H10N8 avian flu virus claims its first known human casualty

As China grapples with H7N9 avian influenza, which had infected 113 people and killed 25 this year as of 3 February, the country’s health authorities have reported the first known human death from a different avian flu virus, type H10N8. The victim was a 73 year old woman who was admitted to hospital in Nanchang City, Jiangxi province, four days after visiting a live poultry market. Nine days after the onset of illness she developed …