Vietnam: Concerns the combination of H5N1 and H1N1 virus

29/1/2010, 8:26(GMT+7)

From 18 / 1 to present, in Ha Tinh, avian influenza has occurred in the area three communes. Ha Tinh Animal Health Department took samples and test results positive for influenza A/H5N1.

In Ca Mau, also occurs with many avian influenza outbreak. 25 / 1, the test center has seven sample results forums ducks infected nearly 500 children, died positive for influenza A/H5N1 virus.

Thus, through nearly 20 days in outbreaks, avian influenza has appeared in nine households of the hamlet with a total of nine infected dead birds and destroyed nearly 2,000 children. There are still translated influenza A/H1N1 has complicated development experts to fear that if the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak will be more evolutions bad.

Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, the Institute for infectious diseases and Tropical National said that the virus does not have stability in terms of genetics, it is capable of recombinant, sort and suddenly very high. Influenza A/H1N1 virus has spread rapidly fatal but not much. While the H5N1 virus caused high mortality, the ability to spread low. Thus, if these two recombinant strains, creating a new virus has spread quickly feature Left has caused high mortality due to pathogenic large, the situation will become extremely dangerous and complicated.