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Bird Flu A new threat to China evolving and spreading to other regions
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BirdFlu:AnewthreattoChinaevolving andspreadingtootherregions Birdflu,whichisscientificallyknownasAvianinfluenza,isthebiggestflare-uptoChina sinceitsdetectioninMarch,2013.Approximately4yearsfromtheearly2013toearly2017, 916lab-confirmedhumancasesofH7N9reportedtoWHO. ChinahashadannualsignalsofH7N9upsurgesthatraisedaroundJanuaryandFebruary forthepastfiveyears. On9thJanuary,2017,thenationalhealthandfamilyplanningcommissionofChinareported toWHO106casesofH7N9viruswhichoccurredfromendofNovembertoendofDecember whichincludes35deaths,2potentialcasesofhuman-to-humantransmission,and80of these106personsstatingthattheyhavevisitedlivepoultrymarkets.Thecasesarereported fromJiangsu(52),Anhui(14),Guangdong(14),Shangai(2),Fugian(2)andHanan(1).Sudden increasesinthenumberofhumancasesofH7N9haveoccurredin2016duringDecember toJanuary. https://goo.gl/HMftB5