Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Russian train Chinawoman died. Suspected SARS

On the train «Moscow-Samara» acquitted 60 people, they are screened in Kirov. This may be a forgotten diagnosis: an ominous «SARS». Wagon disinfect and unhook.

Citizen of China and died, presumably from SARS in a passenger train «Samara-Moscow». Car number 2, where the CP was ottseplen at Zuevka in the Kirov region, the train dropped to 60 people and hospitalized, RIA «News».

«It was cordoned off, 60 people withdrew from the train and taken to a hospital infectious. 7 people with a high temperature, one has died », - told the agency by telephone one of the doctors Kirovsky hospitals. «Opening of the deceased woman revealed that she was sick of atypical pneumonia (SARS)», - said doctors.

At a definitive diagnosis would require about a week. If the data Kirovsky doctors confirmed, this would be the first fatal case of SARS in 2003, when the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared an end to the epidemic of atypical pneumonia that took more than 900 lives.

At the same time, the head of the press service of Gorky Railway Levan Todua argues that no autopsy who died in a train citizen of the PRC did not, because China's embassy did not give this permission. According Todua, doctors managed to conduct only a visual inspection of the body the Chinese, who died in a train «Samara-Moscow». «A medical examination reportedly revealed pulmonary edema, there is a suspicion of atypical pneumonia», - said Todua «Interfax».

According to his data, at the Kirov the train were removed 57 foreign citizens coming from China, and they all moved to the isolation hospital. At the same time, according to the ITAR-TASS news agency, is currently one of the offices of the Kirov infectious hospitals are 53 fellow Chinese, born 1985, who died on the morning of Wednesday on the train «Samara-Moscow». At Zuevka Kirov area were evacuated, all contact with her companion - a group of migrant workers. The doctors acted Antiplague costumes.

«The need for isolation due to the fact that the reason for the sudden death of the girl has not yet been established. She may have died from acute heart failure, and other disease », - told the press center of the Government of the Kirov region. However, due to the fact that China is difficult epidemiological situation, every precaution was taken to exclude the possible spread of infection, said the press center.

«All the Chinese citizens living in the isolation hospital, samples for analysis. Preliminary results will be known on Thursday, and after a few days, doctors will be able to draw definitive conclusions », - told the press center of regional leadership. Head of Territorial Administration Rospotrebnadzor Galyna Gruhina noted that «all necessary measures to control the situation, the danger for the residents of the Kirov region no».

The company confirmed the withdrawal of Russian Railways on Wednesday in Kirov of passengers on the train «Samara-Moscow», after the death of one of the passengers. «In the train was reported death of one of the passengers. Passengers who rode with her in a wagon, taken off the train. Railway have been carried out all necessary activities Disinfection », - said the representative of Russian Railways.

Ill-fated night, waiting for a train in Moscow at the Yaroslavl train station

The train, which were removed dozens of people, to arrive at Moscow's Yaroslavsky Station. Railway police in Moscow region is not taking additional security measures in this regard. No request for assistance in providing additional security from the management of Russian Railways, Rospotrebnadzor and other federal agencies in Moscow traffic controllers in the railway transport has not yet been reported.

In RZhD say that the train N349 Blagoveschensk - Moscow, according to the schedule, due to arrive in Moscow on Thursday at 04:11. However, as explained to the representative of Russian Railways, «due to the fact that the journey had been delayed departure, the train can arrive to Moscow behind schedule».

Onyshchenko calms country

The incident with the death of women on the train «Samara-Moscow» is under the supervision of doctors, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko, who cites «Interfax».

«The situation is under full control. There are some complications that cause anxiety for the population of Russia is not », - he said.

As explained by Onishchenko, the second passenger train, in which the dead woman, arrived in one of the hospitals the Kirov region. «Their condition does not cause fear», - said the doctor. In the train were sent medical teams to survey the passengers.

«At the present time, detach the first and the third train. They will be sent to the dead end to health surveys of passengers. Wagons will be provided with all necessary systems - water, electricity and sanitation », - said Onischenko. In the first and third cars, which are sent to the hospital dead end, followed by passengers from China - more than 90 people. 51 passengers and two conductors of the second wagon trains are still in the hospital, Onishenko said.

«The state of all passengers, no fear is. This also applies to relatives of deceased women, who are in hospital », - underlined the chief sanitary doctor.

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SARS - a disease appeared in the early twenty-first century and in 2002-2003, spread to several countries in South-East Asia.

The term «SARS» appeared long before the development of the last pandemic, and has been used to describe the lung lesions caused by pneumonia, is not normal, and atypical pathogens, such as legionelly, mycoplasma, chlamydia, viruses. More precisely the peculiarity of the disease reflects the accepted worldwide symbol «severe acute respiratory syndrome» (SARS) and its English synonym for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). SARS is an acute respiratory disease, the disease is very similar at once on influenza, measles, mumps, canine chumku and bronchopneumonia chickens.

The symptoms of SARS are fever, dry cough, difficulty or rapid breathing. Fluorographic examination of the chest shows the picture of pneumonia. Also, you may experience other symptoms - chills, headaches, loss of appetite, malaise and pain in muscles, dry skin and diarrhea.

The peculiarity of this disease is the predominance of the common symptoms of intoxication that marginalize pulmonary manifestations. The course of pneumonia is unpredictable: they may run as malosimptomno, and hard, with the development of life-threatening complications. The disease is difficult to diagnose in early, leaving late, patients come to hospital under the supervision of a specialist.

The incubation period of SARS is 3-6, rarely 10 days. Studies have shown that during the SARS does not depend on sex, but 70% of infections make up a relatively young person to health.

Pathogen SARS is the mutant from the second group coronavirus. The virus is found in many organs and the secrets of people who died of SARS: the lungs, kidneys, sputum, smears from the upper respiratory tract.

The disease is transmitted airborne droplets and by airborne dust. To the virus could enter the body, you'll need is at a distance of no more than 10 cm from its bearer. In addition, the virus can live outside the media about 3-6 hours, so it is possible contamination through the allocation of the patient, as well as objects, which he enjoyed.

Coronavirus found in patients with atypical Asian viral pneumonia, none of the known coronavirus not like - the usual family of viruses that cause 20% of cases of so-called «cold cold», as well as different manifestations of the disease in their pets and birds.

Epidemiologists have found that the source of infection were bats. The outbreak of the disease was observed in areas where these rodents eat. And all cases of illness were associated with household contact with the animal - caring for them, slaughter, cook, etc.

Like any virus, causative agent of SARS has the ability to mutate, that is the difficulty of recruiting the medications. Scientists have identified two types of molecules that stop reproduction of the virus of atypical pneumonia, which will help create a cure for this dangerous disease.
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For the first time the disease SARS was noted in November 2002 in the Chinese province of Guangdong. Measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic were not adopted immediately, as the Government of China at first hid the emergence of the disease in the country. However, the epidemic quickly spread to neighboring Hong Kong and Vietnam in late February 2003 and further to other countries and continents. The first officially reported cases of atypical pneumonia was reported in Hanoi, 26 February 2003.

The severity of symptoms, high mortality, the possibility of infected hospital staff led to a strong world community, anxiety, and 12 March 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global alert about the need to stop the spread of this disease. It is recommended to refrain from trips to southern China.

According to WHO, during the epidemic in 30 countries around the world have been registered 8436 cases of SARS, more than 900 deaths, the majority of casualties were reported in mainland China (348 cases) and in Hong Kong (298 cases). Deaths were reported in Singapore, Canada, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. One case of atypical pneumonia has been registered in Russia - in the Amur region.

Thanks to the use of restrictive measures and the establishment of protective regime of the global community has achieved the first victory over the epidemic of SARS (SARS). In 2003, WHO officially declared an end to the epidemic of atypical pneumonia.

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