WHO Influenza at the human-animal interface (Aug 7th) - Uptick in H9N2 Cases in China

#19,299 T he WHO has released an update ( dated Aug 7th, but posted overnight) of human novel flu infections reported between July 8th and Aug 7th. Included are 8 H9N2 cases from Mainland China, and 1 H5N1 case from Cambodia (all previously reported ). This report also confirms the H5 case reported from Bangladesh in July has been confirmed as H5N1. For reasons well above my pay grade, reporting…