A four-year-old boy was found to have been infected with the variant after developing a fever and other symptoms on April 5.
, the country’s health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low.
A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with the variant after developing a fever and other symptoms on April 5.said in a statement. The commission said an initial assessment determined the variant did not yet have the ability to effectively infect humans, and the risk of a large-scale epidemic was low.
Many different strains of bird flu are present in China and some sporadically infect people, usually those working with poultry.Microbiologist tests poultry samples for the presence of avian influenza, or bird flu.China has huge populations of both farmed and wild birds of many species, creating an ideal environment for avian viruses to mix and mutate.Share this article:
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