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</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" width="97%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="48%">www.chinaview.cn (http://www.chinaview.cn/index.htm) http://imgs.xinhuanet.com/icon/2006english/2007korea/space.gif 2009-11-04 08:18:34 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td height="20">
</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> HONG KONG, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong health officials are investigating one imported case of influenza A H9 infection, a mild form of avian influenza, according to the Hong Kong government website Tuesday.
The case involved a female patient, 47, who lived in Guangdong Province, said a spokesman for The Center for Health Protection ( CHP) of the Department of Health.
This is the sixth time that H9 viruses had been found in humans in Hong Kong.
The patient developed shortness of breath and cough with sputum on Oct. 26. She came to Hong Kong for medical treatment and was admitted to Queen Mary Hospital on Oct. 28. She is now in stable condition.
Influenza A H9 virus was detected in the patient's respiratory specimen taken on Oct. 29.
The department informed the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health, and the health authorities of Guangdong and Macao of the development, the spokesman said.
The patient's family members have been put under medical surveillance.
Influenza A H9 is an avian influenza virus which has been isolated from duck and chicken for many years. Infection in humans is rare, and appears to present as a mild disease.
Four girls and a boy in Hong Kong were confirmed to have suffered from H9 infection in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2008 respectively.
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</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" width="97%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="48%">www.chinaview.cn (http://www.chinaview.cn/index.htm) http://imgs.xinhuanet.com/icon/2006english/2007korea/space.gif 2009-11-04 08:18:34 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td height="20">
</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> HONG KONG, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong health officials are investigating one imported case of influenza A H9 infection, a mild form of avian influenza, according to the Hong Kong government website Tuesday.
The case involved a female patient, 47, who lived in Guangdong Province, said a spokesman for The Center for Health Protection ( CHP) of the Department of Health.
This is the sixth time that H9 viruses had been found in humans in Hong Kong.
The patient developed shortness of breath and cough with sputum on Oct. 26. She came to Hong Kong for medical treatment and was admitted to Queen Mary Hospital on Oct. 28. She is now in stable condition.
Influenza A H9 virus was detected in the patient's respiratory specimen taken on Oct. 29.
The department informed the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health, and the health authorities of Guangdong and Macao of the development, the spokesman said.
The patient's family members have been put under medical surveillance.
Influenza A H9 is an avian influenza virus which has been isolated from duck and chicken for many years. Infection in humans is rare, and appears to present as a mild disease.
Four girls and a boy in Hong Kong were confirmed to have suffered from H9 infection in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2008 respectively.