Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Waspadai mixing Bird Flu Virus Flu and Pigs

Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:56 WIB
KOMPAS.com - prompted the Government still intensify the monitoring of avian influenza virus H5N1 (bird flu) and mapping sebarannya to prevent the occurrence of mixing with the influenza virus A (H1N1), which is feared could create a new type of influenza virus is more vicious and death.

"For the influenza virus A (H1N1) is still unstable in the environment, and we still have the possibility of H5N1 AI virus. If mediator, they can mix and create a new type of virus may be more violent," said the Head of Laboratory Research Bird Flu Airlangga University Chairil Anwar Nidom when contacted from Jakarta, Wednesday (15 / 7).

Therefore, the molecular biologist is emphasized, the government must make more of H5N1 AI virus in poultry and humans, and take the necessary action to prevent the occurrence of mixing.

"Commingling can occur if there are mediators, mediatornya can the human body or the body of pigs. If there is a map of bird flu, the government can maximize the monitoring and prevention efforts so that there can be potential interfusion minimized
," he said.

He added, mixing between the sub-sub-type of influenza virus A (H1N1) and H5N1 can bring a lot of influenza A virus variants that may be one more death, and potentially cause a pandemic.

"If it is so, not only Indonesia are threatened, the whole world will also participate threatened," he said.

Separately, Director General of Disease Control Ministry of Environment and Health Penyehatan Tjandra Yoga Aditama, said the government continued monitoring of influenza A (H1N1) and attempt to control distribution.

"We watched and analysis of the day to day to see if changes need to be on policy and strategy," he said.

Previously, infection of influenza virus A (H1N1) have stated no more dangerous of the common influenza virus. According to Tjandra, 95 percent of people with flu A (H1N1) does not require medical treatment in hospital and recovery time in the average sepekan.

"The fact is, some penderitanya died. Level deaths due to disease is about 0.4 percent, there are 400 people from the number of patients infected in the world who died. However, the flu usually also result in death and fatalitasnya is not far different from the flu A H1N1, "he said.

A number of countries began to loosen terdampak prevention activities. Singapore is no longer treating patients bergejala light in the hospital and check all the people who make contact with the patient. United States to handle patients' flu A (H1N1) influenza patients as usual and Australia no longer install equipment to scan the body temperature of people suspected of selectivity infected.

Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari has also previously said that the government will still apply procedures influenza A (H1N1) to prevent the possibility of mixing between the occurrence of influenza A virus H1N1 and H5N1.

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