China: Influenza vaccine is now playing at the time

Ocean News: 2008-11-15
Source: Guangzhou Daily Author: Li Heng

A (Reporter Li Heng), "this year, according to the monitoring data Fat Guangzhou influenza cases so far below last year, but it can not be taken lightly."

Yesterday afternoon, by the Chinese Health Education Association, Guangzhou, health education by the contractor "Monsoon" promote the prevention of influenza in Guangzhou was launched at the meeting, Guangzhou City Health Bureau deputy director of the Tang Xiaoping, to remind, the elderly and children, the infirm is a high risk of influenza and influenza vaccination in a timely manner the best.

The reporter also learned that at the meeting, according to the World Health Organization report, the three strains of influenza this year compared with last year have changed, so last year's influenza vaccine against the human body can no longer play a role in the protection, should be re-inoculated .


Influenza pandemic is likely to start from China

China CDC Yu Hongjie, deputy director of the Office of Emergency at the meeting said that the recent global influenza pandemic occurred in 1957, 1968 and 1977, from the beginning of China and then spread to the former Soviet Union, Western Europe and the Americas The mainland. Many influenza experts to speculate that the next worldwide influenza pandemic sooner or later arrival of its first in China is still likely. As a result, China is the world's influenza monitoring outpost.

Viruses are the three major changes in high-risk groups need to guard against
Guangzhou City Health Bureau deputy director of the Tang Xiaoping, told reporters that the incidence of influenza Guangzhou is the peak winter and spring of each year, "the general is 3 to July." It is understood that the response to influenza virus changes every year, the World Health Organization to publish an annual influenza vaccine was the major component of the antibodies.

According to the World Health Organization recommended that this year's strain for the A / Brisbane / 59/2007, A / Brisbane / 10/2007, B / Florida / 4 / 2006. It is reported that this year, the three flu strains have changed, the CDC urged the public to influenza vaccination in a timely manner to strengthen themselves and their families for protection. "As the need for vaccination after 2 to 3 Zhou Dynasty in the body will produce antibodies, so to prevent the flu in winter and spring, now is the best time for vaccination." Tang Xiaoping said.
Guangzhou City Health Bureau disease control also reminded, 6-month-old to 5-year-old children, the elderly over 50 years of age, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases and medical personnel are susceptible of influenza, should be vaccinated in a timely manner . At present the district epidemic prevention station and hospital health-care section of the lot (Prevention), is ready sufficient influenza vaccine.
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