China reports H5N6 avian influenza death in Hunan province

Health authorities in Hunan province, China are reporting a fatality in a 47-year-old woman who contracted avian influenza A(H5N6). The patient, a farmer, was admitted to a local hospital on Nov. 18 and died yesterday. Local media reports the woman had contact with dead poultry before she fell ill. This is the first human case of H5N6 ["]

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