Zhejiang Province – Credit Wikipedia
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From the Government Information Bureau of Macao (h/t Shiloh on FluTrackers), we get the announcement of a recent H7N9 case from Zhejiang Province.
Zhejiang Province, one case of human infection with the H7N9 new bird flu cases
2014-06-23 19:08:00 Source: Health Bureau
Health Bureau said, according to the health department informed the Mainland, Zhejiang add one case of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza. According to the briefing, the patient is a market greengrocer, 51-year-old male resident of Taizhou in Zhejiang, there are live poultry exposure history, on June 2 confirmed infections admitted to hospital on June 20, is currently in critical condition.
449 cases were diagnosed across the country people infected with H7N9 bird flu cases, of which at least 158 cases of death. Regional local infections occurred since October 2013, including: Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Shanghai, Beijing, Anhui, Jilin, Shandong, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia have imported cases. The Australian side, so far, all test results were negative for influenza A H7N9.
While the number of cases in China has dropped markedly over the past 60 days, we continue to see sporadic, one-off infections, mostly connected with exposure to live market birds. As H7N9 generally produces no symptoms in poultry, there are no obvious warning signs when flocks become infected, allowing the virus to stealthily spread across Eastern China.
Fortunately, while it can produce serious illness in humans, this virus remains poorly adapted to human physiology, and has not shown the ability to easily transmit from one person to another.
The concern, is that these viruses are constantly changing (see EID Journal: H7N9 As A Work In Progress) and that what we say about their behavior today may not hold true tomorrow.
