A 41-year-old man from the Chinese city of Zhenjiang is the first person in the world to be infected with the H10N3 bird flu strain.
There are many different types of avian influenza in China and some sporadically infect people, generally those who work with poultry. (Photo: Reuters)
China has reported the first case of human infection with the H10N3 avian flu strain from the country’s eastern Jiangsu Province, the Chinese National Health Commission said on Tuesday.
The patient, a 41-year-old male from Zhenjiang City, is currently in stable condition and meets discharge standards, the state-run CGTN television reported.
Health officials downplayed the outbreak, saying it was sporadic virus transmission from poultry to humans and the risk of a pandemic was extremely low.
The patient was diagnosed with the H10N3 avian flu virus on May 28, the National Health Commission said in a statement, without specifying how the man was infected with the virus.
No other cases of human H10N3 infection have been reported worldwide to date.
H10N3 is a less pathogenic or relatively less severe strain of virus in poultry and the risk of large-scale spread is very low.
There are many different types of avian influenza in China and some sporadically infect people, generally those who work with poultry.
H5N8 is a subtype of the influenza A virus (also known as the bird flu virus). While H5N8 poses a small risk to humans, it is very fatal to wild birds and poultry.
In April, highly pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza was found in wild birds in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang.
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