Saturday, January 24, 2009

Xinjiang, one cases of confirmed human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases

The Ministry of Health Web site January 24 Health Department reported that the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region January 24 Informed, autonomous regions confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases.

张某某patients, female, 31 years old, living in Urumqi City头屯河区. Patients January 10, 2009 Disease exacerbations after hospital treatment. Because patients in a critical condition, after all rescue measures proved ineffectual, at At 4:40 on January 23 死亡.

January 22 Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention collected specimens of patients with laboratory analysis, results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive. January 24 , The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on samples of patients with respiratory secretions of the review of testing, results showed that H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive. Epidemiological survey found that patients have a live poultry market before exposure history.

According to World Health Organization of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and China's diagnostic standards for human avian influenza prevention and control of the Ministry of Health expert group to determine the cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.

疫情发生后,新疆维吾尔自治区人民政府高度重视,已按照《人感染高致病性禽流感应急预案》采取了相应的防控措施。 Close contacts of all the implementation of strict medical observation, and timely to conduct a comprehensive epidemiological investigation. Up to now, all close contacts are not unusual clinical manifestations. (This article Source: Ministry of Health website)

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