Vietnam-The first case of swine influenza A (H3N2) from pigs #h5n1 #birdflu

  - Report to the Government

 Chinhphu.vn) - Today (15/2), Department of Preventive Health (MOH) has officially notified of cases of influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs in Long An.

  - Viện Pasteur TP. Specifically, as reported by the National Influenza Center - Pasteur Institute of Ho.  Ho Chi Minh, influenza surveillance system key national South 4/2011 has recorded a case of influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs: two-year-old female patient address Duoc District, Long An, treatment at Children's Hospital 1 and was cured.

  On 1/10/2012, test results have been standardized laboratory at CDC WHO official - the United States confirmed.  Accordingly, the Ministry of Health has instructed the sentinel surveillance system countries strengthen influenza surveillance and early detection of cases of swine flu that originated in the people and coordinate with the Office of WHO held in Vietnam epidemiological investigation of this case.

 This is the first case reported in Vietnam infected with influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs, mild changes and no evidence of transmission from person to person.. From May 4/2011 so far not found more cases of new flu strains.

 . Department of Preventive Medicine, said the current influenza A (H5N1) in poultry is happening in many places across the country. Therefore, to actively flu transmitted from animals to humans, the Preventive Medicine Department strongly recommends people implement some measures such as not killing, Poultry, pigs sick, died of unknown causes; not eat duck, do not eat poultry, pork is not thoroughly prepared; they have symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath related to exposure to poultry and pigs to the right medical facility closest to the examination and treatment. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=vi&tl=en&u=http://news.go.vn/tin/470713/Truong-hop-dau-tien-nhiem-cum-A-H3N2-tu-lon.htm&usg=ALkJrhgzwVGqb8Ua_rfgMTQkncTqg3clCw

The first Vietnamese influenza A (H3N2) from pigs

  Updated at 15-02-2012 08:32:20 (GMT +1) This is a two-year-old girl, in Duoc, Long An and is now cured. For years, our country has recorded cases of infection with influenza virus A (H3N2) in humans, also known as regular seasonal flu, while flu patients is derived from pigs.

 Notification by the Department of Preventive Health (MOH), influenza surveillance system key southern countries recorded cases of this flu from 4/2011.  Recently, the test results were standard laboratory form of the World Health Organization confirmed in the U.S..

  This is the first case reported in Vietnam infected with influenza A (H3N2) derived from pigs.  Mild movements and no evidence of transmission from person to person. Từ From May 4/2011 so far not found more cases of new flu strains.

  Ministry of Health system requirements sentinel surveillance to strengthen national influenza surveillance and early detection of human cases of swine flu originated. Also, coordination with the Office of the World Health Organization in Vietnam to conduct epidemiological investigation of this case.

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USA- High MRSA Bacteria Levels In Retail Pork Products #H5N1 #BIRDFLU

- 24 January 2012 08:43:42 GMT

Retail pork products in the United States have a higher prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA) than previously identified, according to new research by the University of Iowa College of Public Health and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. MRSA can occur in the environment and in raw meat products, and is estimated to cause around 185,000 cases of food poisoning each year. The bacteria can also cause serious, life-threatening infections of the bloodstream, skin, lungs, and other organs. MRSA is resistant to a number of antibiotics. The study, published 19 January in the online science journal PLoS ONE, represents the largest sampling of raw meat products for MRSA contamination to date in the US. The researchers collected 395 raw pork samples from 36 stores in Iowa, Minnesota, and New Jersey. Of these samples, 26, or about seven per cent, carried MRSA. "This study shows that the meat we buy in our grocery stores has a higher prevalence of staph than we originally thought," says lead study author Tara Smith, Ph.D., interim director of the UI Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases and assistant professor of epidemiology. "With this knowledge, we can start to recommend safer ways to handle raw meat products to make it safer for the consumer." The study also found no significant difference in MRSA contamination between conventional pork products and those raised without antibiotics or antibiotic growth promotants. "We were surprised to see no significant difference in antibiotic-free and conventionally produced pork," Ms Smith says. "Though it's possible that this finding has more to do with the handling of the raw meat at the plant than the way the animals were raised, it's certainly worth exploring further." http://www.poultex.com/news.asp?pageno=1