PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (100): (GD) low pathogenicity H7N9 conf.

Avian Influenza H7N9 — Worldwide/Unknown
Samples from 2 Shenzhen wet markets have tested positive for the H7N9 bird flu virus that has infected 2 people in Hong Kong.
Confirmation of the test findings came 2 days after the municipal government said the border city could not be confirmed as the source of the outbreak.
The Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong said yesterday [Tue 10 Dec 2013] that H7N9 had been detected in 3 samples of blood and urine taken from poultry stalls at 2 wet markets in Shenzhen’s Longgang