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China reports 2 bird flu cases in humans

By Korea Herald

Published : Feb. 12, 2013 - 17:38

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This photo is not directly related to the article. Workers place chickens into containers to be gassed in Hong Kong on Wednesday. (AFP-Yonhap News) This photo is not directly related to the article. Workers place chickens into containers to be gassed in Hong Kong on Wednesday. (AFP-Yonhap News)

China‘s Health Ministry said Sunday two human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the southwestern city of Guiyang.

The patients were identified as a 21-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, who developed symptoms Feb. 2 and Feb 3, respectively.

“They are in critical condition and medical workers are carrying out emergency treatment,” the ministry said in a statement. “No epidemiological connections have been found between the two cases.”

The ministry said an investigation found o evidence the two had contact with fowl before they fell ill.

The human-infected highly pathogenic avian influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease that frequently results in death. The main symptoms are high fever and pneumonia.

Human cases of bird flu usually are transmitted from poultry to people but there have been cases of human-to-human transmission, U.S. health officials say. (UPI)



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조류독감 두 명 발견돼

중국 당국이 일요일 남서지방에서 조류독감 환자 두 명이 발견되었다고 전했다.

환자들은 각각 21세 여성과 31세 남성으로, 2월 2일과 2월 3일에 증상을 호소했다.

"상태가 심각해서 의료진이 응급 치료를 하고 있다."고 당국이 전혔다. 두 사람이 전염 관계에 있었는지는 밝혀지지 않았다. 두 명이 발병 전 조류와 접촉을 한 것을 맞는 것으로 알려졌다.

조류독감은 호흡기 관련 전염병으로 사망률이 높다. 주요증상은 고열과 폐렴이다.

주로 조류에서 사람으로 전염되지만 사람 간에도 전염이 된다. (코리아헤럴드)