{"id":16482,"date":"2008-01-10T07:40:47","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T14:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/10\/man-in-china-got-bird-flu-fom-contact-with-infected-son-officials-afp\/"},"modified":"2008-01-10T07:40:47","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T14:40:47","slug":"man-in-china-got-bird-flu-fom-contact-with-infected-son-officials-afp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/man-in-china-got-bird-flu-fom-contact-with-infected-son-officials-afp\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in China Got Bird Flu Fom Contact With Infected Son: Officials – AFP"},"content":{"rendered":"
From AFP:<\/p>\n
A man in China contracted bird flu because he was in close contact with his infected son, although the virus had not mutated into a form that is highly contagious among humans, authorities said Thursday.<\/p>\n
A 52-year-old man, identified only by his surname Lu, was hospitalised<\/a> with the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of the virus soon after his son died from it on December 2. Lu has since recovered.<\/p>\n
Chinese health ministry spokesman Mao Qunan said<\/a> Lu’s infection was due to close contact with his son, but that the transmission was not technically “human-to-human”. [Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n