{"id":110542,"date":"2021-06-04T17:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=110542"},"modified":"2021-06-04T17:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:29:19","slug":"h10n3-strain-of-bird-flu-china-reports-first-human-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/h10n3-strain-of-bird-flu-china-reports-first-human-case\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;H10N3 strain of Bird Flu&#8221; &#8211; China reports first human case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A man in China\u2019s eastern province has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-the-return-of-bird-flu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bird flu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About H10N3 strain of Bird Flu:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>H10N3 strain of bird flu <\/strong>is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which is commonly known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/status-of-avian-influenzaai-in-india\/\">bird flu virus. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The virus <\/strong>is normally fatal to wild birds and poultry because among animals it can be spread through respiratory droplets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Risk<\/strong>: H10N3 is a low pathogenic or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">relatively less severe strain<\/span> of the avian flu in poultry. Its risk of spreading on a large scale is very low.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Human-Human Transmission<\/strong>: There was no indication or cases of human-to-human transmission of the H10N3 virus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is it a Common Virus? <\/strong>H10N3 is not a very common virus and only around 160 isolates of the virus were reported in the 40 years to 2018.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>However, still, flu viruses<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can mutate rapidly<\/span> and mix with other strains circulating on farms or among migratory birds. This is known as reassortment. This reassortment can make genetic changes that pose a transmission threat to humans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/china-reports-human-case-of-h10n3-bird-flu\/article34694809.ece\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? A man in China\u2019s eastern province has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu. About H10N3 strain of Bird Flu: H10N3 strain of bird flu is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which is commonly known as the bird flu virus.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/h10n3-strain-of-bird-flu-china-reports-first-human-case\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;H10N3 strain of Bird Flu&#8221; &#8211; China reports first human case<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[1289],"class_list":["post-110542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-soc_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700772165,"cached_date":1704768771},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}