Qinghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

2009-4-20

Referred to as influenza Influenza is a virus caused by acute respiratory infections. Its clinical manifestations of acute onset, high fever, myalgia, headache with severe discomfort, dry cough, sore throat, or rhinitis, the majority of patients can be resumed within 1-2 weeks. Avian influenza is caused by influenza A virus disease of poultry, which by the H5 and H7 sub-strains (H5N1 and H7N7 as a representative) of highly pathogenic avian influenza can infect humans, human infection with bird flu after the called person.

In late December 2008, China's one after another report of eight cases of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza cases, including 5 deaths, 3 cases were treated and cured. February-March in northern China is in the spring, the peak influenza outbreak period, 2 months, the country has reported a total of 49 outbreaks of influenza.

Province throughout the lakes, wetlands, is an ideal habitat for migratory birds, a large number of migratory birds every year in our province, in addition to Qinghai Lake in recent years,扎陵湖, lung occurred Plover bird flu migratory birds. Since the school opened in March, the province occurred in two cases of influenza outbreaks in schools, in our province of influenza / avian influenza prevention and control of people is extremely critical.

Ministry of Health in accordance with the actual situation in our province, in the province's disease prevention and control institutions at all levels to set up a public health emergency response team, ready to participate in the investigation and handling of the outbreak, laboratory testing, such as emergency work. Medical personnel in the province to carry out intensive training to do a good job, technical, material reserves work.

Key areas in the province to set up sentinel hospitals, pay close attention to the incidence of influenza. At present, sentinel influenza surveillance in our province a total of 10 hospital sentinel hospitals (including five national-level, five provincial hospitals). Professional organizations, schools and childcare institutions to carry out the investigation and potential, Bird Island in Qinghai Lake area and other key personnel to carry out site monitoring arrangements.