Entries Published On March, 2017
H7N9 bird flu: Is Hong Kong at risk of an avian influenza outbreak?
Earlier this month, a 79-year-old man from Hong Kong was admitted to the hospital after being infected with H7N9 bird flu. The patient developed a high fever and cough on March 3, 2017, and later tested positive for the H7N9 strain of bird flu. This was the fifth confirmed case of imported bird flu this …