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Weekly Update (25 April - 1 May 2013) - Human Infection with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in China

[2013-05-02]





As of May 1,
2013 (16:00 Beijing Time), additional nineteen cases of human infection with
influenza A(H7N9) virus were laboratory confirmed (16:00 April 24 - 16:00 May 1
Beijing Time). Three cases are from Jiangsu, four from Zhejiang, three from
Fujian, five from Jiangxi, one from Shandong, one from Henan and the other two
from Hunan. 

To date, a
total of 127 cases have been laboratory confirmed with influenza A(H7N9) virus
in mainland China, including 26 recovered and 26 deaths. These cases are
distributed over 39 prefectures/districts of 10 provinces/municipalities,
including Beijing (1 case, 0 death), Shanghai (33 cases, 13 deaths), Jiangsu (27
cases, 6 death), Zhejiang (46 cases, 6 deaths), Anhui (4 cases, 1 death), Fujian
(3 cases, 0 death), Jiangxi (5 cases, 0 death), Shandong (2 case, 0 death),
Henan (4 cases, 0 death) and Hunan (2 cases, 0 death). So far, all confirmed
human infections with A(H7N9) are sporadic cases, and there is no evidence of
ongoing human-to-human transmission.





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