Zhong Nanshan: attention should be paid to the prevention of avian flu "virus is not sick" birds

At 19:40 on February 5, 2009

Recently reported in China one after another seven cases of human infection with avian influenza cases, a well-known experts in respiratory diseases in Canton on the 5th Zhong Nanshan said that bird flu prevention and control, with particular attention to "non-infected sick" birds, and rural grassroots medical staff to alert patients treated early.

Zhong Nanshan said that he noted that more than half of patients have no direct contact with poultry history, nor is it living in the infected poultry. "It should arouse our attention is to pay special attention to 'non-infected sick' birds." He said, "not infected or sick," the situation is possible even in the chicken poultry waterfowl found in the first place because a lot of chicken poultry received the immunization, the most important role of such injections is to reduce the detoxification, rather than completely inactivated the virus and, therefore, may also be a virus.

The recent discovery of a number of cases nationwide, is not it means that a particularly large number of bird flu this year?

Analyze the reasons, said Zhong Nanshan, mainly because of the disease increased vigilance and found that the rate will improve. "In the past, some hospital patients are often diagnosed with acute pneumonia and the final death, but also not so alert, and now not the same, if not on the test about a fever, confirmed cases." He said that the general dissemination of the disease or from Beijing, Xinjiang , Shandong, Shanxi, Guizhou to Guangxi, Hunan, also said the outbreak should not, "because according to the general concept of the epidemic is a region with at least five cases."

Zhong Nanshan said that should be it is worth noting that the issue of mortality. At present, the report of seven cases there are five cases of death, mortality is relatively high. In his view, the majority of these deaths are in rural grass-roots and community-based, did not receive timely treatment, and survive the cases is found in a timely manner, timely treatment.

Therefore, he said, we should first prompt the medical staff must be sufficient attention. "My guiding thought is that 48 hours is necessary to guard against pneumonia and bad."

If a patient does not have the money how do?

Zhong Nanshan said: "I appeal to many who found a high fever, pneumonia in 48 hours if cannot cure, these patients the first thing to consider is treated promptly, and because the money should not prevent hospitalization."

Zhong Nanshan also for his "strong stand": "Under normal circumstances not to contact with poultry, waterfowl, and do not buy live in the city to return home to kill."