China bird flu virus has mutated gene but not person to person #h5n1 #birdflu

Date January 2, 2012 - Updated January 2, 2012


China bird flu virus has mutated gene but not person to person


  Author Mak Yin-ting special correspondent in Hong Kong

Shenzhen highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza confirmed the death of man, his body tests of the virus, confirmed gene mutation, but the Hong Kong and Shenzhen CDC emphasizes, I believe that the virus can not spread from person to person, the public need not panic .




Shenzhen CDC January 1 at the news release, and that this is with the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection expert co-discovery. Experts said the dead virus infection is 2.3.2.1 sublines highly pathogenic avian influenza virus to humans is highly pathogenic, directly from infected poultry to humans. But this strain with the 2005-2006 epidemic in southern China between 2.3.4 lineage different, but the bird flu virus mutates is normal, just changed into human transmission, would not worry too much about.

However, the Centre experts also pointed out that the virus of the adamantane class of drugs are more sensitive, but there seems to drugs Tamiflu resistance will be further examined.

Patients infected with avian flu is 39-year-old driver Chen Fayu China, the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Epidemiology Institute Jianfeng said the patient has a daily morning walk to the Wetland Park, allegedly because exposure to infected droppings of migratory birds park, but because of his diagnosis and has been unconscious, unable to determine whether infection with this. The patients had close contact with 120 people, were not abnormal symptoms.

Hong Kong infectious diseases specialist Lo Wing-lok, but that cases of human infection with bird flu on contact with live poultry, live in villages with patients found to have free-range poultry, Chen believed these birds from the higher probability of infection, if necessary, Government should ban the area of poultry products to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong has suspended thirteen kilometers from the deceased's residence within the import of poultry products.   http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20120102-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%A6%BD%E6%B5%81%E6%84%9F%E7%97%85%E6%AF%92%E5%9F%BA%E5%9B%A0%E5%B7%B2%E7%AA%81%E5%8F%98-%E4%BD%86%E6%9C%AA%E4%BA%BA%E4%BC%A0%E4%BA%BA