Since the bird markets were closed in affected cities the numbers have slowed however the disease remains a significant threat. For those of you keeping track we now have a total of 126 cases and 24 deaths reported from 10 provinces in China and Taiwan. One of the challenging aspects of H7N9 is that infected birds do not appear ill. This means that this could go on for a very long time and in that [...]
H7N9 – What Happens Next?
What happens next? Who knows!!!! Really, anything is possible. Virus replication is a random act and anything could happen. This includes that it fizzles out, it stays in the background (like the current status of H5N1) or it becomes our next pandemic. No one knows. Max Fisher from the Washington Post, blogged this yesterday and he is spot on! The good, the bad and the ugly! The Good 1. China is being unusually transparent so [...]
#H7N9 on the move!
Taiwan First Case Taiwan health authorities confirmed the island’s first human infection of H7N9 avian flu on Wednesday. A 53-year-old Taiwanese man was confirmed to be infected with the new type of bird flu virus. The patient is believed to have been infected outside Taiwan as he showed symptoms three days after returning from Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province. The patient, who is Hepatitis-B-positive and suffers from high blood pressure, is in a serious condition. [...]
#H7N9 – 104 cases, 21 deaths. Great Bloomberg graphic. Tough times for bird sellers, great for veggie dealers
Great Bloomberg graphic on # of cases and geographical spread Click on the link below – great graphic and maps. http://www.dermundo.com/2z2m9 Case Count To date, a total of 104 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China, including 21 deaths have been reported to WHO. Contacts of the confirmed cases are being closely monitored. http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_04_22/en/index.html Loss of business for some is a gain for others! A new strain of bird flu [...]
