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China reports first human case of bird flu strain H10N3 in world
www.indiatoday.in/world/story/china-reports-first-human-case-of-bird-flu-strain-h10n3-in-world-1809464-2021-06-01
A 41-year-old man from China's Zhenjiang city has become the first human to be infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu in the world.
Press Trust of India
Beijing
June 1, 2021UPDATED: June 1, 2021 13:41 IST
China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu
There are many different strains of avian influenza in China and some sporadically infect people, generally those working with poultry. (Photo: Reuters)
China has reported the first case of human infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu from the country's eastern Jiangsu province, China's National Health Commission said on Tuesday.
The patient, a 41-year-old man from Zhenjiang city, is currently in a stable condition and meets discharge standards, the state-run CGTN TV reported.
Health authorities played down the outbreak, saying the case was a sporadic virus transmission from poultry to humans, and the risk of causing a pandemic was extremely low.
The patient was diagnosed as having the H10N3 avian influenza virus on May 28, National Health Commission said in a statement without elaborating on how the man had got infected with the virus.
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No other cases of human infection with H10N3 have previously been reported globally, it said.
H10N3 is a low pathogenic or relatively less severe strain of the virus in poultry and the risk of it spreading on a large scale is very low.
There are many different strains of avian influenza in China and some sporadically infect people, generally those working with poultry.
H5N8 is a subtype of the Influenza A virus (also known as the bird flu virus). While H5N8 only presents a low risk to humans, it is highly lethal to wild birds and poultry.
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