What is H10N3 bird flu? How worried should we be after first human transmission - The 41- year-old patient from Zhenjiang city, was diagnosed as having the H10N3 avian influenza virus on May 28, after being hospitalised for a month.
We don t have any information about mutations of this H10N3 virus that could be useful in determining whether it might have the potential to be transmitted among humans , Vincent Enouf of the Pasteur Institute said
First Posted: Jun 01, 2021 11:07 PM EDT
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China confirmed its first human case of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday, June 1. Reuters reported that the confirmation was made by Beijing s National Health Commission (NHC). However, details of how the individual was infected were not provided by the commission.
The individual who tested positive for H10N3 bird flu was a 41-year-old man from Jiangsu province, northwest of Shanghai, according to an Associated Press report. The said individual is now in stable condition and is ready to be discharged after being admitted to a hospital on April 28.
The WHO said while the source of the patient s exposure to the H10N3 virus was not known and no other cases were found among the local population, there was no indication of human-to-human transmission yet