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treyfish, thanks for the updates

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A 35-year-old man has become Cambodia's eighth bird flu fatality this year, prompting concern about the spread of the virus in the country, a health official said Tuesday. The latest victim, from the northeastern province of Kampong Cham, died on Monday night from the H5N1 virus in a Phnom Penh hospital, said Ly Sovann, deputy head of the health ministry's disease surveillance bureau. He said the man had eaten two ducks which had previously died before he became sick earlier this month. "We are really worried about the situation because in just two months we have nine cases of bird flu," Ly Sovann said. Eight of the nine people died,

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A little more on the newly emerging H7N9 influenza.

One must wonder if there might be any relationship between this new bug and the massive beaths of both pigs and swans that arestill being removed from a river in China.

That river did supply water for human consumption so it would be sensible to see if this could be a possible vector.

One thing for sure is the very clear fact that we simply do not need yet another lethal strain of influenza to add to the existing group of usual suspects.

It is somewhat suspicous that we seem to be "detecting" these new and deadly microbes at ever increasing intervals and one must be forgiven if wondering if this reallyis just a coincidental matter, or ifthere might be some other type of influence acting here.

Time will tell!

Two people in China have died after being infected with H7N9 avian influenza - a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans - the government said Sunday. An 87-year-old man in Shanghai fell ill on February 19 and died on March 4, while a man aged 27 in the city got sick on February 27 and died on March 10, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said on its website. A 35-year-old woman in the eastern province of Anhui became ill on March 9 and is in critical condition, it said

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The World Health Organization says no evidence has emerged to show that a type of bird flu which has killed two Chinese men can be transmitted between people.
Two men in Shanghai, aged 87 and 27, fell sick in late February. A woman in Anhui province also contracted the virus in early March and is in critical condition.
"At this point, these three are isolated cases with no evidence of human-to-human transmission", the WHO representative in China, Dr. Michael O'Leary, told reporters on Monday.
China's National Health and Family Planning Commission confirmed on Sunday that the three cases were the H7N9 virus, which had not previously been known to infect humans.
"A new virus tends to be more virulent in the beginning. Either it is going to become a truly human virus, in which case we have to start dealing with it regularly, or it is going to be primarily an animal virus with just a rare human case," O'Leary said.
Some Chinese had complained that authorities took too long before announcing the deaths on Sunday. O'Leary said the government acted properly as the deaths needed to be investigated...
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New type of avian influenza in which two people were killed in China again after a full-blown panic caused concerns about infectious diseases.M.
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Hong Kong issues warning on new bird flu strain

HONG KONG:
Health Secretary Ko Wing Man on Monday issued warnings about H7N9, saying he is concerned that the virus had mutated and could be spread between humans.He also said that he is seeking more information from mainland health authorities about the strain which has been found in humans for the firs

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Bird flu strain 'may have mutated'
01-04-2013

Health Secretary Ko Wing-man. File photo.
The Secretary for Health, Ko Wing-man, has said he is seeking more informati..
The former health chief, York Chow, warned it was very likely that the virus had mutated, as H7 itself is a low pathogenic form.
He said the government must not take the matter lightly because of the high fatality rate.

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New Shanghai a butcher died of avian flu experts recommended laboratory dead pig
...University of Hong Kong, Director of the Centre for Infectious Disease Ho Pak-leung, The past human infection with avian influenza type Mainland, mainly belonging to the H5 category. "This is transmitted to humans are special varieties of avian flu virus is likely to show epidemiological changes have occurred in the relevant areas."
As to whether Shanghai Huangpu River appears to a large number of dead pigs, Ho Pak-leung said there is not enough evidence base comment whether the two, but in view of the 27-year-old dead man was a pork traders, the relevant mainland authorities need collecting dead pig samples, testing whether the presence of the avian flu virus..

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Is This a Pandemic Being Born?
China's mysterious pig, duck, and people deaths could be connected. And that should worry us..
[link to www.foreignpolicy.com]

Reports of a New Case of Bird Flu in Nanjing Spread on Weibo
2013-04-02 15:39

Summary&#65306;What appears to be an official government document detailing the fourth case of the H7N9 virus appeared on Weibo earlier this morning, officials have not confirmed whether or not the document is genuine.
Apr 2, 2013


Domestic Chinese News outlets are reporting that a fourth person is said to be hospitalized after being found to have contracted a new strain of bird flu which has already killed two Chinese men in Shanghai and has left a third in a critical condition.

Reports of the new case are being based on what appears to be a copy of an official government document that was posted to Sina Weibo by the account "What's Happening in Nanjing" (@&#21335;&#20140;&#27491;&#22312;&#21457;&#29983;) at about 9.30am this morning. The image of the document was accompanied by the text - "Was there a case of an individual contracting the H7N9 virus discovered in Jiangning District?"

The document appears to be a report sent from an office of the Jiangning District Government to an office of the Nanjing City Government.

The document reveals that a case of H7N9 avian influenza had been "initially confirmed" by the centers for disease control and health departments in both Nanjing City and Jiangsu Province... [link to www.eeo.com.cn]

Too many cases appearing too close together, with too intense an affect.

This is beginning to have extremely bad characteristics.

Emerging pandemic has to be very much a consideration here, and it also has the added appearence that it is NOT a natural occurance.

This would be a time to begin to be highly suspicous of artificial influences at work here.

The country has found seven cases of H7N9 bird flu in Jiangsu additional three cases

The country has found seven cases of H7N9 bird flu in Jiangsu additional three cases
The Jiangsu government network news, the Health Department of Jiangsu Province, April 2 Bulletin, Jiangsu Province, confirmed four cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza cases, three of which were outside for the first time to k....
&#12288;&#12288;Currently, no epidemiological association exists between the above four cases. The experts have warned that the face of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu, Mo panic, to be alert to. First, to maintain good personal hygiene, such as washing hands frequently, indoor Qin ventilation. The second is to pay attention to improve nutrition, enhance personal physical. The third is to avoid contact and edible disease (dead), poultry, livestock. The event of fever, cough and other symptoms of acute respiratory infections, especially high fever, breathing difficulties, you should seek immediate medical attention.
&#12288;&#12288;Jiangsu Provincial Health Department will continue to make every effort to epidemic prevention and control work, and take effective measures to effectively protect public health. [link to finance.qq.com]

Jiangsu Province, confirmed four cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu cases
2013 04 02, 2010 19:50
&#12288;&#12288;Health Department of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, BEIJING, April 2 (Reporter ZHU Xiao-ying) Bulletin, April 2, Jiangsu Province, diagnosed four cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza.
&#12288;&#12288;Patients Xu, female, 45 years old, Jiangning District, engaged in live poultry slaughter. March 19, fever, dizziness, body aches, fatigue and other symptoms. In the morning of March 27, go to Nanjing sicker ICU treatment in a hospital. Currently, patients in critical condition, is to rescue. On the afternoon of March 30, the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease testing positive for H7N9 avian influenza virus nucleic acid. In the afternoon of April 2, review by China CDC influenza center laboratory for the H7N9 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive. In accordance with the relevant requirements, the afternoon of April 2, the provincial Health Department organized experts, according to the clinical manifestations, laboratory testing and epidemiological findings, the diagnosis of the cases human infection confirmed cases of the H7N9 avian flu. The patients for the province's first cases of infection with the H7N9 avian flu. After investigation, the close contacts of the cases of 49 people. Medical observation, so far, all close contacts of the cases were not found to have a fever or respiratory symptoms.
&#12288;&#12288;Patients with a mulberry, female, 48 years old, Suqian Shuyang engaged in sheet metal processing. March 19, fever, dizziness, coughing and other symptoms. March 30, sicker patients transferred to a Nanjing hospital ICU treatment. Currently, patients in critical condition, is to rescue. On March 30, the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Detection H7N9 avian influenza virus nucleic acid weakly positive. In the afternoon of April 2, review by China CDC influenza center laboratory for the H7N9 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive. In accordance with the relevant requirements, the afternoon of April 2, the provincial Health Department organized experts, according to the clinical manifestations, laboratory testing and epidemiological findings, the diagnosis of the cases human infection confirmed cases of the H7N9 avian flu. After investigation, the close contacts of the cases of a total of 60 people. Medical observation, until now, were not found to have a fever or respiratory symptoms.
&#12288;&#12288;Patients Shen, male, 83 years old, Suzhou Wujiang District. March 20 fever, cough, sputum production, accompanied by symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath and chest pain. March 29, sicker patients, treatment to a hospital in Wujiang. Currently, patients in critical condition, is to rescue. On April 1, the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Detection identified as the H7N9 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive. In accordance with the relevant requirements, the afternoon of April 2, the provincial Health Department organized experts, according to the clinical manifestations, laboratory testing and epidemiological findings, the diagnosis of the cases human infection confirmed cases of the H7N9 avian flu. After investigation, the close contacts of the cases of a total of 15 people. Medical observation, until now, were not found to have a fever or respiratory symptoms.
&#12288;&#12288;The patients Zhang, female, 32 years old, Changzhou, now lives in Wuxi city, unemployed. M..
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Jiangsu confirmed four people,167 under watch
Reported H7N9 avian influenza, following Shanghai and Anhui, Jiangsu Province in the evening today announced confirmation province four people infected with the H7N9 avian influenza.Jiangsu Province, the official said, not currently found in the epidemiological association exists between the above four cases, 167 people had close contact with patients undergoing medical observation.Display Ac..
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Department of Respiratory Medicine Doctors: unknown the severe pneumonia Shanghai hospital increase in cases

2013-04-02
Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau has ordered the hospital, the daily reported cases of pneumonia. Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po Shanghai bureau reporter Shen dream Alexandra Photo
- Confirmed H7N9 in the same district hospitals to charge the five cases of patients with symptoms similar to
&#12288;Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po (Reporter Zhang Luo Lan in Shanghai) Shanghai two cases belonging to the world's first case of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu death cases in the printing of panic. Despite the official Shanghai influenza, pneumonia incidence compared with the same period of last three years was no significant increase, but a Shanghai Hospital Respiratory doctor on condition of anonymity, revealed in an interview with this exclusive interview yesterday, the recent hospital with severe pneumonia of unknown increased significantly since March received five cases of the disease, but not in the official number.
Allegedly after the unknown pneumonia deaths in the beginning of last month, the City Health Bureau, on internal notice major hospitals to strengthen monitoring of unknown pneumonia, but did not require access to the medical staff of the hospital and the doctor who strengthen protection.

&#12288;The official number of cases of confirmed and suspected human infection with the H7N9 avian..
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Vietnam "closed" poultry from China


Tuesday, 02/04/2013, 06:28 PM (GMT +7)
After China's two deaths from avian influenza H7N9, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development prohibit all forms of transportation, trade, and consumption ... even forms of cross-border donation poultry.
On 2/4, MARD has urgent send Committees of provinces and cities, especially in the border provinces of northern require
[link to us.24h.com.vn]

Shanghai two cases (deaths), Jiangsu four cases (critically ill), two cases one cases respectively in Nanjing , Suzhou and Wuxi, Anhui 1 case, Hangzhou 2 cases (1 death) [link to news.ifeng.com]

6-8 months is expected to be the fastest to develop new vaccines. [link to news.cnfol.com]

umm guess trial periods are going to be cut short rather you than e

No vac for anyone

H7 Q226L In Shanghai and Anhui H7N9 Cases
Recombinomics Commentary 20:15
April 1, 2013

The recent H7N9 cases in China have caused considerable concern. This serotype had never been found in humans previously and only one fatal bird flu case that was not H5N1 had been reported (H7N7 in The Netherlands in 2003. Two of the H7N9 cases were fatal (87M and 27M), while one was critical (35F).

The WHO Chinese Influenza Research Center released a full set of sequences for all three cases. Each had PB2 E627K, as well as a 15 BP deletion In N9. PB2 E627K is a mammalian adaptation and was present in both H5N1 transmission experiments (CDC and EMC) which used an avian PB2.

All three of the H5N1 transmission studies introduced the receptor bind domain change Q226L to increase affinity for mammalian receptors.

Q226L has never been reported in natural H5N1 isolates.

Two of the H7N9 cases, A/Shanghai/2/2013 and A/Anhui/1/2013 have Q226L, raising serious pandemic concerns.

Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus in China - update

- 4 April 2013 – On 4 April 2013 (14:00 CET), the Chinese health authorities notified WHO of an additional four laboratory-confirmed cases, including three deaths, due to human infection with influenza A(H7N9).
The three fatal cases, all men, are a 38-year-old with illness onset on 7 March 2013 from Zhejiang , a 64-year-old with illness onset on 29 March from Zhejiang, and a 48-year-old with illness onset on 28 March from Shanghai.
The fourth patient is a 67-year-old man with illness onset on 25 March 2013 from Zhejiang He is in critical condition...WHO does not advise special screening at points of entry with regard to this event, nor does it recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied. [link to www.who.int]

So far, China has 14 people were confirmed infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus, in which five people were killed


Shanghai 1 contact with H7N9 infection symptoms
According to the Shanghai authorities report ended local time on April 23, Shanghai were found in six cases of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases, 4 deaths, two cases where the six cases had no relevance. Close contacts of a death case, a fever, runny nose, itchy throat, and other symptoms, has been treated in isolation.
April 3, according to the official Xinhua News Agency reported, patients with certain after the rescue died in the afternoon of the 4th, the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention report laboratory test results for the H7N9 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.
After investigation, a total of 31 close contacts of the case, so far, a fever, runny nose, itchy throat and other symptoms, at 18:53 on the 4th isolation and treatment have been transferred to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, the other close contact were not found to have a fever or respiratory symptoms...
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this is very worrying

ttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-05/new-bird-flu-seen-hav​ing-some-markers-of-airborne-killer.html


new bird flu seen having some markers of airborne killer

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arkay not sure were you are but lots of things moving right now