Wednesday, January 8, 2014

#H7N9 Guangdong & Hong Kong Suspected Cluster Update: Tested Negative

I had posted earlier yesterday on these contact cases that comprised a cluster of 3 people.  Today the results came in and CHP has reported them below.

January 8, 2014
Excerpt:

Regarding another human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) notified to the CHP by the Guangdong HFPC yesterday (January 7) affecting a 31-year-old male patient in Shenzhen, the respiratory specimens of his close contact in Hong Kong who is a four-year-old girl as well as that of her 37-year-old mother both tested negative for the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus by the CHP's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch. The girl remains under quarantine.

http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/view_content/32948.html 

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