CIDRAP China has reported seven more H9N2 avian flu infections in humans, mostly involving children and all in people whose symptoms began in September and October, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today in its weekly avian flu update. Four of the patients are from Hunan province, including a 10-month-old boy, a 1-year-old girl, and two boys ages 3 and 5 years old. One person is a 6-year-old boy from Hubei province, and another is a 7-year-old boy from Jiangxi province.
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