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Dyed bird Tong brain edema disease turn serious #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

Dyed bird Tong brain edema disease turn serioushttp://www.chinareviewnews.com 2012-06-03 09:16:27




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Guangzhou Haizhu District, South Park Avenue, downtown near his home in the infected boy, poor sanitary conditions of last night cleaning the streets of large plumbing.


The agency June 3 / silence two years of bird flu re-emerged in Hong Kong, confirmed the two-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 avian influenza continue to accept the isolation and treatment of infectious disease center at Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday, the situation from last night stable to serious, magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the boy obstructive cerebral edema.

 Centre for Health Protection has expanded the boys of the tracking range of contacts, in addition to the boys' parents, two clinic nurses and one went to the clinic seeking treatment need to go to Princess Margaret Hospital for examination, the center also track the boy had been admitted to Caritas Medical Centre to understand that hospital care and ambulancemen more than 80 people infected.Ming Pao reported that the Food and Health York Chow yesterday morning presided over a cross-sectoral avian influenza Steering Committee meeting, said after the government has started a serious response level of influenza pandemic contingency plan, a series of measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Zhou said that the infected boy is a local resident, have a residential address in Hong Kong. On 23 January in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou home fever, runny nose, after returning from medical treatment at private clinics, followed by cramps on the 28th to the Accident and Emergency Department of Caritas Medical Centre for treatment and admitted to hospital on the same day, a quick test and the kinds of bacteria confirmed the diagnosis avian influenza, and transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital Intensive Care Unit.Children with mother's Guangzhou market to buy duckXinhua quoted He Jianfeng, director of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Epidemiology Institute, said the center received the Hong Kong Department of Health informed the day before yesterday, refers to the boy who lives in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, after receiving the information has been in contact with the boys family, his parents in Hong Kong The father is a Hong Kong people, the mother is from Anhui. Boy the week before onset (May 17 to 19), his mother had to take him to the Haizhu District, South Park Street Market, bought over a Tang ducks, so the boys have a history of poultry exposure.Ho said that the boy's mother back to Anhui to do the immigration card in 20 to 22, 23 Guangdong see boys fever, took him to Children's Hospital of Guangzhou City for treatment the boy of 26, returned to Hong Kong after the cramps suspected suffering from encephalitis, confirmed the H5 avian influenza.Had treatment "Tianyi" nurses are symptoms of a false alarmHong Kong Centre for Health Protection, said the boys' parents were asymptomatic nasopharyngeal aspirate samples were negative, showing the bird flu virus risk is minimal.The boy had attendances located near Prince Edward MTR Station, 748 Nathan Road, Ground Floor of the Sky clinics, two health care clinics and one patient had symptoms of respiratory infection, but samples of the three people were influenza A H5 negative. The clinic yesterday as usual, the nurses on a reporter's question to answer is not clear.Dr Chow said, whether it is in Shenzhen earlier cases of human infection or the AFCD dead bird testing about 20 samples, DNA arrangement there is no major gene changes, I believe that this number of cases is also transmitted from poultry. The Government hope that the study find boys routes of infection, with the Guangdong health authorities to a higher understanding of when and where the possibility of infection to determine the source before deciding on the scope of virus control.Dr Chow: gene variation should be avian-human transmissionDr Chow said the boy sick immigrants but served antipyretics, so border crossings may not be detected in the body temperature test. He said that the daily temperature checks will detect 10-20 high body temperature of passengers returning from overseas, Hong Kong people, border officers will check whether they are particularly medical records, including whether contact with poultry, or from special infectious diseases places. The majority of patients if no special symptoms, will be treated as normal influenza, requiring them to seek medical treatment immediately and seek care.The microbiologist cases of avian flu occurred in May and June, relatively rare, but Dr Chow said in recent years, a maximum of avian flu cases is hot in Indonesia and Egypt, Vietnam recently also the case, I believe that no direct relationship with the season. He said cases of human infection cases not directly related to temporary and poultry, it is temporary there is no need to the mainland for Hong Kong chicken farms to take measures.

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