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Guizhou, a man infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza treatment died


Xinhua Beijing January 22 (Reporter Lvnuo) correspondent on the 22nd learned from the Ministry of Health, Guiyang Medical College Hospital on the 19th patient admitted to one case of fever, 22 by the Guizhou Provincial Center for Disease Control, China CDC laboratory confirmed human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

According to reports, the incidence of 6 patients, sicker, after 19 into the Guiyang Medical College Hospital intensive care unit for treatment. At 12:30 on the 22nd, the patient rapidly increased, blood pressure, sudden ventricular fibrillation, after she died. Up to now, has identified 71 close contacts were abnormal symptoms.

After the outbreak, Guizhou Provincial Health Department attaches great importance, in accordance with provincial government requirements, under the guidance of the Ministry of Health, and actively carry out epidemic prevention and control, to treat the patient, further on-site epidemiological investigations of close contacts for medical observation, to strengthen surveillance, good knowledge of human avian influenza prevention and control of public education work, to issue "Guizhou Provincial Health Department on the strengthening of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza prevention and control of emergency," which requires a really good job around the prevention of bird flu preparation.

Human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (the bird flu), mainly by the avian influenza H5N1 virus caused acute respiratory disease. Bird flu may be preventable, controllable, and curable. Currently, the world continued to human transmission cases have been found.


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Bird flu claims second victim in China

By Marianne Barriaux (AFP) – 1 hour ago

BEIJING — A man in southwest China who contracted the bird flu virus died on Sunday, health authorities said, the second human death from the virulent disease in the Asian country in just under a month...

...The latest victim fell ill on January 6 and was subsequently admitted to hospital in Guiyang -- capital of Guizhou province -- where his condition rapidly deteriorated, the provincial health department said in a statement.

Tests on the patient before he died confirmed he had contracted the H5N1 virus, it added.

"So far, 71 people who had close contact with the victim have not developed abnormal symptoms," the health department said...

...according to health authorities, the man who died in Guizhou had not reported any obvious exposure to poultry before the onset of symptoms... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvaIOZVDWRJodhH8OwfBOGTkiX4A?docId=CNG.f4b3121d53c9061ef3bd59387255abe5.111