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Source: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/05/avian-flu-scan-may-22-2015
Avian Flu Scan for May 22, 2015
H7N9 cases in China; H5N1 outbreak in Vietnam
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza
[h=3]H7N9 update adds two more cases in China[/h] According to an April surveillance report from China, six H7N9 avian flu illnesses were reported, two more than previously noted in earlier updates from individual provinces, according to an analysis of a report from the country's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
No details were available about the two cases. The other four cases FluTrackers had flagged for April in earlier reports included two from Anhui province and one each from Hubei and Jiangxi province. The NHFPC also reported eight deaths from the disease in April.
The additional cases lift the H7N9 total to 655 infections, according to a case list maintained by FluTrackers.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently noted that cases in China have dropped off over the past several weeks, but it added that sporadic cases are likely to be reported in the coming months in China and perhaps in neighboring countries.
May 22 FluTrackers thread
FluTrackers H7N9 case list
[h=3]Vietnam reports another H5N1 outbreak[/h] The latest H5N1 avian flu outbreak in Vietnam has hit a poultry farm in the central part of the country, Vietnamese officials said in a report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) today.
On a farm in Dak Lak province, the virus infected all 1,500 poultry of an unspecified kind and killed 100 of them, the report said. The rest will be destroyed to prevent any further spread. Dak Lak is in south-central Vietnam.
The outbreak is presented as the latest in a series of H5N1 events that began in November 2014, most of them in the southern part of the country.
May 22 OIE report from Vietnam
Avian Flu Scan for May 22, 2015
H7N9 cases in China; H5N1 outbreak in Vietnam
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); H7N9 Avian Influenza
[h=3]H7N9 update adds two more cases in China[/h] According to an April surveillance report from China, six H7N9 avian flu illnesses were reported, two more than previously noted in earlier updates from individual provinces, according to an analysis of a report from the country's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
No details were available about the two cases. The other four cases FluTrackers had flagged for April in earlier reports included two from Anhui province and one each from Hubei and Jiangxi province. The NHFPC also reported eight deaths from the disease in April.
The additional cases lift the H7N9 total to 655 infections, according to a case list maintained by FluTrackers.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently noted that cases in China have dropped off over the past several weeks, but it added that sporadic cases are likely to be reported in the coming months in China and perhaps in neighboring countries.
May 22 FluTrackers thread
FluTrackers H7N9 case list
[h=3]Vietnam reports another H5N1 outbreak[/h] The latest H5N1 avian flu outbreak in Vietnam has hit a poultry farm in the central part of the country, Vietnamese officials said in a report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) today.
On a farm in Dak Lak province, the virus infected all 1,500 poultry of an unspecified kind and killed 100 of them, the report said. The rest will be destroyed to prevent any further spread. Dak Lak is in south-central Vietnam.
The outbreak is presented as the latest in a series of H5N1 events that began in November 2014, most of them in the southern part of the country.
May 22 OIE report from Vietnam