Jiangsu bird flu found in China since 2007 have been 3 deaths

[ETA: This is a cluster from 2007. This news has been re-run.]

2008/12/17 @ 01:09 pm Beijing time

The Ministry of Health announced that Jiangsu Province were confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection cases. The patients were dead on December 2, no history of contact with dead poultry. Health departments have all the 69 patients who have had close contact with strict medical observation, so far found no abnormal clinical symptoms.

It is understood that the Lumou patients, a 24-year-old man. November 24, Lumou fever, chills and other symptoms. November 27, in order to "lower left pneumonia" hospitalization, followed by a rapid deterioration in patients with the disease, where all null and void, in the Dec. 2 death.

December 1, Jiangsu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention for testing in patients with respiratory tract samples show that the H5 avian influenza virus nucleic acid-positive, N1 positive. December 2, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for patients with respiratory tract fluid samples tested, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.

It is understood that entered in 2007, China has 3 as a result of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection and death. Existing medical research has not found that highly pathogenic avian influenza infection was the phenomenon of people.