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Italy has reported the first known human case of avian influenza A(H9N2) in the European Union, involving a traveler who returned from a non-European country where the virus has previously been found in birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case was reported in the Lombardy region, where the patient is in hospital isolation and receiving treatment, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC<\/a>) and Italy\u2019s Health Ministry<\/a>. The patient has underlying medical conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italian authorities said contacts of the patient were identified as part of routine prevention and surveillance measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Health Ministry said it also activated coordination with Lombardy regional authorities, Italy\u2019s National Institute of Health and national laboratory experts, and provided updates to relevant international bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H9N2 is a type of bird flu virus that has caused 195 reported human infections worldwide since 1998, mostly in Asia and Africa, according to ECDC. Two of those cases were fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to ECDC, no clusters of H9N2 infections in humans and no documented person-to-person transmission have ever been reported. Human infections have most often been linked to direct contact with infected birds or contaminated environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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