Vietnam: Beware of new strains of influenza virus entry

New virulent flu strains slightly

Recently, the Center for Prevention and Disease Control has announced the following U.S. khiphat many patients with a new influenza strain (S-OtrH3N2) were identified as combinations dotai H1N1 pandemic strain in 2009 and origin influenza A/H3N2 tulon. Analysis of this new disease, Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Central VienVe epidemic that new flu originating from the U.S. may be mild, spread limited and no patients died. However, in 10 cases of new flu macvirus, have three questions on the most recent cases in November next year and not xucvoi pigs. This makes doctors fear this virus can spread from person sangnguoi.
Representatives of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Nguyen Van Binh, Director General of Health duphong said pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been circulating strains, have spread rapidly bearing virulent but not strong. According to Binh, of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 chungvirus body through isolation have also found the fragments cuacum H5N1, H1N1 swine flu and old. In this case the fragments despite sulien together but are not fortunate enough to create strong toxicity.

According to epidemiologists, it is not now found out there sulien between influenza virus strains. In 2009, when H1N1 appeared, The World chucY warned that H5N1 influenza vaccine can be combined with the H1N1 strain. Nguyhiem in that H1N1 strains can spread quickly, the toxic combination of more powerful chungH5N1 not rule shall constitute the virulent strain of influenza.

Assessing the risk of a new flu strain, Dr. Nguyen Hong Ha, Director PhoGiam Tropical Disease Hospital Central, said that this fully thexay in Vietnam. "Hot and humid climate in Vietnam is very convenient to viruscum development. In addition to our country there are many strains of influenza virus circulation, causing diseases such as H1N1, H3N2, H5N1, influenza B, so the risk of influenza virus strains re tohop is very high "- Dr. Ha said.



No patients reported new flu
In Vietnam, H1N1 appeared in May 5-2009, now has more than 10,000 people infected with H1N1, as the 50 deaths. Particularly in the month 11-2011, recorded 25 cases of which three people died, bringing the total number of people suffering from this year to 759 cases, including 17 deaths.

At the Tropical Disease Hospital Central, the time recorded naychua patients suffering from influenza virus strains from two new recombinant H3N2 influenza epidemic and H1N1dai. Most flu patients are often treated flu H1N1, H3N2, influenza B. .. with symptoms like high fever, body aches, headache, fatigue, chaynuoc nose, sore throat. The flu usually goes away and less trapped by the body immune daco. However, in the case of recombinant strains of this virus is new chungcum causes sufferers lose immunity and gets translated.

Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien said the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology continued giamsat virus and influenza infection in humans and animals such as pigs, chickens, ducks ... at some point in order to determine the interaction between of this virus to detect new influenza somvirus. In Hanoi, Dr. Nguyen Nhat Cam, Deputy Director of Medical Center tedu Hanoi, 29 districts and towns in the province have been asked to look up cuonggiam cases in the community. The city's hospitals have emergency equipment available sangtrang, the number of rooms, revenue capacity, timely treatment of patients. Dacbiet, International Quarantine Center has monitored the increase in expression hopco flu from infected areas.

Experts warns of flu is a respiratory disease. In humid conditions lanhva, live flu virus "dai" more. H5N1 influenza virus alone cothe lived in cold environmental conditions should be as dry and moist heat to canhgiac. Influenza viruses can cause pneumonia complications and death for nhungnguoi weak resistance as pregnant women, infants, people with mantinh ... so people would not be subjective. Flu vaccine is available in VietNam only flu vaccine common as influenza A (H3N1, H3N2, H1N1). However, if a person has flu vaccination, in the case of less serious diseases nhiemcum new more significant.
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Source hanoimoi.com.vn - 01/03/2012 07:02