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Published Date: 2013-11-05 15:13:59
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (134): China (GD), H7N9, child
Archive Number: 20131105.2040007
Date: Tue 5 Nov 2013
Source: Xinhua News Agency [edited]
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
and Ryan McGinnis <ryan@bigstormpicture.com>
Comments at ProMED:
[This
is another concerning report indicating that the H7N9 avian influenza
virus has not gone away and that a new epidemic may recur with the onset
of winter, in conjunction with the appearance of the non-avian seasonal
influenza viruses. Furthermore in the initial avian H7N9 influenza
virus epidemic children were rarely affected and then often only with
mild or inapparent symptoms. The decline in H7N9 avian influenza virus
cases in adults has been attributed, on the basis of convincing
evidence, to the closure of urban poultry markets and general
restrictions on the trading of live poultry.
The circumstances
whereby the 3-year-old boy in Guangdong province became infected are not
reported, and further speculation at this stage is unwise. The 2 recent
cases in adults in mid-October 2013 occurred in Zhejiang Province and
do not appear to be directly related to the Guangdong case on the basis
of current information. More detailed information is awaited. - Mod.CP
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/7H*n.]
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