Thursday, February 16, 2012

Vietnam: The risk of flu outbreak more dangerous

02.17.2012

Weather of season is more favorable conditions for developing strains of influenza virus. But only a few sporadic cases of the disease, but if not careful, it will spread the risk of dangerous flu.

According to Tran Thanh Duong - Deputy Director of Department of Preventive Health (MOH), the influenza A - H1N1 strain of influenza is a common nowadays. It also causes most human flu. However, recent weather elements are unusual, unfavorable environment influenza A had the new varieties.

Specifically mention the possible varieties of influenza virus as influenza A danger - H1N1 in humans, influenza A - H3N2 in pigs, influenza A - H5N1 in chickens. These are dangerous strain, with great force, causing high mortality risk. Often less incidence, spread slowly (except influenza A-H1N1), but if getting the death rate may be 100%.

Currently, to deal with this disease, the Health Ministry has instructed the Department of Preventive Medicine of measures to strengthen surveillance in all key regions of pigs and poultry in the country. Also, ask the Pasteur Institute in the country, the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology an update and report regularly to the disease situation has plans to direct and timely.

Currently influenza A - H5N1 in poultry is happening in many places across the country, to actively prevent flu transmission from animals to humans, the Department of Preventive Medicine has called for strengthening people measures for personal hygiene and living environment. From the beginning of the year, the country has recorded three cases of dangerous flu. Including 2 cases of influenza A - H5N1 have died. The cases of influenza A - H3N2 has been recorded on the morning of 15.02. The patient had of danger and are being tracked, monitored and treated.

1 comment:

Duff Smith said...

Vietnam seems to me like a holdout of sanity and reason these days. Their assessment of the threat is right on, and they're stating it in plain language. They are reporting the presence of the virus from every corner of the country where they are finding it, and yet I would be ten times as fearful to visit other nearby countries that report on tenth of the activity per capita. Why? Because Viet Nam is conveying that their heads are in the right place. Of course the potential mutation they speak of is at risk of occurring anywhere over the fairly vast region of land where HPAI is circulating in birds -- the risk of that is hardly limited to Viet Nam's little sliver. And if it occurs, the greatest threat from that point on will no longer be from birds, but rather from human travelers.
The mention of 100 percent mortality will seem alarmist to most but I don't think so (though I will never speculate over 99.99%, because 100%? No such microbe). The mortality of B2H cases is not a reliable paradigm for what H2H will do. Yet, there is no reason to think that the mortality rate will decrease.