China's national health authority said the patient was ready to be discharged, while the H10N3 strain of avian influenza was not likely to cause a large-scale outbreak.
According to China's national health agency, the province was ordered to carry out epidemic prevention measures and form a task force for risk assessment. Further analysis confirmed H10N3 as having avian origins, while the pathogen was also not effective at human-to-human transmission.
As H10N3 is a strain of low pathogenicity among poultry, experts have concluded that the Zhenjiang infection was"one exceptional case" of avian-to-human cross-species transmission, said the NHC, adding that"the risk of a large-scale outbreak is extremely low." The commission's statement advised the public to avoid sick or dead poultry. It also advised against direct contact with live poultry, while those with fevers or respiratory symptoms should wear a mask and seek medical attention, it added.on Tuesday that H10N3 spreads through respiratory droplets among avian species and is deadly to wild birds and poultry.
The strain is highly pathogenic among poultry and rarely infects humans. However, rare cases of human infection have led to a fatality rate of 60 percent, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. File photo: A duck darm in Suichuan, Jiangxi, China, where H7N9 bird flu deaths were reported in 2014.
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