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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

40% Of Chinese Sick With H7N9 Bird Flu Had No Contact With Poultry -- Report

Forty percent of China’s H7N9 bird flu cases involve individuals that have had no clear-cut contact with poultry, the Beijing News newspaper reported today.     Sizing up the risks from the disease, experts working with the government’s National Health and Family Planning Commission said yesterday the origin of the disease is infected poultry or an environment that has been infected by poultry, the newspaper said.  As a result, the important dangers for individuals are contact with infected poultry or exposure to live poultry markets, the report said.  

Until the spread is effectively controlled, the number of cases many continue to increase, the newspaper said.
With the disease spreading and possible carriers in the population, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention is considering expanded monitoring.