China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case from Hunan Province, hospitalized in Shanxi

[HenryN]

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Two-year-old girl contracts bird flu in China
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BEIJING: A two-year-old girl has been diagnosed with bird flu in northern China and is in critical condition, state media reported Sunday, just days after the nation reported a death from the virus.

The girl was hospitalised in Shanxi province on Wednesday and subsequently tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the Xinhua news agency said, citing provincial health authorities.

She had fallen ill in central China's Hunan province earlier in the month but had been taken to Shanxi by her grandparents, according to the agency.

Health authorities were monitoring an undisclosed number of people who had been in contact with the girl, but none had fallen ill so far, according to the agency.

Earlier this month, a 19-year-old woman died of bird flu in Beijing -- the country's first fatal case of avian influenza in nearly a year -- after handling ducks she had bought in a market.

The death brought to 21 the number of people in China who have died of the virus since 2003. Another 10 contracted it but survived, not including the latest case.

Bird flu outbreaks tend to happen in the winter months, when low temperatures create more favourable conditions for the virus to spread.

- AFP/yt

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/403231/1/.html

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China says 2-yr-old girl confirmed with bird flu
18 Jan 2009 01:50:21 GMT
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BEIJING, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A two-year-old girl has been confirmed to be infected with bird flu in north China's Shanxi Province, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing a provincial government official, in the second case in as many weeks.
The girl, surnamed Peng, was found ill on Jan. 7 in central Hunan Province and was taken to hospital in Luliang City of Shanxi on Jan. 11, Xinhua said, citing an unnamed official with the Shanxi provincial health department.
The girl had tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza and "was in critical condition," Xinhua cited the official as saying.
"All people who have had close contact with her are under strict medical observation ... Up to now, no abnormal symptoms have been found," a statement on China's Health Ministry website (www.moh.gov.cn) said.
The Health Ministry had notified the World Health Organisation, authorities in Hong Kong and Macau, and some other countries, the statement said.
China confirmed earlier this month a woman infected with bird flu had died in Beijing after buying nine ducks at a market in Hebei province, which surrounds the Chinese capital, sparking emergency checks of local poultry markets.
The H5N1 remains largely a disease among birds but experts fear it could change into a form that is easily transmitted from person to person, and spark a pandemic that can kill millions of people worldwide.
At least 21 people have died of bird flu out of 32 people infected in China. (Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Bill Tarrant)

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January 18, 2009 GMT 02:33 GMT 10:33 published
Shanxi, a two-year-old girl diagnosed with bird flu
According to the Chinese Ministry of Health revealed that the Shanxi province, a two-year-old girl was confirmed infected with H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza.

这一诊断是由山西省卫生厅在星期六（1月17日）通报的。 This diagnosis is from Shanxi Province Health Department on Saturday (January 17) reported.

患者是山西省吕梁孝义市的一名姓彭的两岁女童。 The patient is in Xiaoyi City, Luliang Prefecture, Shanxi Province, a two-year-old girl surnamed Peng.

据称，这名女童1月7日在湖南发病，11日随外祖父母回到山西后病情加重。 It is said that the girl January 7 incidence in Hunan, 11 in Shanxi Province with the grandparents to return after illness.

家人在1月14日带她前往山西汾阳医院求诊，对症处理后病情没有明显好转，她又在当天晚间被转往山西省儿童 医院。 Family in January 14 to take her to hospital in Shanxi Fenyang, symptomatic disease after no apparent improvement in the evening the same day she was transferred to Children's Hospital of Shanxi Province.

1月17日，中国疾病预防控制中心和中国医学科学院对患者样本进行复核检测，结果为禽流感病毒H5N1核酸 阳性。 January 17, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences review of patient samples for testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.

目前，这名女童病情危重，医护人员正在对她进行全力抢救。 At present, the girl in a critical condition, medical personnel are being carried out to her rescue.

按照《人感染高致病性禽流感应急预案》，山西省在星期六已经启动突发公共卫生事件二级应急响应，并对与患儿 有密切接触的所有人员实行严密医学观察，不过截至目前还没有任何人出现异常临床表现。 In accordance with the "human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans" in Shanxi Province has been launched on Saturday a public health emergency of two emergency response, and have had close contact with children of all personnel to implement strict medical observation, but so far Anyone who has not unusual clinical manifestations.

中国卫生部表示，已向世界卫生组织、港澳台地区和部分国家通报了有关病例。 China's Ministry of Health said that has been the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and some countries reported on the case.

这名女童已经是今年以来中国第二例确诊的H5N1禽流感病例。 The girl is already China's second case this year confirmed the H5N1 bird flu.

一名19岁的黄姓少女1月5日在北京死于H5N1禽流感。 A 19-year-old girl WONGs January 5 in Beijing, died of H5N1 avian influenza. 据称她发病前曾经在河北省买了9只鸭子，并曾清理鸭子的内脏。 She allegedly had prior to the onset of Hebei Province, bought a nine ducks, and ducks have been cleaning up the offal.

目前还不知道山西的彭姓女童是否或者如何接触过禽类。 Shanxi Province is not known whether the girl surnamed Peng, or how to contact with poultry.

截至目前，中国2003年以来已经有21人死于H5N1高致病性禽流感。 Up to now, China since 2003 has been that there were 21 people died of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza.

[Shiloh]

Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

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Girl in China critically ill with bird flu

BEIJING (AP) ? A 2-year-old girl in northern China has tested positive for bird flu and is in critical condition ? the second case of human infection in a month.

The girl fell ill on Jan. 7 in central Hunan province and was taken to a hospital by her grandparents four days later after she returned home to Shanxi province, the Health Ministry said in a notice on its Web site late Saturday.

Tests confirmed she was infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, it said. It did not say how she was infected or what she was doing in Hunan.

All the people who had close contact with the girl were under medical observation, the ministry said, and so far no one else has been found ill.

The case comes at a worrisome time for authorities as tens of millions of people are on the move traveling between cities and rural hometowns for Chinese New Year, which begins on Jan. 26. The Agricultural Ministry has said it will step up checks before the holiday.

A 19-year-old woman died from the bird flu virus at the beginning of January in a Beijing hospital after contact with poultry. The World Health Organization said the case did not appear to signal a new public health threat.

Health officials worry the H5N1 virus could mutate into a form that could spread easily among people.

According to the latest WHO tally, bird flu has killed 248 people worldwide since 2003, including 21 in China.

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01..._Hunan_2F.html

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H5N1 Confirmed Case in Hunan China
Recombinomics Commentary 19:46
January 17, 2009

F, 2-year-old and currently residing in Xiaoyi City, Luliang Prefecture, Shanxi Province.

January 7, 2009 the incidence in Hunan, January 11 with the grandparents back to Shanxi, condition worsened after the January 14 Fenyang treatment in hospitals in Shanxi Province, with no significant symptomatic improvement after treatment, was on the 14th later transferred to Children's Hospital of Shanxi Province.

The above translation describes a confirmed H5N1 patient who is in critical condition. She is currently in Shanxi, although the initial incident is said to have been in Hunan (see updated map). This case follows the fatal case (19F) in Beijing, which may have been part of a cluster involving a health care worker at the hospital.

Although it is unclear where the patient resided in Hunan, clade 7 has been isolated from both regions previously. Clade 7 was reported in Jiangsu last month and has caused a previous case in Beijing (in 2003).

More information on the circumstances surrounding the infection would be useful. China has not recently reported H5N1 in poultry in Hunan or Shanxi, raising concerns about the source of the infection, as well as reporting of H5N1 in poultry or wild birds in China.

More information on the circumstances associated with this case, as well as sequence data associated with the fatal case in Beijing would be useful.

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[AlaskaDenise]

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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01..._Concerns.html

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Recombinomics Commentary 19:46
January 17, 2009

The girl, surnamed Peng, was found ill on Jan. 7 in the central Hunan Province.

The above comments describe the most recent H5N1 confirmed case in China. She was infected right after the patient in Beijing died, who was infected a couple weeks after the outbreaks in Jiangsu. All three incidents (see updated map) involved H5N1 confirmed hosts in the absence of dead poultry.

The outbreaks in Jiangsu were detected during routine surveillance. As noted in the OIE report, there were no dead birds. The H5N1 in the Jiangsu outbreaks was clade 7. Clade 7 is quite distinct from clade 1 and clade 2 which are the two clades that have accounted for the vast majority of human cases and outbreaks. However, clade 7 had caused the first confirmed case in China in Beijing in 2003. It has been reported in poultry outbreaks in northern China are provinces near Beijing, as well as Hunan province.

The history of outbreaks and the temporal relationship to the Beijing case suggest clade 7 may have been involved in the Beijing infection(s). The same is true for the Hunan case.

Clade 7 is cause for concern because it has caused at least one human case previously and was in asymptomatic birds in Jiangsu. Moreover, it has caused problems previously in vaccinated flocks. The genetic differences between clade 7 and clade 1 or 2 can produce vaccine mismatches which generate asymptomatic birds which shed H5N1 that can infect other birds and humans. This creates conditions for silent transmission in birds and cases that have no clear linkage to dying poultry.

China has not filed any OIE reports since the Jiangsu outbreak in December, suggesting H5N1 was not detected in poultry culled in the Beijing area. Detecting H5N1 in asymptomatic birds is difficult, so the absence of H5N1 positive birds does not necessarily signal the absence of H5N1.

The widespread detection of H5N1 in China in the absence of dead or dying poultry is cause for concern.

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[HenryN]

Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

MOH translation

Shanxi Provincial Health Department January 17 briefing, Shanxi Province, confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases.

彭某patients, female, 2 years old, and currently residing in Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province, Luliang City. Patients January 7, 2009 the incidence in Hunan, January 11 with the grandparents back to Shanxi, condition worsened after the January 14 Fenyang treatment in hospitals in Shanxi Province, with no significant symptomatic improvement after treatment, was on the 14th later transferred to Children's Hospital of Shanxi Province. At present, children in a critical condition, the health sector in Shanxi Province is under the guidance of the Ministry of Health expert group to carry out rescue efforts.

January 17, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences review of patient samples for testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.

According to World Health Organization of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and China's diagnostic standards for human avian influenza prevention and control of the Ministry of Health expert group to determine the cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.

After the outbreak, the local government attaches great importance to have been in accordance with the "human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans", in January 17, 2009 to start a public health emergency Ⅱ-class emergency response and take the appropriate prevention and control measures All close contacts of the implementation of strict medical observation, and actively carry out a comprehensive epidemiological investigation. Up to now all close contacts are not unusual clinical manifestations.

The cases of the situation, the Ministry of Health has the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and part of national communications.

[HenryN]

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China confirms toddler infected with bird flu

By Ian Ransom
Reuters
Saturday, January 17, 2009; 10:54 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) - A two-year-old girl is in critical condition at a hospital in northern China after becoming infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said on Sunday, the second case in China in as many weeks.
The girl, surnamed Peng, was found ill on January 7 in central Hunan Province and taken to a hospital in her home province of Shanxi on January 11, Xinhua news agency said, citing an unnamed official with the provincial health department.
The Health Ministry did not say how the girl had become infected. There have not been any reports of outbreaks of the virus among birds in Hunan since May 2007.
The H5N1 virus remains largely a disease among birds but experts fear it could change into a form that is easily transmitted among humans, and spark a pandemic that could kill millions of people worldwide.

With the world's biggest poultry population and hundreds of millions of backyard birds, China is seen as critical in the fight to contain bird flu.
Its Health Ministry said in a statement on its website (www.moh.gov.cn) that the girl was transferred to another hospital after her symptoms grew worse and authorities confirmed she had been infected with the virus on Saturday.
"Currently, the girl's condition is critical. Shanxi health departments are currently fighting to save her with the guidance of a team of health experts," the Health Ministry said.
"All people who have had close contact with her are under strict medical observation ... Up to now, no abnormal symptoms have been found," it said, adding that the World Health Organization, and health authorities in Hong Kong, Macau and some other countries had been notified.
Calls placed to health departments in Shanxi province went unanswered.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said China's Health Ministry had notified them of the case, but could not provide more details.
"We are staying in close contact with the Health Ministry," a spokeswoman from WHO's China office told Reuters.
After not reporting a single human infection in almost a year, China has now confirmed two cases in as many weeks.
Health authorities earlier this month said a woman infected with bird flu had died in Beijing after buying ducks at a market in Hebei province, which surrounds the Chinese capital, sparking emergency checks of local poultry markets.
Experts said the case was not unexpected as the virus is more active during the cooler months between October and March, but said it pointed to holes in surveillance of the virus in poultry.
China's Agriculture Ministry last week said it had found no bird flu cases among poultry in Beijing or other areas surrounding the city during checks after the woman's death.
Since the H5N1 virus resurfaced in Asia in 2003, it has infected 391 people, killing 247 of them, according to WHO figures released in mid-December.
The toddler's infection brings China's total to 32 human bird flu cases, of which at least 21 people have died.
(Additional reporting by Lu Jiansheng; Editing by Valerie Lee)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/17/AR2009011702939.html

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Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

China confirms girl infected with bird flu


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The girl fell ill on January 7 in the central Hunan province and was taken to her home province of Shanxi in northern China, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.
The report did not say how the girl became infected.
On January 5, a 19-year-old Beijing woman died of bird flu after handling poultry, officials said.
Xinhua said the woman bought nine ducks at a market in Beijing's neighboring Hebei province and cleaned their organs.
Since the end of 2003, the H5N1 virus has infected numerous species of birds in more than 60 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. It has not been found in birds in North or South America, including the Caribbean, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Human-to-human transmission of avian flu is rare, but in some cases, the virus has passed from poultry to humans. It has killed more than 200 people since 2003.
Officials worry the virus could mutate and become a deadly pandemic.

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[HenryN]

Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

【 "Financial network"专稿/ reporter Wang Chao】 January 17 evening 22:42, Shanxi Province Health Department issued a formal briefing, said the province has been confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic (H5N1) bird flu.
It is reported that this is the first in Shanxi Province have been confirmed human avian influenza cases in China since 2003 was confirmed the first 32 patients.
Before, on January 5, had been infected with H5N1 bird flu, 19-year-old Wong Yan-qing just passed away in Beijing Chaoyang District.
Bulletin, the patient彭某, F, two-year-old and currently residing in Xiaoyi City, Luliang Prefecture, Shanxi Province. Patients January 7, 2009 the incidence in Hunan, January 11 with the grandparents back to Shanxi, condition worsened after the January 14 Fenyang treatment in hospitals in Shanxi Province, with no significant symptomatic improvement after treatment, was on the 14th later transferred to Children's Hospital of Shanxi Province. At present, children in a critical condition, the health sector in Shanxi Province is under the guidance of the Ministry of Health expert group to carry out rescue efforts.
January 17, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences review of patient samples for testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.
According to World Health Organization of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and diagnostic criteria of China, the Ministry of Health human avian influenza prevention and control expert group to determine the cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.
The cases of the situation, the Ministry of Health has the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and part of national communications.
Epidemic occurred, the local government attaches great importance to Shanxi Province, in accordance with the "human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans", in January 17, 2009 to start a public health emergency Ⅱ-class emergency response and take the appropriate prevention and control measures for the implementation of all the close contacts of strict medical observation, and actively carry out a comprehensive epidemiological investigation. As the evening of the 17th, all close contacts are not unusual clinical manifestations.
According to "Financial" reporter has learned that as early as November 2005, Shanxi Luliang Xiaoyi City Tie-cheng breeding new high-Town Park, on the H5N1 outbreak occurred in poultry. After 2006, the city of Yangquan, Shanxi, Changzhi City also have occurred in poultry in the epidemic, but people did not cause illness.
January 9, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention held in Beijing news conference, the Center's director of the Center for National Influenza舒跃龙reminded that each year in November to March the following year, a variety of influenza (including avian flu ) high season, he hopes the public to remain vigilant.

http://www.caijing.com.cn/2009-01-18/110049114.html

[Treyfish]

Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

Shanxi confirmed H5N1 avian 2-year-old girl critically ill

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Wen Wei Po reported in Hong Kong, China within two weeks there were two cases of human infection of bird flu, sounded the winter flow of people to watch out for the alarm of avian influenza outbreaks.

中新社报道，山西省卫生厅通报确诊一例人感染高致病性H5N1禽流感病例。

China news agency reported that Shanxi Province Health Department briefing confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu.

患者是一名两岁姓彭的女童，现住山西省吕梁市孝义市；本月7日在湖南发病，11日随外祖父母回到山西，病情 加重后于14日就诊于山西省汾阳医院，经处理后无明显好转，遂于14日晚转至山西省儿童医院。

The patient is a two-year-old girl surnamed Peng, now living in Luliang City Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province; on the 7th of this month in Hunan disease, on the 11th with his grandparents back to Shanxi, condition worsened on the 14th after attending Fenyang in Shanxi Province Hospital After treatment, no significant improvement in 14 of the evening was transferred to Children's Hospital of Shanxi Province.

目前，病童病情危重，山西省卫生部门正在卫生部专家组的指导下全力进行抢救。

At present, children in a critical condition, the health sector in Shanxi Province is under the guidance of the Ministry of Health expert group to carry out rescue efforts.

本港卫生防护中心昨晚接获中国国家卫生部通报。

Center for Health Protection in Hong Kong last night, China's State Ministry of Health received notification.

中国卫生防护中心称，中国国家疾病预防控制中心目前对病者样本进行检测，核实样本对H5N1病毒呈阳性反应 。

China Center for Health Protection said the China National Disease Prevention and Control Center is currently on the patient samples for testing to verify the samples positive for H5N1 virus.

当局正就女童发病前的家禽接触史作调查。

The Administration is on the girls prior to the onset of a history of exposure to poultry for investigation.

本港卫生防护中心表示，已接获通报，会继续与国家卫生部保持密切联系，以了解个案详情。

Hong Kong Center for Health Protection said that the notification has been received, the Ministry of Health will continue to work with countries to maintain close contact to find out details of cases.

卫生防护中心发言人提醒市民，要采取措施预防禽流感，包括避免直接接触禽鸟或其粪便；如果曾有接触，须尽快 用肥皂及水彻底洗手；禽鸟及鸡蛋应彻底煮熟才进食，以及要经常洗手。

A CHP spokesman reminded the public to take measures to prevent bird flu, including avoiding direct contact with birds or their droppings; if there has been contact, as soon as possible with soap and water to wash their hands thoroughly; birds and eggs should be thoroughly cooked before consumption, and the need to wash hands frequently.

中国卫生部已通报世卫

China's Ministry of Health has informed WHO

根据世界卫生组织人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例定义和中国诊断标准，卫生部人禽流感防控专家组判定该病例为 人感染高致病性禽流感确诊病例。

According to World Health Organization of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and diagnostic criteria of China, the Ministry of Health human avian influenza prevention and control expert group to determine the cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.

疫情发生后，当地政府高度重视，已按照《人感染高致病性禽流感应急预案》，于昨日启动突发公共卫生事件二级 应急响应，采取了相应的防控措施，对全部密切接触者实行严密的医学观察，积极开展全面的流行病 学调查。

After the outbreak, the local government attaches great importance to have been in accordance with the "human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans," yesterday to start a public health emergency of two emergency response, prevention and control to take the appropriate measures, all close contacts the implementation of strict medical observation, and actively carry out a comprehensive epidemiological investigation.

截至目前，所有密切接触者并未出现异常临床表现。

Up to now, all close contacts have not unusual clinical manifestations.

该病例的有关情况，卫生部已向世界卫生组织、港澳台地区和部分国家通报。

The cases of the situation, the Ministry of Health has the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and part of national communications.

两地警号一再亮起

Two alarm sounded again and again

踏入冬季，两地禽流感警号一再亮起。

Into the winter, the two bird flu alarm has sounded.

先有本港去年底在街市及鸡场爆发禽流感，继后有居深圳的香港女童感染H9N1禽流感。

Before the end of last year in Hong Kong markets and farms in the outbreak of avian flu, following the UN after the Hong Kong Girl Shenzhen H9N1 avian influenza infection.

最近疫情在内地出现，一名居于北京市朝阳区的19岁女子，在去年12月24日病发，至27日入院治疗，今年 1月5日上午7时20分死亡，患者样本检测证实对H5N1禽流感呈阳性。

The recent emergence of the epidemic in the Mainland, a resident in Chaoyang District, Beijing's 19-year-old woman, in the December 24 last year, the disease, to 27 admitted to hospitals for treatment, this year at 7:20 on January 5 deaths, in patients with confirmed samples of H5N1 avian flu positive.

而去年中国同样有多宗确诊的人类禽流感个案，去年2月汕尾一名女工病逝，卫生部证实她是感染高致病的H5N 1禽流感死亡；同月广西出现一宗人类感染禽流感H5N1的确诊病例。

Last year China also involved in a number of confirmed human bird flu cases in February last year, a worker died in Shanwei, the Ministry of Health confirmed she was infected with the H5N1 highly pathogenic bird flu death; Guangxi appeared the same month a human infection of H5N1 bird flu confirmed cases. http://66.102.1.113/translate_c?hl=e...0X_8yq5TAc_bnA

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Shanxi confirmed human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases in children with another hospital for treatment
2009-01-18 21:45:01 　来源：新华网 　编辑：戴爽 2009-01-18 21:45:01 Source: Xinhuanet Editor: Dai Shuang ������������������̳>>

Xinhua Taiyuan January 18 (Xinhua Gao Feng晏国G) reporter on the 18th from the Shanxi Province Health Department was informed that in Shanxi Province on the 17th confirmed human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases in children have been transferred to hospitals -- Taiyuan Fourth People's Hospital for treatment. 截至18日12时，患儿病情危重，生命体征平稳。 As at 12 o'clock on the 18th, children in a critical condition, vital signs were stable. 卫生部、山西省组成的专家组正在全力组织救治。 Ministry of Health, composed of the Expert Group in Shanxi Province are going all out to organizations for medical treatment. 对67名密切接触者进行医学观察，均未出现发热等症状。 67 close contacts of those who carried out medical observation, no symptoms such as fever. 山西省卫生厅确诊一例人感染高致病性禽流感病例 Shanxi Provincial Health Department confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases

1月14日晚山西省儿童医院收治该患儿，15日上午山西省卫生厅组织省级专家会诊，诊断为不明原因肺炎，不 排除人感染高致病性禽流感，在积极救治和开展流调的同时，立即报山西省委、省政府和卫生部。 The evening of January 14 in Shanxi Province Children's Hospital treated the children, 15 in Shanxi Province on the morning of the provincial Health Organization expert consultation, diagnosed as pneumonia of unknown causes, not rule out the possibility of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, in the active treatment and flow tune at the same time and immediately reported to the Shanxi provincial government and the Ministry of Health. 省委、省政府高度重视，省委书记张宝顺、省长王君作出批示，卫生部门紧急安排救治和防控工作，确定太原市第 四人民医院和山西汾阳医院为当地定点医院，省及太原、吕梁疾控机构开展流行病学调查，确定67名密切接触者 进行医学观察，开展应急监测、消毒工作和疫情日报。 Provincial party committee and government attach great importance to the provincial party secretary Zhang Baoshun and governor Wang Jun given instructions of emergency arrangements for the health sector for treatment and prevention and control work to determine the Fourth People's Hospital in Taiyuan, Shanxi Fenyang hospitals and hospitals for local, provincial and Taiyuan , Luliang disease control agencies to carry out epidemiological investigation to determine the 67 close contacts under medical observation, to carry out emergency monitoring, disinfection work and the epidemic daily.

经过卫生部专家会诊，山西省疾病预防控制中心、国家疾病预防控制中心、中国医学科学院严密的实验室检测，1 7日卫生部人禽流感防控专家组确定该患儿为人感染高致病性禽流感病例。 After the Ministry of Health expert consultation, Shanxi Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Disease Prevention and Control Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences stringent laboratory tests, on the 17th human avian influenza prevention and control of the Ministry of Health expert group to determine the children being infected with highly pathogenic Avian influenza cases. 受卫生部委托山西省卫生厅发布信息。 Shanxi Province by the Ministry of Health commissioned the Health Department released information. 山西省正式启动突发公共卫生事件Ⅱ级应急响应。 Shanxi Province launched a public health emergency Ⅱ-class emergency response. 各级卫生行政部门和医疗卫生机构加强组织领导、强化疫情监测、开展健康教育，做好卫生应急各项准备工作，防 范突发急性传染病疫情。 Health administrative departments at all levels and health institutions to strengthen organization and leadership, strengthening the epidemic monitoring, carried out health education, good health emergency all the preparatory work, to guard against sudden acute infectious diseases.

据专家介绍，禽流感病毒通常感染鸡、鸭等家禽及候鸟，人对禽流感病毒一般不易感。 According to experts, the avian flu virus usually infected chickens, ducks and other poultry and migratory birds for avian flu virus were generally not susceptible. 人感染高致病性禽流感主要是通过接触病死禽及其分泌物和排泄物感染发病，如果没有这些接触史，就能避免人禽 流感病例的发生。 Of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza primarily through contact with dead birds and their secretions and faeces infection, if there is no history of these contacts, we can avoid the human avian influenza cases occurred. 虽然已有人感染高致病性禽流感的个案，但尚没有证据证明禽流感病毒可以在人与人之间传播。 Although it has been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza cases, but there is no evidence that avian influenza virus can spread from person to person.

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Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

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新华网北京１月１８日电（记者董峻）中国农业部新闻办公室有关负责人１８日说，山西发生人感染高致病性禽流 感病例后，农业部迅速派出专家组赶赴山西和湖南，全力配合卫生部门做好家禽疫情排查和流行病学 调查工作。

Xinhua Beijing January 18 (Xinhua董峻) Chinese Ministry of Agriculture Information Office of the relevant person in charge on the 18th that occurred in Shanxi Province were infected with highly pathogenic bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture immediately sent expert group rushed to the Shanxi and Hunan, the full do a good job with the health sector and epidemiological investigation of poultry epidemic investigations.

据专家组报告，目前未发现禽流感疫情。

According to report of the Expert Group, the current bird flu was found.

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农业部专家组会同山西省有关部门在太原市、孝义市等地养殖场（户）开展疫情排查，检查大型种鸡场１个，中小 规模养禽场３６个，蛋鸡肉鸡散养户６９户，累计检查存栏家禽近１０万羽，均未发现异常情况。

Expert Group in the Ministry of Agriculture departments in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Xiaoyi City farms and other places (households) to carry out disease investigation, inspection of chicken farms in a large-scale, small and medium-sized poultry farms 36, 69 households backyard broiler hens households, with an accumulated amount of livestock on hand to check nearly 100,000 poultry feathers, were found abnormal.

农业部专家组会同湖南省有关部门对患者曾去过的长沙县星沙镇圆梦灰埠农贸大市场进行疫情监测排查，该市场２ ００８年１２月份以来家禽无异常死亡情况。

Group of Experts on the relevant departments in the Ministry of Agriculture in Hunan Province on the patients had visited Changsha County Star gray port town dreams big market for farmers to monitor the outbreak investigation, the market since December 2008 no abnormal poultry deaths.

经对长沙市内杨家山、石马、西长街等三个大型家禽批发市场和养殖场户排查，近期也未出现家禽异 常死亡情况。

After the city of Changsha, Yang Shan, Shima, West长街three major poultry wholesale markets and farm households in the investigation and more recently in poultry does not appear abnormal deaths.

对长沙市１０个县（市、区）的４５个乡镇进行了疫情排查，检查家禽养殖场４２个，养禽农户１８８２个，累计 检查存栏家禽４２．８万羽，均没有发现家禽发病情况。

Changsha City for 10 counties (cities, districts) in 45 townships have been investigating the outbreak to check 42 poultry farms, poultry farmers 1882, a total of 428,000 poultry inspection plume population, there have been no reports of poultry diseases.

据农业部开展的全国家禽秋季集中免疫检查结果显示，山西、湖南两省家禽免疫全部合格。

According to the Ministry of Agriculture carried out by the fall of the national poultry concentrated immune test results show that, Shanxi, Hunan Provinces poultry all qualified immunity.

山西省太原市、孝义市以及湖南省长沙市应免家禽全部免疫，免疫抗体合格率达到国家规定标准。

Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Xiaoyi City, as well as in Changsha, Hunan, all poultry should be free immunization, the passing rate of antibody to reach the required standards.

目前，山西、湖南两省的有关市、县重大动物疫病防控指挥部均已启动人感染高致病性禽流感应急响应，按照规定 采取了相应措施。

Currently, Shanxi, Hunan Provinces of the city and county of major animal disease prevention and control of the command to start people have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza emergency response, in accordance with the provisions taken corresponding measures.

湖南长沙县对圆梦灰埠农贸大市场进行封锁，禁止家禽及其产品、无关人员和车辆出入。

Changsha, Hunan County farmers to realize their dreams gray port blockade largest market, the prohibition of poultry and its products, not related to personnel and vehicle access.

严格按有关处置技术规范要求，开展扑杀、无害化处理和消毒工作。

In strict accordance with the relevant regulatory requirements and disposal technologies, to carry out culling, safe disposal and disinfection.

加强流通环节检疫监管，严格查物验证、采样检测、限量调入和清笼消毒。

Strengthen supervision and quarantine circulation, strict check to verify materials, sample testing, on a limited redeployment and money cage disinfection.

农业部已要求山西、湖南进一步加强对家禽交易批发市场及农贸市场监管，明确专人驻场２４小时监督，严格查物 验证，落实重点活禽市场每周定点监测制度，严格执行定期休市和闭市后彻底消毒制度。

Ministry of Agriculture has asked the Shanxi, Hunan, further strengthen the poultry wholesale markets and farm produce trading market supervision, a clear hand-in-residence 24 hours supervision, strict investigations were verified, the implementation of the priority markets of live birds weekly sentinel surveillance system, strictly enforce the regular rest and closed after thorough disinfection system.

此外，农业部日前组织有关单位专家会商当前禽流感疫情形势时认为，由于春节将至，畜禽产品流动频繁、交易量 大，禽流感疫情发生和传播的风险增大。

In addition, a few days ago the Ministry of Agriculture Organization expert consultation with relevant units in the current bird flu situation in the view that since the Spring Festival approaching, the frequent movement of livestock and poultry products, trading volume is very large, the bird flu outbreak and spread of risk.


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Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

This thread should have Hunan title. There has been no link found at this time in Shanxi (although looking for poultry deaths is NOT how H5N1 in asymptomatic birds will be found).

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Re: China: Girl, 2, Confirmed H5N1 Case in Shanxi Province

[article out of Vietnam regarding China]

Home International News International
Sunday, 18/01/2009, 09:46 (GMT + 7)
CHINA:
Patients in the second H5N1 infection in 2009
Tan Hoa commune for a baby girl 2 years in Vietnam's provinces (China) has been confirmed infected with avian influenza. According to test results of the center control and prevent diseases from China, many patients have positive reactions to the vaccine virus H5N1. This is the second vaccine infected H5N1 virus on the first day in 2009 in China.
The local health for patients with this start of the infected from 7-1, but to go to 11-1 on this new baby girl hospitalized. From 11-1 today to present, he has moved the baby to hospital three times but the health situation more seriously, there are many patients in critical condition.

http://www.qdnd.vn/qdnd/baongay.quocte.tinquocte.50657.qdnd