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Posted: May 23 2017 at 6:43am |
Avian Influenza Report
Avian Influenza Report is a weekly report produced by the Respiratory Disease Office, Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health. This report highlights global avian influenza activity in humans and birds. VOLUME 13, NUMBER 20 Reporting period: May 14, 2017 – May 20, 2017 (Week 20) (Published on May 23, 2017) Summary 1. Since the previous issue of Avian Influenza Report (AIR), there were 17 new human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) reported by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) from Hebei (6 cases), Shandong (2 cases), Anhui (1 case), Beijing (1 case), Chongqing (1 case), Hunan (1 case), Jiangsu (1 case), Shanxi (1 case), Shaanxi (1 case), Sichuan (1 case) and Zhejiang (1 case). Since March 2013 (as of May 20, 2017), there were a total of 1503 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) reported globally. Since October 2016 (as of May 20, 2017), 697 cases have been recorded in Mainland China. 2. Since the previous issue of AIR, there were no new human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6). Since 2014 (as of May 20, 2017), 16 human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) were reported globally and all occurred in Mainland China. The latest case was reported on December 1, 2016. 3. Since the previous issue of AIR, there was one new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) from Egypt reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). From 2011 to 2016, 10 to 145 confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) were reported to the WHO annually (according to onset date). In 2017, there have been so far three cases in Egypt.* * Since November 21, 2012, WHO only publishes information on human cases with avian influenza A(H5N1) infection in “Influenza at human - animal interface: Monthly Risk Assessment Summary”. Only cases of human infection with H5N1 involved in events that are unusual or associated with potential increased risks will be reported in Disease Outbreak News. The latest report was published in May, 2017. |
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WHO notes two clusters in recent H7N9 cases from China
Two clusters are among a group of 23 H7N9 avian influenza cases reported by China on May 13, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in an update. Seven of the patients died from their infections and 15 had either pneumonia or severe pneumonia; 1 had a mild infection. Nineteen had been exposed to poultry or live poultry markets, one had contact with a hospitalized patient, and one had exposure to both poultry and a previously confirmed case-patient. The two remaining case-patients had no known poultry exposure. All of the patients were adults who hailed from Beijing and 10 different provinces. The first cluster includes a 63-year-old man from Shaanxi province who was hospitalized on May 2 with a mild illness after visiting a confirmed case-patient in the hospital, a 62-year-old man from the same province. The other involves a 37-year-old woman from Hebei province who was hospitalized on May 3 with pneumonia. She had raised backyard poultry but also had contact with her 62-year-old mother who had been sick with an H7N9 infection in the middle of April. In its risk assessment, the WHO said that although small clusters of H7N9 illnesses have been reported, including patients in the same hospital ward, so far evidence suggests the virus doesn't spread easily among humans and the likelihood of further community spread is low. Since the virus was first detected in humans in 2013, the WHO has received reports of 1,486 cases. Most are from China, which is still in the midst of its fifth and biggest wave of illnesses and in which at least 700 cases have been reported since October. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2017/05/news-scan-may-23-2017 Who Statement: http://www.who.int/csr/don/23-may-2017-ah7n9-china/en/ |
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North China province reports new H7N9 case
Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-24 14:25:14 TAIYUAN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- North China's Shanxi Province Wednesday reported its second human infection of the H7N9 bird flu virus. Duan, 57, a farmer from Xinzhou, showed symptoms including a fever and cough in early May. He has been receiving treatment at the No. 4 People's Hospital in the provincial capital Taiyuan since the infection was confirmed Tuesday, according to the Shanxi health and family planning commission. The province reported its first H7N9 case in mid-May. H7N9 is a bird flu strain first reported to have infected humans in China in March 2013. Experts recommend avoiding contact with birds, and only buying certified poultry. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/24/c_136310858.htm |
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