Xinjiang confirmed a woman died of bird flu H5N1 dyeing

) (Boxun Beijing January 24, 2009 reprint)

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China has confirmed that in 2009 confirmed the country's fourth human bird flu deaths.

China's Ministry of Health Web site on Saturday (January 24) announced the same day, according to the Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Health Department briefing, a local woman infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1.

It was announced that patients with Zhang, 31 years old, living in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi City头屯河区.

Incidence of patients on the 10th of this month, and later sent to hospital due to illness, on Friday (23) 4:40 by fully died.

Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday (22) of the specimens collected from patients for testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.China Disease Prevention and Control Center on Saturday officially confirmed after review.

The announcement said the Ministry of Health, according to epidemiological survey found that patients have a live poultry market before exposure history, but the announcement did not explain further details.

Notice that the epidemic occurred, the Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Government has been in close contact with all the strict medical observation, and timely to conduct a comprehensive epidemiological investigation. Up to now, all close contacts are not unusual clinical manifestations.

China will this weekend celebrate the Spring Festival, poultry increased demand. The latest deaths will undoubtedly increase awareness of bird flu transmission between humans concerns.

Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health said earlier that the occasion of the Lunar New Year to strengthen the prevention and control of bird flu to prevent the proliferation and dissemination.

This three patients infected with avian flu in Beijing, Shandong and Hunan died. Administration claims that these places do not have bird flu outbreak.

According to statistics, since 2003, a total of 24 people infected with bird flu deaths, the global death toll is about 250.