{"id":438090,"date":"2022-04-27T09:55:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T06:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-reports-first-human-case-of-h3n8-bird-flu\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:55:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T06:55:47","slug":"china-reports-first-human-case-of-h3n8-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-reports-first-human-case-of-h3n8-bird-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"#China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf72cc20a9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.nhc.gov.cn\/\">National Health Commission <\/a>said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Many different strains of bird flu are present in China and some sporadically infect people, usually those working with poultry.<\/p>\n<p>Last year China reported the first human case of H10N3.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1387571464.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Microbiologist Anne Vandenburg-Carroll tests poultry samples collected from a farm located in a control area for the presence of avian influenza, or bird flu\" class=\"wp-image-22049924\" 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