Hong Kong bird flu Comments: alert the spread of bird flu
2011年12月26日
Winter and spring, the Hong Kong bird flu again. December 13, Hong Kong SAR Government found positive for avian influenza virus in vivo black-headed gulls, December 15, the World Health Organization announced the two latest occurred in Egypt confirmed human cases of H5N1 avian influenza infection. Hong Kong SAR Government on December 20 from Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market on a dead chicken carcasses to detect highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus. While the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announcing that will enhance Hong Kong avian influenza to the level of severity, and the next day, Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market destroyed about 17,000 birds. The Asia-Pacific region has not been found in human infection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, but still closely follow the progress of the epidemic.
Avian flu pandemic likely to increase. Were highly pathogenic avian influenza, referred to as bird flu (human avian influenza), by the avian influenza virus subtype breakthrough in some species to infect humans and cause an acute respiratory infection. At present the common subtype H5N1, H7N7 and H9N2, of which the most toxic H5N1. In Hong Kong, China for the first time since the 199 human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 cases since there are already 15 countries and regions of the human avian influenza cases. Although avian influenza viruses in poultry - people, people - human ways and means of communication in the academic community is still controversial, but it goes without Ge doubt that every break of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus spread to humans the species barrier , have increased viral adaptive mutation and genetic reassortment of the possibility of an increase in people - human pandemic chance.
rest of the story is about vaccine manufacturers making money..
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