A man died of avian influenza infection in Anhui Province, the Ministry of Health reported Thursday

Lead: Xinhua Beijing, Nov 23 (reporter Zhu Yu) the Ministry of Health announced at 10 p.m on Nov 23 that a human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was found in Xiuning County, Anhui Province Xu XX, female, 35 years old, is a farmer from Xiuning County, Anhui Province On November 11, the patient developed fever and pneumonia On November 22, the patient was critically ill and died of invalid rescue The patient had a history of contact with dead birds before the onset of the disease On November 21, China Center for Disease Control and prevention reviewed the results of the test conducted by Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and prevention, and confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid in the tracheal secretion of the patient was positive According to the clinical manifestations, epidemiological investigation and laboratory test results, the expert group of the Ministry of health determined that the patient was a confirmed case of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza After receiving the report, the local health department immediately organized the health and epidemic prevention personnel to carry out strict medical observation on the close contacts of the patients, and no clinical abnormalities were found The Department of health of Anhui Province sent a team of experts to the local area to guide and assist in the prevention and control of the epidemic The Ministry of health has informed the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and some countries about the case.