Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Experts worry about the restructuring of influenza and avian influenza

..Because Guangdong is having a bigtime influenza outbreak..

Express News reporter Chen Yang Cao Hongmei reported that the recent Hong Kong influenza raging Express Reporter learned yesterday from the Guangdong Provincial CDC influenza in Guangdong at the peak epidemic period, and influenza accounted for Jiucheng. The experts fear that the seasonal flu with avian influenza restructuring so that it can spread from person to person, this will focus on monitoring. Mystery for the Hong Kong children infected with avian influenza event, the Express reporter interviewed yesterday, Guangdong Province Center for Disease Control chief expert, infectious disease prevention and control, He Jianfeng, director, and he said the boy why is still a mystery infection in June.
Express reporter was informed, Guangzhou City set three hospitals in Haizhu District --- Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Haizhu District People's Hospital, Gangnam Community Health Service Center for monitoring hospitals to strengthen the fever and flu-like symptoms cases the monitoring and search suspicious cases that take the initiative to the Haizhu District, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control report.

Jianfeng introduced, Guangzhou City CDC test results prompted the sick boy was most likely infected with avian influenza virus from the external environment of the Jiangnan East market. It is reported that Guangdong had confirmed cases of bird flu, the only one outside environment has detected cases of avian influenza virus.
Jianfeng also said that avian influenza is mainly spread between birds and spread in humans there is no biological basis for the infection cases, scholars believe may be differences in gene receptor. As long as the market rigorous disinfection of public eating undercooked poultry do not have to worry about, because the avian influenza virus will be killed in more than 70 degrees Celsius.

http://www.ycwb.com/ePaper/xkb/html/2012-06/06/content_1408043.htm

2 comments:

Duff Smith said...

I forgot that. The cases of H3N2 are at a "seasonal peak" and it's not really influenza season. The last two cases in this area: an airport bus driver, an owner of a car rental service. Both worked in transportation. This might bear watching all right.

Duff Smith said...

If the increased cases of H3N2 are made up disproportionately of younger patients, this would possibly represent an increased rate of mutation of H3N2. That, together with the region that this is would paint a picture rather consistent with old-school theory of pre-antigenic-shift, pre-pandemic conditions. While the sudden and unexpected emergence of H1N1 2009 in Mexico seemed like an epiphany to previous understanding, further developments in this current situation would be less so.