avian influenza - MBDS region (21): Viet Nam 20070525.1672
Avian influenza - MBDS region (20): Viet Nam 20070524.1657
Avian influenza - MBDS region (19): Viet Nam 20070522.1635
Avian influenza - China: Hunan, RFI 20070521.1612
Avian influenza - MBDS region (18): Viet Nam, RFI 20070506.1464
Avian influenza - MBDS region (17): Cambodia, RFI 20070413.1231
Avian influenza - MBDS region (16): Cambodia, susp., RFI 20070409.1188
Avian influenza - MBDS region (15): Thailand (Mukdahan): RFI 20070409.1185
Avian influenza - MBDS region (14): Myanmar 20070402.1122
Avian influenza - MBDS region (13): Viet Nam (Ca Mau) 20070331.1101
Avian influenza - MBDS region (12): Thailand, Viet Nam, collab. 20070327.1054
Avian influenza - MBDS region (11): Laos, Thailand 20070321.0996
Avian influenza - MBDS region (10): Thailand, Laos, Myanmar 20070320.0976
Avian influenza - MBDS region (09): Thailand, conf. 20070319.0963
Avian influenza - MBDS region (08): Thailand, susp, RFI 20070317.0940
Avian influenza - MBDS region (07): Myanmar (Yangon) 20070314.0894
Avian influenza - MBDS region (06): Myanmar: RFI 20070311.0862
Avian influenza - MBDS region (05): Laos, Viet Nam 20070309.0836
Avian influenza - MBDS region (04): Viet Nam 20070308.0822
Avian influenza - MBDS region (03): Myanmar 20070228.0720
Avian influenza - MBDS region (02): Viet Nam 20070226.0697
Avian influenza - MBDS region: Laos, RFI 20070216.0588
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