China - Boy 16, Confirmed H5N1, Died - Guizhou Province Case

[Gert van der Hoek]

China reports another human birdflu infection

19 Jan 2009

Source: Reuters

BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Chinese health authorities said on Monday a 16-year-old boy in central Hunan province is seriously ill after contracting the H5N1 birdflu virus, the third case reported in as many days.

The Ministry of Health said on its website (www.moh.gov.cn) the teenager entered a hospital in Hunan on Jan. 16 and the province disease control centre confirmed he was infected with the H5N1 virus.

China has warned of the risk of further human cases of bird flu in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday after reporting two new cases over the weekend.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK322112.htm

[HenryN]

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Hunan confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases


Hunan Provincial Department of Health January 19 briefing, the province confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases.

Patients吴某某, M, 16-year-old students, who lives in Qiandongnan Prefecture of Guizhou Province. Patients January 8, 2009 the incidence in Guizhou whose condition had worsened in the January 16 Huaihua City, Hunan Province into hospitalization. Patient is now in a critical condition and are actively in treatment.

January 17, the Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory specimens of patient testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive; January 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention review of patient specimens for testing, the results for the bird flu virus nucleic acid H5N1 positive. Epidemiological survey found that patients had come into contact with dead poultry.

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" to take the corresponding control measures. Close contacts of all the implementation of strict medical observation, and timely to conduct 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 region and the relevant national communications.

http://www.moh.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/wsb/pyqxx/200901/38854.htm

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Hunan confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases

China Network china.com.cn Time: 2009-01-19 comment>>

China news agency, Beijing, January 19 (Reporter Zeng Liming) - National Ministry of Health released the information, said tonight: Hunan Provincial Department of Health, according to today's briefing, the province confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases.

The local government in accordance with the "human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans" to adopt corresponding measures to prevent and control. Close contacts of all the implementation of strict medical observation, and timely to conduct a comprehensive epidemiological investigation.

吴某某patients, 16 years old, male, students, who lives in Qiandongnan Prefecture of Guizhou Province. January 8 this year, patients in Guizhou morbidity due to illness, so Huaihua City, Hunan Province on the 16th into hospitalization. Patient is now in a critical condition and are actively in treatment.

January 17, the Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory specimens of patient testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive; January 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention review of patient specimens for testing, the results for poultry positive for H5N1 influenza virus nucleic acid. Epidemiological survey found that patients had come into contact with dead poultry.

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.

Up to now, all close contacts are not unusual clinical manifestations. China's Ministry of Health has been the case related to the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan region and the relevant national communications.

Source: China News Network

http://www.china.com.cn/news/txt/2009-01/19/content_17154519.htm

[HenryN]

Re: China - boy 16 - Confirmed H5N1 - Hunan

Updated map

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This is a Guizhou Province case.

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: China - boy 16 - Confirmed H5N1 - Guizhou Province

Central China province reports human infection of bird flu


www.chinaview.cn 2009-01-19

CHANGSHA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A 16-year-old male student had been confirmed as infected with bird flu in central China's Hunan Province, the fourth case of human bird flu found in China in 2009, said a provincial government official on Monday.

The student, surnamed Wu, fell ill on Jan. 8 in Guizhou, the provincial capital, said the official from the provincial health bureau.

Wu was transferred to a hospital in Huaihua City on Jan. 16 when his condition worsened.

The patient is still in a critical condition, the official said.

According to the test result on Monday from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wu tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.

The patient had had contact with poultry, the official said. But no more details had been revealed.

The people who had close contact with the patient are under medical observation. No one has been found ill so far.

In the northern Shanxi Province, a two-year-old girl surnamed Peng was confirmed to be infected with the same virus on Saturday.

The toddler had been in critical condition and doctors had been trying to bring the virus under control, local health officials said on Sunday.

The 67 people who had close contact with the girl had been under observation but no one was found infected.

A 27-year-old woman surnamed Zhang died of bird flu in east China's Shandong Province on Saturday, which was the second death caused by avian influenza in the country in the new year.

The first death this year from bird flu was a 19-year-old woman named Huang Yanqing who died in Beijing on Jan. 5.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/19/content_10685859.htm

[HenryN]

Re: China - boy 16 - Confirmed H5N1 - Guizhou Province

Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01190902/H5N1_Guizhou.html

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: China - boy 16 - Confirmed H5N1 - Guizhou Province

Location Qiandongnan Prefecture in Guizhou Province, where the 16 yo comes from:

[Commonground]

Re: China - boy 16 - Confirmed H5N1 - Guizhou Province

Map: Provinces of China

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[HenryN]

Re: China - boy 16 - Confirmed H5N1 - Guizhou Province

China reports third bird flu case
Beijing, Jan 19: Chinese health authorities said on Monday a 16-year-old boy in central Hunan province is badly ill after contracting the H5N1 bird flu virus, the third case reported in as many days as the Lunar New Year holiday looms.
The Ministry of Health said on its website the teenager entered a hospital in Hunan on January 16 and the province disease control centre confirmed he was infected with the H5N1 virus.
"The patient's condition is critical," the statement said. It added that he previously had "contact with dead poultry."
China has warned of the risk of further human cases of bird flu in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday after reporting two new cases over the weekend.
Until this month, China had not seen a single human infection in almost a year, but it has now confirmed four cases of the H5N1 virus in less than two weeks.
Two have died, one a 27-year-old woman who died in eastern China on Saturday, and the other a 19-year-old woman who died in Beijing earlier this month.
"As the Spring Festival approaches, there are frequent movements of poultry products and the risk rises of virus outbreaks and transmission," the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on its website.
The Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year holiday, starts next Monday, accompanied by a mass movement of people back to their home provinces for lavish celebratory meals.
Hong Kong's top health official, York Chow, called on China to release the results of epidemiological tests into the three cases.
"There are two main areas that we are concerned with. One is if there is no avian flu outbreak in poultry and yet there are human cases, whether there's a change in the virus," said Chow, Hong Kong's secretary for food and health.
He also voiced concern over the possibility of "silently infected chickens" carrying the virus or transmitting the disease without showing outward bird flu-like symptoms.
The World Health Organisation said people must be aware of how to protect themselves from bird flu.
Bureau Report

http://www.zeenews.com/world/2009-01-19/499938news.html

[sharon sanders]

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27 year old death February 18 Shandong Province:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91617

2 year old under treatment from Human Province:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=202956#post202956

19 year old confirmed death January 6th Bejing:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90425

[HenryN]

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BEIJING, January 19 (RIA Novosti) - A 16-year-old student from the central Chinese province of Hunan has been diagnosed with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the fourth human case of the virus in China this year, Xinhua said on Monday.
The teenager, identified as Wu, was hospitalized on January 8 and is still in serious condition. Local health officials say the boy had contact with infected poultry.
"The people who had close contact with the patient are under medical observation," the news agency said. None of them has developed bird flu symptoms so far.
China has reported its first bird flu death this year occurred on January 5, when a 19-year-old woman from Beijing was diagnosed with the deadly virus and died in hospital. Last Saturday, a 27-year-old woman also died from bird flu.
Doctors are currently working to save the life of a 2-year-old girl, also infected with the deadly H5N1 strain. The source of her infection is being investigated. According to the World Health Organization, of the 34 cases confirmed to date in China, 22 have been fatal.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20090119/119703456.html

[HenryN]

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China reports second bird flu death this year

By AUDRA ANG ? 28 minutes ago
BEIJING (AP) ? China is stepping up bird flu precautions on fears that the virus could spread more quickly in cold weather and as families gather for Lunar New Year feasts that often include poultry. Four new cases of the illness ? two fatal ? have been reported this month.
A flu expert at China's National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shu Yuelong, said new infections were likely because the H5N1 virus is more active in lower temperatures.
"The situation urges us to further strengthen prevention and supervision," Shu was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency late Monday.
The Agriculture Ministry said it is requiring tighter monitoring of disease outbreaks at all levels and proper vaccination of all poultry. It would also increase checks across the country and at borders.
"With the Lunar New Year approaching, the volume of trade of live poultry is growing, and the risk of the emergence and spread of an epidemic is increasing," the ministry said in a statement posted late Sunday on its Web site.
An estimated 188 million people travel between cities and rural hometowns for Lunar New Year, the country's biggest holiday, which begins next week.
Dishes prepared from freshly slaughtered chicken and duck feature prominently in celebration feasts. This means a potentially greater risk of exposure to sick birds as people shop in markets for poultry or when the birds are transported to be sold, said the World Health Organization's Beijing office.
The most recent death from the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus occurred in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in China's east.
The 27-year-old woman surnamed Zhang died Saturday, the Health Ministry said, but did not give any details on how Zhang, who fell sick on Jan. 5, contracted the virus.
The fatality comes less than two weeks after a 19-year-old woman died from an H5N1 infection in a Beijing hospital after buying and cleaning ducks in a market in a neighboring province.
On Monday, the Health Ministry announced the latest H5N1 infection ? a 16-year-old student surnamed Wu in the central province of Hunan. The teen fell ill Jan. 8 in his hometown in Guizhou province in the country's southwest and was in critical condition, the ministry said.
It said the boy had been in contact with domestic poultry that had died from illness but did not elaborate. Those in close contact with Wu have not shown signs of infection, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, a 2-year-old girl sickened by H5N1 was in critical condition in the northern province of Shanxi after falling ill on Jan. 7. Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper backed by the mainland's communist authorities, reported that the girl's mother died recently and that doctors "highly suspected" bird flu.
The paper did not give any other details and Shanxi health officials refused to comment on the mother's death. But Xinhua, citing a health official, said that none of the 67 people who had close contact with the girl have become ill.
The WHO said it was prepared to provide assistance to China if asked and urged people to take precautions against bird flu infections by washing their hands after handling raw meat and ensuring that all poultry is well cooked.
According to the WHO, bird flu has killed 248 people worldwide since 2003.
While the disease remains hard for humans to catch ? with most cases linked to contact with infected birds ? scientists have warned that if outbreaks among poultry are not controlled, the virus may mutate into a form more easily passed between people.
Human-to-human transmission of bird flu has happened about a dozen times in the past, in countries including China, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Turkey. In nearly every case, transmission has occurred among blood relatives who have been in close contact, and the virus has not spread into the wider community.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ghdkIg5knBtGcVm1UfEwvXSnaAPAD95QB9J00

[AlaskaDenise]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01190902/H5N1_Guizhou.html

Commentary


H5N1 Confirmed in Student in Guizhou China
Recombinomics Commentary 14:13
January 19, 2009


M, 16-year-old students, who lives in Qiandongnan Prefecture of Guizhou Province. Patients January 8, 2009 the incidence in Guizhou whose condition had worsened in the January 16 Huaihua City, Hunan Province into hospitalizat comments ion. Patient is now in a critical condition and are actively in treatment.

The above comments are from an announcement by the Ministry of Health in China. This is the fourth confirmed H5N1 case this month (see updated map), and increase concerns that H5N1 is silently spreading throughout China. No linkage to dead or dying poultry has been cited. The last confirmed H5N1 in poultry was in Jiangsu last month, which lead to the culling of over 300,000 asymptomatic birds.

More information on the sequences from the poultry in Jiangsu and the human cases in Beijing, Shandong, Hunan, and Guizhou would be useful.

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: China - boy 16 - Confirmed H5N1 - Guizhou Province

Has there been any testing of seemingly healthy asymptomatic birds, to see virus they may be carrying and passing?

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[Diane Morin]

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

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圖：北京加強動物疫病防控，確保春節食品安全（新華社）

Chart: Beijing to strengthen animal disease prevention and control to ensure that the Spring Festival of Food Safety (Xinhua)

【大公報訊】據中新社北京十九日消息：國家衛生部今晚發布信息稱，湖南省衛生廳十九日通報，確診一例人感染 高致病性禽流感病例。

According to Ta Kung Pao 【Beijing, on the 19th news: National Ministry of Health released information this evening that the briefing on the 19th Hunan Provincial Department of Health, confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases.

當地政府已按照《人感染高致病性禽流感應急預案》採取相應防控措施。

The local government in accordance with the "human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans" to adopt corresponding measures to prevent and control.

對所有密切接觸者實行嚴密的醫學觀察，並及時進行全面的流行病學調查。

Close contacts of all the implementation of strict medical observation, and timely to conduct a comprehensive epidemiological investigation.

患者吳某，十六歲，男，學生，家住貴州省黔東南州。

Wu patients, 16 years old, male, students, who lives in Qiandongnan Prefecture of Guizhou Province.

患者八日在貴州發病，因病情加重，於十六日轉入湖南省懷化市住院治療。

Incidence of patients on the 8th in Guizhou whose condition worsened on the 16th turn in Huaihua City, Hunan Province hospitalization.

患者現病情危重，正在積極救治中。

Patient is now in a critical condition and are actively in treatment.

十七日，湖南省疾病預防控制中心對患者標本進行實驗室檢測，結果為禽流感病毒H5N1核酸陽性；十九日，中 國疾病預防控制中心對患者標本進行覆核檢測，結果為禽流感病毒H5N1核酸陽性。

On the 17th, Hunan Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory specimens of patient testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive; on the 19th, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a review of patient specimens testing, the results of the avian flu virus H5N1 nucleic acid positive.

流行病學調查發現，患者發病前曾接觸過病死家禽。

Epidemiological survey found that patients had come into contact with dead poultry.

根據世界衛生組織人感染高致病性禽流感確診病例定義和中國診斷標準，衛生部人禽流感防控專家組判定該病例為 人感染高致病性禽流感確診病例。

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.

疫情發生後，當地政府對所有密切接觸者實行嚴密的醫學觀察，並及時進行全面的流行病學調查。

After the outbreak, the local government for all close contacts to implement strict medical observation, and timely to conduct a comprehensive epidemiological investigation.

截至目前，所有密切接觸者未出現異常臨床表現。

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

衛生部已把該病例有關情況向世界衛生組織、港澳台地區和相關國家通報。

The Ministry of Health has been the case related to the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan region and the relevant national communications.
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