22.02.2017

The highly pathogenic form of the H7N9 avian influenza strain has been detected at live-bird markets in Guangdong province for the first time. Since it was first detected in early 2013, the H7N9 virus has circulated in poultry as a low-pathogenic strain. Taiwanese health officials, found similar changes in a virus sample from an imported human H7N9 case.