China: Guizhou reported an additional human H7N9 AIV case
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 9, 2017 15:30 PM from Xinhua News Agency
A 52-year-old man was diagnosed with pneumonia before testing positive for the H7N9 virus on Sunday, said a statement issued by the provincial health and family planning commission.
The man, a native of Pingtang County in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, is a poultry vendor, according to the statement.
He is now receiving treatment in a hospital.
It is the second human H7N9 case reported in the province over the past 10 days.
A 49-year-old woman, also involved in the poultry trade in Qiannan´s Sui Autonomous County of Sandu, was confirmed to be infected with H7N9 virus on Dec. 31, 2016.
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