世卫促中国释禽流感死亡病例 (WHO Urges China to Explain Case of Bird Flu Death)

阿连

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世卫促中国释禽流感死亡病例 (WHO Urges China to Explain Case of Bird Flu Death)

世界卫生组织要求中国解释在中国报告人体感染禽流感病例两年前就有一名中国男子可能死于禽流感的消息。世界卫生组织一位发言人星期四在北京说，世卫组织希望对北京的一组科学家发表在美国的《新英格兰医学杂志》上的一封信进行更多的了解。

这些科学家说，一名24岁的男子2003年死于症状类似肺炎的疾病，他最初定为死于当时流行的萨斯病。这些科学家在信中说，对这名男子的组织样本的化验证实他感染了H5N1型禽流感病毒。他们没有解释为什么到现在才报告这一错误。中国外交部官员尚未就此事做出评论。

The World Health Organization is asking China to explain reports that a man may have died of bird flu two years before Chinese officials reported human infections of the virus in their country. A spokesman for the W.H.O. in Beijing Wednesday said the agency wants more information about a letter written by a group of Beijing scientists that was published in the magazine of the New England Journal of Medicine.

The scientists said a 24-year-old man who died of pneumonia-like symptoms in 2003 was initially counted among the victims of the then-prevalent SARS. Their letter says the man's tissue tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. They do not explain why the mix-up is only now being reported. Chinese foreign ministry officials had no immediate comment on the issue .