Beijing bird flu deceased had consumed ducks in close contact with normal

At 21:29 on January 7, 2009 Source: China News Network

(Reporter Du Yan) - Beijing confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases, patients had been cremated the body of Huang Yan-qing, allegedly had contact with his ducks and duck consumption, but the causes have not yet clarity.

Seven days, the reporters came to his home district in patients understand that the Chaoyang District, Beijing 3 Rural Housing is a lot of foreign workers who gathered to. 19-year-old girl Huang Yan-qing II OO seven years from Putian City, Fujian Province to Beijing, and parents living in three villages landlord, relying on a living wage.

Simple reporter knocked on the wooden doors, less than 20 square meters more than the cottage, the only display a wooden bed and a table, as well as the use of coal for cooking. The deceased's mother, sitting in a corner room, with several fellow红着眼circle daughter see a doctor about the debt.

The deceased father told reporters, according to his tradition, the winter solstice ducks to eat. December 19 last year, his daughter, two fellow Sanhe City in Hebei Langfang Yanjiao of a market to buy a nine ducks, from the sale of ducks were slaughtered on the spot. Since then, the fellow will be three of which were home to the Huang Yan-qing, Huang Yan-qing uncle and neighbors at home.

Huang said the father, in addition to鸭脖子mentioned, the daughter of contact with the duck is not too much.

December 24, Huang Yan-qing similar symptoms of fever; after medication, his condition improved. On the 27th, hospitalized exacerbations. Two days after the treatment condition did not improve, Huang Yan-qing was transferred to another hospital to receive treatment and was diagnosed as pneumonia.

But until the 30th, his daughter is still a high fever returned, and then was sent to Beijing Chest Hospital, a preliminary diagnosis of "fungal infection." Until the evening of January 4 this year, Huang father was told that her daughter may have contracted bird flu.

At 7:20 on January 5, Huang Yan-qing died after treatment. After the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences of the parallel testing, as well as the China Disease Prevention and Control Center (China CDC) review of the testing, samples of the deceased showed that the avian flu virus (H5N1) nucleic acid positive.

According to the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau of Investigation, told Huang Yan-qing in close contact with a total of 116 people, including family members and neighbors, 14 people, hospital medical staff over a hundred people. In addition to a nurse had fever, and has returned to normal, the other officers are not unusual.

Huang introduced the father and daughter died the same day was cremated, and the place of residence around the relevant departments have also been investigating. He said the past few days, health care workers come daily temperature until the full seven days. The past few days, he and his wife did not appear abnormal.

Huang said the father, and now trying to approach the return of her daughter medical treatment incurred because relatives and friends of more than ten million yuan.