China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of brain flu, though the risk of transmission among people remains low.
The child had been in contact with chickens and crows raised at his home, the health authority said. The variant is also common in horses and dogs and was found in seals in 2011.
Until now, no human cases of H3N8 had been reported.
Although rare, infections in humans can lead to mutations that could allow viruses to easily spread among mammals, he said.Last year, China reported the first human case of H10N3, according. A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu was hospitalized and diagnosed with the strain, though the health commission didn’t provide details on how he became infected. He was discharged from the hospital, and an investigation of his close contacts found no other cases.
The country’s large populations of farmed and wild birds across many species can provide an environment for avian viruses to mix and mutate, Reuters reported. Some strains sporadically infect people, typically those who work with poultry.. Although there wasn’t evidence of human-to-human spread, seven poultry plant workers became infected with the strain.of the bird flu among humans occurred in 2016 and 2017, Reuters reported, when more than 300 people in China died due to the H7N9 strain.
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