Nizhegorodtsev no danger of a new influenza virus is particularly dangerous

07 February 2009

Influenza viruses prevalent in Russia and, in particular, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, remains a N1N1, N3N2 A and B. This is the head of TU Rospotrebnadzor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Yevgeny Petrov at a press conference on Friday, February 6.

E. Petrov noted that an influenza pandemic in the country and the region to speak early, and the appearance of a new highly dangerous strain (variety) virus. He explained that, as a rule, timely treatment to the doctor and treatment flu passes in the same way as any other disease.

«The flu itself is not so, as intimidating its complications. They can lead to death », - said E. Petrov. He added that in the Nizhny Novgorod region of fatal cases due to influenza or its complications over the past 5-6 years is not fixed. In Russia, in 2009, died of influenza-year child in the city of Saratov region Rtischevo.

With regard to avian influenza A (N5N1), then, according to E. Smith, the incidence of avian influenza cases, people in Russia have not yet been. The emergence of new influenza virus in the region is projected to have about 5 years old, and, he says, «all the same some day it will happen».

Remember, the virus of avian influenza A (N5N1), distributed in South-East Asia. It affects the lungs and other human organs, causing a violation of endothelial kidney, liver, organs of blood, often resulting in death.

The first outbreak of bird flu in humans with high mortality and the danger of the world was registered in Hong Kong in 1997. Then the virus A (N5N1) of sick birds have been infected 18 people, 6 of them died despite treatment. To stop the pandemic, emergency measures have been taken, the country has destroyed all poultry. However, once again severely ill people, who managed to N5N1 virus appeared in Hong Kong in February 2003 (5 years after the first death).

Since 2003, the geographical spread of influenza virus N5N1 increased outbreaks of disease among domestic and wild birds have been observed with increasing frequency. Now they have gone beyond the borders of South-east Asia and there are many Asian, European and African countries.

Previously, it was reported that the epidemic of influenza in the Nizhny Novgorod region will begin in 2-4 weeks.

Corr. Ekaterina Kharchenko