Monday, April 1, 2013

Beijing will H7N9 initially identified using Tamiflu treatment included in the surveillance of communicable diseases

April 2, 2013 Translation out of China:

Yesterday, the reporter from the Beijing CDC was informed, Shanghai and Anhui report of H7N9 avian flu deaths, Beijing has started the deployment of prevention and control of the city's medical institutions in the H7N9 virus in the city of influenza and pneumonia of unknown causes two large monitoring system at the same time, requires hospital to strengthen emergency duty and reserve-related outbreaks supplies, the need for timely reporting suspicious cases.
Beijing will H7N9 initially identified using Tamiflu treatment included in the surveillance of communicable diseases

City CDC official said the deployment would be for the city to strengthen the prevention and control of H7N9 virus yesterday, the health sector has been convened today, the city's various medical institutions at all levels should strengthen the investigation of suspected cases of unexplained, especially of unexplained pneumonia monitoring suspicious cases, you need the first time to report to the county disease control departments, and at the same time reported to the the unexplained pneumonia monitoring system. With the start of the deployment, H7N9 viruses have been formally incorporated into the city of influenza and pneumonia of unknown causes two major monitoring system, received a suspicious case reports, disease control departments in the shortest time arrived on the scene, and the sample sent to the laboratory detection.
  Before the onset of the H7N9 detection reagents, suspected cases of H7N9 samples will be sent to the Chinese Center for Disease Control to confirm the detection. China CDC is currently sampling blood collection and secretions of confirmed cases of H7N9 virus isolation, while conducting gene sequencing, produced according to the characteristics of the virus detection reagents, detection reagents is determined, in the short The short within hours to determine whether the suspected cases of H7N9 infection.
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In the prevention and control plan of the city, in the event of suspected cases, on the one hand, county disease control staff will be the first time rushed to the scene of patients attending hospital series of samples, epidemiological investigation and control measures deployment On the other hand, will be released by the Ministry of Health said that the H7N9 virus is sensitive to Tamiflu, initially identified for the use of the Tamiflu antiviral therapy), looking for their close contacts, and for a certain period of time in the timely treatment of suspected cases ( isolated observation, sure its not infected before desegregation.
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According to the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control survey, the Shanghai patients surnamed Li & Sons 3 basic no history of exposure to live poultry also do not have to go out history, is a retiree living in the district. In addition, an infected 27-year-old Wu is engaged in pork sales in January this year to the Shanghai Minhang one vegetable market from Jiangsu. Although the vegetable market poultry sales, but Wu did not directly come into contact with Wu booth from the poultry stalls at least 20 meters. According to family members of Wu, Wu rarely to the poultry stalls in contact with poultry. But the hospital found that liver function tests Wu Wu have three positive liver function abnormalities.
  In accordance with the requirements of the Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Bureau and the Shanghai Municipal Agricultural Commission, the Shanghai Animal CDC yesterday of recent salvaged upper reaches of the Huangpu River, floating dead pig sampling 34 retained samples for the detection of avian influenza universal primers, avian flu is not found virus.
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