Roy Wadia
Roy Wadia
across bird cases china continue continues crop endemic entirely flu human possible poultry
It is entirely possible that more human cases will crop up now and then across China as outbreaks in poultry continue and as bird flu continues to be endemic in the environment.
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This is a psychologically telling moment for a country that has never had bird flu cases in the past in humans.
cases happening seen
We've seen that happening in other cases as well, so it's not surprising.
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I don't think the ministry is trying to conceal the cases, ... The cases occurred in a remote and isolated area, and the symptoms might be similar to many other diseases, so it's not easy to determine the reasons.
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As more outbreaks occur among poultry and animals around the world, and as more human cases occur, the virus has more chances to transmit more effectively from animals to humans, or possibly among humans as well.
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The latest deaths indicate that H5N1 is a particularly virulent pathogen, as we have seen in cases in other countries.
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It's still early days in terms of human cases being found in China. There isn't that much experience perhaps in dealing with possible human cases, and further support might be needed more now than perhaps later.
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Although this is only a guess, there have been some examples in which human cases of bird flu were reported first and then the animal epidemic.
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Migratory birds are a pretty common reservoir of avian flu, although it would be hard to confirm the link,
china upset
That was something that made China very upset indeed.
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If it's just a few sporadic birds dying off, people are then exposed and then get sick and die -- it means it's a very difficult thing to stop when it's on a small scale.
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If the animals in the area were sick and dying, and if they were dying in small numbers, it might have been very difficult to identify that as an outbreak.
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To put it mildly, it's a serious problem everywhere, not just in China. We haven't confirmed (the two deaths) in the sense that this is information given to us by China. It's not that we went out there and found out ourselves.
problem serious
To put it mildly, it's a serious problem everywhere, not just in China.