China Reports Three Additional Pediatric H9N2 Infections, Reinforcing Poultry-Linked Spillover Pattern
CIDRAP reports three new H9N2 avian influenza cases in mainland China, all in children under 6, with exposures linked to poultry and a market where H9 viruses were detected. WHO cumulative data cited in the brief indicate China accounts for the vast majority of Western Pacific H9N2 human infections reported since 2015.