Xinmin Net: Spring outbreak of avian flu How much?

[I guess the translation for human to human transmission comes out as this.....]
2009-01-21
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More dangerous, because of family and friends reunion, if a person infected with avian flu, it may result in sexually transmitted groups.

Even though there are no reports of human transmission of avian moving, but because every time the scattered incidence of avian influenza can be caused by viral genes of adaptive mutation and lead to genetic recombination, thereby increasing its virulence, and ultimately may cause avian influenza in interpersonal inter-communication, but also may have family clusters of cases occur, the result is that the avian flu outbreak. While ago in Nanjing have also been two cases of family clusters of cases. Example, had to prevention.

On the other hand, the avian flu from poultry to humans is just one aspect, but also from other animals to humans. Has been confirmed that the pig-type (H1N1) and H2N2 and H3N2 avian influenza virus can be, respectively, from pigs and poultry to people and cause morbidity. 1918 Spanish flu pandemic of the pathogenic virus with swine influenza virus is very similar, which was suspected to be avian influenza virus from birds to pigs, after an increase of toxicity after the variation and transmission, before the final result of 20 million ~ 40 million people died enormous harm.

Antigenic variation of bird flu high frequencies, from different host susceptible to avian influenza virus gene alternately. Therefore, changing may also be infected with bird flu, but also may be associated with human influenza viruses to exchange genes, creating new highly virulent strain of influenza virus. Therefore, no matter in the scrape of a knife during the Spring Festival is the Brothers to the cattle, or to the chickens and ducks, are likely to increase in avian flu from animals to human transmission probability.

To guard against bird flu this winter and next spring for the Government, is an important task. As individuals, to guard against during the Spring Festival is a crucial period for avian influenza, especially in the South have slaughtered ducks live New Year's tradition in need of special precautions and observation, such as attention to disinfection and isolation. And cooked food during the Spring Festival also needs careful not been deep-processing of poultry products are also potentially dangerous, food must be cooked thoroughly burned. Therefore, in celebrating the Spring Festival, the bird flu had.