Hong Kong H5N1 report

Avian invasion of another child deterioration

The deadly bird flu kill bury the body!
Nagai confirmed as infected with avian flu two years old Hong Kong boy was confirmed to have contracted the H5N1 virus, the condition is worsened by the Communicable Disease Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital isolation ward, transferred to the intensive care unit in serious condition, magnetic resonance obstructive cerebral edema.

。 Boys before onset of symptoms to contact ducks live poultry market in Guangzhou, the authorities still looking for the boy to the source of infection. 。 Experts of microbial-human transmission of avian influenza cases in May and June, were rare, and the virus will invade children and adults infected mortality more than half, and urged the public to be vigilant.

The boy and his parents and grandmother live in the Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Food and Health Secretary York Chow said the boy was sometimes followed his mother to buy food to the markets of Guangzhou, had gone to the local live poultry markets, the need to further investigate whether contact with live poultry or other source of infection.

The boy's parents are now available at the Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation, Mong Kok, private clinics, two health care workers and patients with one to the clinic seeking treatment of influenza A H5 virus tests were negative.
Incidence due to the boy came to Hong Kong, the cases classified as imported cases of viral gene sequencing will be completed within the CHP few days to a week, whether variants in the investigation virus. The boys in Guangzhou residence within 13 km radius supplied to Hong Kong live poultry farms, they will not affect the movement of live poultry supplied to Hong Kong, authorities known to the Mainland inspection and quarantine departments of this case.

Boy fever still bypass the detection at ports, Dr Chow explained that the boys are taking antipyretics, therefore may not be monitored, and the current daily ten to twenty passengers or the people of Hong Kong measured high temperature, such as they have no special symptoms, when influenza deal with infectious diseases is not just the temperature detection.

Dr York Chow, underestimate the seriousness of

He stressed that the No successor signs of individual cases is difficult to say whether avian influenza outbreak in Guangdong Province,. He added that although in the past occurred more frequently in the winter avian influenza virus, but human cases may not have a direct relationship with the seasons.
Successor cases of avian influenza in the Mainland in recent years, multi-occurred in December to February of this case in May and June appear rare circumstances, director of the Hong Kong infection and the Center for Infectious Diseases, Ho Pak-leung said. He pointed out that infection with avian influenza, whether children or adults, also have the opportunity to serious complications, the mortality rate of more than half.

As to whether there will be a large outbreak, the key is that the virus is completely poultry virus, or variant, resulting from person to person. He also pointed out that in December last year, a Mainland men infected with avian influenza virus in Shenzhen, unfortunately died, but the route of infection is unknown, coupled with frequent contacts between Hong Kong and frequently to the Mainland of the public to maintain personal hygiene, the children return to the Mainland should not take them from contact with birds or to the wet market.

Human cases of avian influenza, the general invasion of the lungs, causing pneumonia, this disease the boy was the virus from entering the brain, infectious disease specialist Lo Wing-lok, avian flu may invade the different organs, which is more common to invasion of the respiratory tract, there the opportunity to enter the spinal cord, thereby affecting the brain, patients may need surgery to reduce brain pressure.
Hotline set up by the CHP should this avian flu cases as of 4 pm yesterday, received six public inquiries.

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