A Chinese woman becomes the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation says.
abc.net.au/news/china-records-world-s-first-human-death-from-h3n8-bird-flu-who/102214650A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organization said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people.
The 56-year-old from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected with the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, the WHO said in a statement late on Tuesday.The Guangdong Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported the third infection late last month but did not provide details of the woman's death.
The patient had multiple underlying conditions, said the WHO, and a history of exposure to live poultry. Sporadic infections in people with bird flu are common in China where avian flu viruses constantly circulate in huge poultry and wild bird populations.
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