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A 56-year-old woman in China has become the first known human to die from the H3N8 strain of bird flu, according to Chinese authorities. The World Health Organization says the risk of a wider outbreak appears to be low, as the virus does not have the ability to spread easily from person to person. The woman had multiple pre-existing health problems and a history of exposure to live poultry at wet markets.
A 56-year-old woman from China's Guangdong province has become the first person to die from the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, which is rare in humans and does not appear to spread between people. The woman had a history of exposure to live poultry, and samples collected from a wet market visited by her before she became ill were positive for influenza A(H3). The World Health Organization has said that the risk of the virus spreading among humans at the national, regional, and international levels is considered to be low, but monitoring of all avian influenza viruses is important given their ability to evolve and cause a pandemic.
China reported its first human death from H3N8 bird flu, a subtype of bird flu that has only infected three known people to date. The patient had multiple underlying conditions and had been exposed to live poultry and wild birds prior to falling ill. No evidence of human-to-human spread of H3N8 has been detected to date, but it's important to continue monitoring H3N8 to detect changes that might make it more dangerous to human health.
A 56-year-old woman from China's Guangdong province has become the first person to die from the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, which is rare in humans and does not appear to spread between people. The woman had multiple underlying conditions and a history of exposure to live poultry. The virus is common in birds and has infected other mammals, but the risk of it spreading among humans is considered low. Monitoring of all avian influenza viruses is important given their ability to evolve and cause a pandemic.
A 56-year-old woman in southern China has died after testing positive for H3N8 avian influenza, marking the first human death from that strain of bird flu, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO says the woman, who died in March, probably contracted the virus at a live poultry market and the risk of further spread is low. All three people who contracted H3N8 in China are thought to have been exposed to the virus at live poultry markets.
China has recorded its first known human fatality from the H3N8 bird flu strain, with a 56-year-old woman from Guangdong province dying from the virus. H3N8 has been circulating since 2002 and is known to infect horses, dogs and seals, but had not been detected in humans before two non-fatal cases emerged in China last year. While exposure to live poultry may have caused the infection, the exact source of the virus is still unclear. The WHO stressed the importance of global surveillance to detect changes associated with circulating influenza viruses.
A 56-year-old woman from Zhongshan City in southern China has died after testing positive for H3N8 avian influenza, making it the first death in humans from the virus. The woman had exposure to live poultry at a wet market before she fell ill, and environmental samples collected from the market were found to be positive for H3 avian influenza. This is the third confirmed case of H3N8 in humans and the first in an adult. The World Health Organization reported that no close contacts of the case developed an infection or symptoms of illness at the time of reporting.