Saturday, February 18, 2012

H5N1: Looking back at 2003-04

[From one of my favorite Blogs: Crofsblogs]:
February 18, 2012

I've been exploring back issues of medical journals, looking for the first mentions of the current wave of human H5N1 cases. The earliest I can find is this item from News in Brief : The Lancet, for March 1, 2003:

Avian ‘flu kills man in Hong Kong

A man has died and his son has been infected by a strain of influenza that has crossed from birds to human beings, health authorities in Hong Kong announced. A family of five had been visiting relatives in Fujian province, mainland China, when the youngest daughter died of suspected pneumonia on Feb 4. Four members of the family were treated at a Hong Kong hospital, and the father died on Feb 17.
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