Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Indonesia: Dangerous, interfusion Flu A-H5N1 and H1N1

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Wednesday, 15 July 2009


The government was asked to continue to intensify the monitoring of the spread of the virus avian influenza H5N1 (bird flu) as well as mapped his distribution to prevent the occurrence of the mix with the A influenza virus (H1N1) that it was worried about could show the more cruel and deadlier new kind of the influenza virus. "Because of the A influenza virus (H1N1) still was labile and in our environment the possibility was still having the virus of AI H5N1." If having the mediator, both of them could be mixed and show the new virus kind that possibly crueller, the headword the Laboratory of Penelitian Flu Burung Universitas Airlangga Chairil Anwar Nidom when being contacted from Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Therefore, the molecular biological expert stressed, the government must map again the distribution of the virus of AI H5N1 to the poultry and humankind as well as took the action that was needed to prevent the occurrence of the mix. The "mix could happen if having the mediator, his mediator could the human body or the pig body." If having the map of the distribution of bird flu, the government could maximise the monitoring and prevention efforts there that the possibility of the occurrence of the mix could be minimised, he explained. He added, the mix between sub-sub the type of the A influenza virus (H1N1) and H5N1 could show many variants of the A influenza virus that one of them was possibly more deadly and potential caused the pandemic.

"If that is the case, not only Indonesia that was threatened, all the world will also take part in being threatened," he said. Separately Director General Pengendalian of the Illness and Lingkungan Departemen Sanitation of the Tjandra Yoga Aditama Health said the government continued to monitor the spread of A influenza (H1N1) and tried to control his spreading. "Monitored by us and the analysis day after day to see whether must be carried out by the change" in the "policy and the control strategy," he said. Beforehand the A infection of the influenza virus (H1N1) has been stated was not more dangerous than the common influenza virus. According to Tjandra, 95 percent A of the flu sufferer (H1N1) did not need the medical maintenance in the hospital and recovered in time in general a week.

The "other fact was, some of his sufferers died." The mortality rate resulting from this illness around 0.4 percent, there was 400 people from the number of patients who was infected all over the world that died. But common flu also resulted in the death and his fatality far was not different from flu of A H1N1, he explained. Several countries were collided with began to alleviate the prevention activity. Singapore no longer treats the patient bergejala light in the hospital and checked everyone who carried out contact with the patient. The United States handled the A flu patient (H1N1) as the common influenza patient and Australia no longer install the implement pemindai the temperature of the body to catch the person who it was suspected was infected. Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari beforehand also said that the government will continue to apply the control procedure of A influenza (H1N1) to prevent the possibility of the occurrence of the mix between the influenza virus of A H1N1 and H5N1.

Up until July 14 2009, cumulatively the number of cases of A influenza (H1N1) positive as many as 112 people consisted of 63 men and 49 women. This case it was reported happened in Bandung, Banten, the Special Capital District of Jakarta, Medan, Balikpapan, Surabaya and Yogyakarta. Now the cumulative number the case of bird flu to humankind up to now totalling 145 cases with 119 deaths. Although not yet having the area that could say really free from bird flu but in one half of the last year bird flu is no longer found in most areas that beforehand terjangkit. The spread of bird flu was to last humankind reported by the spread of the bird flu illness in humankind only happened in five Special Capital District of Jakarta provinces, West Java, Central Java, Banten and West Sumatra. (*)
hat-tip Dutchy

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