07:00 27.01.2009
Cases of human infection of H5N1 strain recorded in Egypt and China.
China registered the sixth this year in cases of human avian influenza, broadcast "News". 29-year-old resident of one of south-western provinces hospitalized in critical condition.
Earlier in 2009, the disease transmitted to humans from poultry in China claimed the lives of four people. They say doctors who investigate cases of infection, this virus is likely to extend through the markets, not all of which are controlled sanepidemsluzhby.
Also new cases of human avian flu reported in Egypt and, as reported an official of the Ministry of Health of this country Abdel Rahman Shahin.
The dangerous strain of H5N1 virus was detected in two-year girls Shuruk Said, who lives in El Manufiya in the Nile Delta, reported RIA Novosti. The cause of infection, as in most such cases, was the poultry. At the present time the child is being treated to special drug. Its condition is evaluated by doctors as stable.
In turn, the Canadian management to monitor the quality of food has confirmed the information that one of the poultry farms in the Abbotsford area (a suburb of Vancouver) has been detected a new outbreak of "avian flu". But finding the virus strain was H5, which is not deadly to humans.
In order to localize the epidemic on the farm will be destroyed over 50 thousand turkeys, within a radius of three kilometers from the place of emergency transportation of prohibited poultry or products made from poultry meat.
As is known, the threat to human life represents the strain of H5N1. Strain H5N1, which is called avian flu from person to person can not be transmitted or, as doctors say, has not yet been passed. Nevertheless, there are serious fears that the virus mutates and will be distributed to people as normal influenza - by airborne droplets.
Source - Mockovsky komsomolets
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