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Monday, April 22, 2013
1 more poultry sample tested H7N9-positive
(
Xinhua
)
20:38, April 22, 2013
BEIJING
,
April
22 (
Xinhua
) --
One
more
poultry
sample
in
east
China
has
tested
positive
for
the
deadly
H7N9
strain
of
avian
flu
,
the
Ministry
of
Agriculture
(
MOA
)
said
on
Monday
.
The
avian
flu
virus
was
detected
in
one
pigeon
sample
collected
at
a
pigeon
farm
in
Haian
County
of
Jiangsu
Province
,
according
to
an
MOA
statement
on
its
website
.
After
gene
sequence
analysis
,
the
national
avian
flu
reference
laboratory
concluded
that
the
strain
of
H7N9
found
in
the
sample
was
highly
congeneric
with
that
found
in
a
pigeon
sample
on
April
4.
The
ministry
has
order
the
province
to
strengthen
monitoring
of
the
H7N9
virus
and
take
proper
disease
prevention
and
control
measures
.
To
date
,
the
deadly
bird
flu
has
infected
102
people
in
China
and
killed
20
of
them
,
while
40
poultry
samples
have
been
tested
H7N9
-positive
by
the
national
bird
flu
reference
lab
,
according
to
official
data
.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8218159.html?
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