The China National Health and Family Planning Commission reported today on eight additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) with onset of symptoms between March 23 and April 21.

Influenza A (H7N9) virus/CDC
Influenza A (H7N9) virus/CDC

Details of the cases are as follows:

1. A man aged 61 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, with exposure to a poultry market who died on April 19;
2. A man aged 69 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, with exposure to a poultry market who died on April 14;
3. A man aged 36 in Changzhou, Jiangsu, with exposure to poultry and in serious condition;
4. A woman aged 27 in Nantong, Jiangsu, with exposure to a poultry market and in serious condition;
5. A female farmer aged 67 in Nantong, Jiangsu, with exposure to poultry who died on April 14;
6. A woman aged 49 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, with exposure to a poultry market and in serious condition;
7. A man aged 52 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, with exposure to a wet market and in serious condition; and
8. A male farmer aged 58 in Yantai, Shandong, with exposure to a poultry market and poultry and in serious condition.

From 2013 to date, 747 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been reported by the Chinese health authorities.

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