Shandong dead of bird flu cases the reasons for the increase is still unknown and the Spring Festival travel season has nothing to do

[reading all the posts here at the blog, I would say "obviously tense atmosphere" was about right, as actions....speak louder than words.]
2009年1月22
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Yesterday afternoon, Shandong Province Center for Disease Control and prevention of infectious diseases by an expert on condition of anonymity, told reporters in the afternoon on the 19th emergency meeting of the province of highly pathogenic avian influenza prevention and control work on television the meeting, he can obviously feel a tense atmosphere.

The expert told reporters that the current bird flu prevention and control of the situation is much more severe than usual. "The first is the Spring Festival approaching, livestock trading and the long-distance transportation frequent, easily induced by the epidemic; Second, in Shandong Province is the province's largest livestock and poultry and livestock exports provinces, large trading volume; the third, from the climate conditions speaking, the current to March next year is the highly pathogenic avian influenza in high season. "

Since yesterday, Jinan city began a dragnet of the epidemiological investigation, the Ministry of Agriculture expert group on the death of the location of some of the sick patients live poultry trading market, the habitat of migratory birds, the scale and backyard farms households had a home Epidemiological investigation. Assessment by experts, at present so far revealed the existence of bird flu in poultry, the monitoring results were normal.

To strengthen prevention and control of human infection with bird flu awareness, Jinan City CDC has also published a consultation in person to answer phones, 24 hours to answer public queries on the avian flu.


[Expert opinion]

Cases increased and the spring has nothing to do


Access to less than one month in 2009, China's Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong and Hunan successive four cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases have been three cases of death. Spring Festival travel peak at a time when bird flu cases and whether the increase in passenger traffic increased during the spring-related? During the Spring Festival travel season, how to prevent bird flu spread?

Yesterday afternoon, this reporter interviewed the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Epidemiology Professor Zeng Guang, chief expert. Zeng Guang believes that the annual winter and spring are the high incidence of avian influenza period, because of winter weather conditions are more suitable for the spread of avian influenza virus, which is a natural phenomenon. "The recent emergence of 4 consecutive cases are sporadic, and this with greater traffic during the Spring Festival travel season has nothing to do with passengers do not have to panic."

Zeng Guang also stressed that the current cases have occurred in poultry are infection, that is, patients come into contact with sick chickens and ducks or other birds, so far has not found the global transmission of bird flu.

According to epidemiological investigations of avian flu, avian flu or popular seasonal obviously, more than occurred at lower temperature, ultraviolet weak winter months. Severe hypothermia, or cooling also allow receptor (birds, poultry, etc.) to reduce the resistance, while much rain during the cool weather, less sunlight, the corresponding weak UV intensity, while the avian flu virus hi low temperature, low temperature or in the cooling period, there were likely to cause the occurrence of avian flu and pandemic.

Zeng Guang said that effective prevention of human infection with avian influenza, first of all, everyone should cultivate healthy habits, diligence ventilation wash their hands; Secondly, to change the way of life, put an end to street slaughter of live birds or poultry trade, as Beijing has some banned live poultry markets; there is to strengthen the monitoring of avian flu. Especially for those with bird flu have had close contact with patients who want a timely observation, just in case.