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Published Date: 2013-05-15 00:38:29
Subject: PRO/MBDS> Avian influenza, human - China (24): H7N9
Archive Number: 20130515.1067
AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN - CHINA (24): H7N9
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In this update:
[1] Jiangxi: H7N9 case reported
[2] WHO update
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[1] Jiangxi: H7N9 case reported
Date: Mon 13 May 2013
Source: Xinhua News Agency [edited]
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2013-05/13/c_132379340.htm
Another H7N9 infection case was confirmed on the Chinese mainland
last week [week of 6 May 2013], health authorities said on Monday [13
May 2013].
Between 6 and 13 May 2013, one person, in east China's Jiangxi
Province, was confirmed to have been infected with the new type of
[avian influenza], according to the National Health and Family
Planning Commission.
The virus has killed 35 people on the mainland, while 57 of those
infected have recovered, the commission said.
Since the 1st human infections in the country in late March [2013],
China has reported 130 confirmed H7N9 cases.
The commission added that the confirmed cases were isolated and there
was no sign of human-to-human transmission.
[Byline: Chen Zhi]
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[2] WHO update
Date: Friday 10 May 2013
Source: WHO, Surveillance and Monitoring, Influenza Updates [edited]
http://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/updates/latest_update_GIP_surveillance/
Influenza update 185
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- In China, new cases of H7N9 have been reported with 131 cases and
32 deaths to date.
[For more information see
http://who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/en/index.html.]
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[There is a small discrepancy in terms of reported cases of H7N9 in
Mainland China and Taiwan: 130 cases confirmed by local authorities
and 131 cases in the latest WHO update. The death toll has risen to 35.
The WHO risk assessment on human infections with avian influenza
A(H7N9) virusdated 10 May 2013 is available at
http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/influenza_h7n9/RiskAssessment_H7N9_10May13.pdf.
For a map of China with provinces, see
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/china_pol01.jpg.
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map can be accessed at
http://healthmap.org/r/1zaU. - Mods.QCN/YMA]
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