The first confirmed human case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Mainland China.

The article presents a medical case study of the first confirmed human case of avian influenza in China. As of July 2004, patients admitted with unexplained pneumonia are reported to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A girl in Hunan, China, developed fever, was admitted to a hospital, and died. This girl is the first clinically diagnosed case of human H5N1 avian influenza infection reported in mainland China.