Thursday, April 29, 2010
Detected four patients infected with Streptococcus
29/04/2010 06:50
* Health Ministry warned people not to eat undercooked pork, pig disease
(HNM) - Afternoon 28-4, at Steering Committee meetings and disease prevention in humans, Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, director PRIVATE Tropical Disease Hospital, said last week, hospital and received treatment for 4 patients infected with streptococcus bacteria (a bacteria spread from pigs to humans by eating undercooked pork), in which two patients have mechanical ventilation.
These cases are currently in the local epidemic ear diseases such as Hanoi, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Hung Yen ... It is notable, although not develop into an epidemic but is also a day hospital received 1-2 cases of suspected Streptococcus hospitalized with symptoms of high fever, difficulty breathing, diarrhea, skin patches appear hemorrhagic necrosis, liver failure ... If not promptly detect and treat patients with multiple organs failure can be fatal.
According to Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, who was suffering from swine Streptococcus are three types: latex, meningitis, septicemia, or even two on the form. Blue ear virus is not spread from pigs to humans but streptococcus bacteria resident in the respiratory tract of pigs, if you have a chance, especially when a blue ear, they will grow and cause disease. People eating or contact with infected pigs will become infected. People with this bacterium is very difficult to diagnose in the early manifestations of the disease is quite similar to the symptoms of common fever. So, after taking into contact with meat or pork, if you see symptoms of high fever, headache, vomiting a lot, sore throat, the patient was admitted immediately to be tested.
Previous complicated diseases of livestock present, the Health Ministry warned people, especially people in the epidemic areas to guard cattle, strict implementation of preventive measures such as cooked, drinking boiling, absolutely no pork slaughter and eat sick.
4 people hospitalized because of blue ear pig
TPO - The Tropical Disease Hospital Central (Hanoi) said at least four patients infected with streptococcus bacteria is being treated pigs, in which three people with meningitis, an infection of blood.
Nguyen Van Huong patients being treated by swine streptococcus infections. Photo: HT
By eating undercooked meat or inadvertently during processing
If you eat undercooked pork, (or blood pudding) or at the meat that is easily scratched limbs infected. Meanwhile, patients with meningitis may or septicemia.
Nguyen Van Huong Pho Yen district, Thai Nguyen province after two days eat more soup and pork, as he scratched, was hospitalized due to fever.
Along with influences, there are three other children from Hanoi, Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen also infected swine streptococcus bacteria.
"When the blue ear pig disease, the immune system to weaken it, this is a chance for streptococcus swine bacterial attack. This bacterium is the scientific name Streptococcus suis. The bacteria can infect humans "- Master, Doctor Nguyen Huyen Nguyen, Khoa general infections, tropical diseases Central Hospital (formerly: Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Country) said.
According to Master, Doctor Nguyen Trung Grant, vice dean active treatment, Tropical Disease Hospital Central is: if you eat undercooked pork, (or blood pudding) or at the meat that limb was scratches are easily infected. Meanwhile, patients with meningitis may or septicemia.
Initial symptoms are fever, headache, nausea, disturbances of consciousness, coma, or multiple organ injury. If not detected and treated early, can leave sequelae, difficult to treat or be fatal.
No evidence of spread from person to person
Talking to Online Correspondent Pioneer this afternoon, 29-4, Intermediate Doctor Nguyen, Hospital for Tropical Diseases Central asserted without evidence of swine streptococcus bacteria spread from person to person.
Doctors also recommend everyone to level prevention and disease by eating cooked food, when to buy pork of unknown origin, marked quarantine, slaughter pigs who need a mask, gloves carefully.
Article is worrisome, according to records of PV Pioneer status Online selling pork not quarantined or unknown origin in many markets are still held temporarily popular in Hanoi. No one can guarantee this is the piece of pork was not clean and "green ear".
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Outbreak under control influenza A/H5N1 in Bac Kan
(AP) - After a month properly recorded patients infected with avian influenza A/H5N1 and 26 on the first Monday of patients at Cho Moi, Bac Kan, experts have confirmed this outbreak under control . This is two separate cases, there is no transmission.
At meetings of flu in the afternoon 28 / 4, Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, Deputy Director of Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said PRIVATE, influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in Cho Moi, Bac Kan completely controlled processing. Because all those involved in these two cases underwent follow-up provisions (21 days) until now completely healthy, no signs of flu.
According to epidemiological investigation also showed that two cases of influenza A/H5N1 in Bac Kan no contact with each other, are two separate cases. This shows that influenza A/H5N1 have not spread from person to person.
With two cases of bird flu, the person already has a hospital. A case is being treated at the Institute for Tropical Diseases country. The test of this patient were negative for influenza A/H5N1 and will be in the hospital next week.
Experts recommend that people absolutely do not slaughter poultry to eat meat. When seen live around the phenomenon poultry disease, death should immediately notify authorities. If signs of flu, high fever, sudden need to quickly bring the patient to hospital for examination and treatment promptly.
Bird flu in the Mekong Delta: Between the "internal work, external attack"
Updated: 8:41 AM, 29/04/2010
Activities in high-risk environment, but the regime for veterinary officials in Dong Thap too low, will affect the quality of prevention and CGC. Photo: L.T
(Labor) - While many localities are struggling to fend off the risk of avian influenza (CGC), the Mekong Delta increased each day to receive more pressure from the other side of the border: Cambodia Ministry of Health announced the re-broke service CGC development in Kompong Leav district, Prey Veng province, located adjacent to the Dong Thap province.
Risk
Immediately after the Cambodian Health Ministry announced translated Kompong Leav district, Prey Veng province, CGC has been extremely dangerous outbreaks in adjacent border: Appeared patients died from the flu on 19.4. The breeding habits and peculiar terrain unsuitable for farming to duck across the border of Vietnam - Cambodia that can spread germs, but because of the terrain immediately downstream boundary should be able ton CGC public, threaten the security risk of Dong Thap is very worried. And with particular water, from Dong Thap, CGC is very easy to spread, threatening the Mekong Delta.
According to veterinary experts, in fact this risk drops to just overflowing cup, by several days, the province of Dong Thap has discovered many cases positive for the H5N1 virus in chickens and poultry samples supervision. Be Hien Vo MSc - Department of Animal Health Department, Dong Thap province - said: "On 18/03, the test samples showed that the reason birds had over 200 children died in the district continuously Reeds is due to H5N1 infection. "
Although soon after, the destruction, disinfection, stamping services to be deployed quickly, but there is concern that the birds had just reported the facts to vets after 2-3 days bear no penetration. In particular, the MSc Hien, the percentage positive for bird flu on samples in the monitoring phase in the random central market, the urban level is high. Over 36 test samples in the central market leaders TP.Cao, 7 samples detected positive for H5N1 virus. This suggests, not only outside the ceremony, which immediately inside the main domestic risk was hidden.
Bird flu outbreaks.
Original swing right
Each commune has only one veterinary staff, in addition to vaccination, livestock management, poultry slaughter participate in monitoring the area, while concurrently capturing always the signal for the first time localized , stamping service. Even in provinces bordering Cambodia such as An Giang, Kien Giang, Dong Thap ... they also have to monitor movement of poultry through the quota. Then pig blue ear pressure, foot and mouth disease ... A lot of veterinary work will rely on their shoulders. Therefore, veterinary staff (CBTYCS) is viewed as a source of veterinary work However, in some localities, the original is being shaken.
MA Baby Hien Vo confirmed: "Most are trained and operate in hazardous environment, high risk, but also an allowance by a factor of 1% minimum wage, CBTYCS not enjoy any what mode of accident insurance, medical and social. Therefore, it is difficult for them to work wholeheartedly, in a long career. Every year, CBTYCS resignation, quit and moved to very high. Every time like that, the prevention CGC local back scratch. "
Land with land topography, rivers like the Mekong Delta river immediately, without any locality can create your own safety corridors based on the fragmentary way. And once these local goods are porous defense in the right position of the most important prevention CGC also means that the Mekong Delta was pushed into attack range of the H5N1 virus.
North: Appeared people infected swine streptococcus
No. 95 Labor Day 29/04/2010 Updated: 8:30 AM, 29/04/2010
(Labor) - On 04/28, Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh - Director of the tropical diseases hospital nations - said the hospital is receiving scattered patients to examination swine Streptococcus.
These cases are currently in the local epidemic ear diseases such as Hanoi, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Hung Yen ...
We have four patients were treated, of which 2 have severe cases are ventilator. Epidemiological investigations showed that previous cases of pigs infected with streptococcus bacteria are exposed to infected pigs, swine meat, use less processed food carefully ...
It is known that when bacteria streptococcus swine attack humans will cause high fever, congestion occurs on the skin plate, encephalitis, pneumonia, liver failure, multiple organs failure, even death if not early treatment. Thus, patients infected with streptococcus bacteria is common in the possible meningitis and septicemia or can combine both diseases.
Blue ear pig virus is not spread directly to humans, but it will be localized in the respiratory tract of pigs, when a chance, especially when blue ear, they will grow and cause disease. People eating or contact with infected pigs will become infected.
According to Dr. Glass: The infected bacteria are very difficult to diagnose in the early manifestations of the disease is quite similar to the symptoms of common fever. So, after eating pork or pigs exposed to, if you see symptoms of high fever, headache, vomiting a lot, sore throat, the patient was admitted immediately to be tested and treated.
Cambodia-Culling Continues After Bird Flu Death
Ducks poke their heads out of the side of a pickup truck in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
“If someone living in a place where ducks or chickens are raised in farms is suspected of having the H5N1 virus, we can provide Tamilflu tablets,”
Prey Veng provincial authorities expect to cull more than 700 ducks and chickens suspected of carrying avian influenza, following the death of a 27-year-old man earlier this month.
Chea Ly died of bird flu on April 17 in the province’s Kampong Leav district, which borders Vietnam, officials said this week, bringing the death toll of the disease in Cambodia to eight since 2005. The disease has killed more than 290 people since 2003.
Health and veterinary officials traveled from house to house in the district this week, killing the birds, which are raised family by family, said Chhun Dy, head of the district’s animal health office. So far, officials have culled more than 1,500 birds.
“We will continue to kill a remaining 400 chickens and 300 ducks,” Chhun Dy said.
Tep Samoeun, head of the provincial hospital’s infectious disease department, said health officials were monitoring villagers fro signs of the disease, sometimes referred to as H5N1, for the virus that causes it.
“If someone living in a place where ducks or chickens are raised in farms is suspected of having the H5N1 virus, we can provide Tamilflu tablets,” he said.
Authorities in Takeo province killed more than 20,000 ducks in February, resulting in losses of thousands of dollars for dozens of families
A Boy "girl" Dies Allegedly because the H5N1 virus
Pekanbaru, (Analysis)
A 4.8-year-old boy, Joyce Evelyn allegedly died due to H5N1 virus (bird flu). Princess pasangaan H and E Nainggolan this Bagariang breathed his last, Wednesday (28 / 4), at around 14:35 pm,
But the victim's father, H Bagariang told reporters, claiming not believe that her daughter died of bird flu virus because it did not previously had contact with poultry. So also in the victim's house there are no poultry-keeping or berternak.
Previously, victims could be treated at the Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru Hospital, during the week. But the victim's family and then taken to the Hospital Santa Maria, due to Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru Hospital services are considered less than optimal.
"After a day at Santa Maria Hospital, his doctors said Joyce virus. Finally, be referred back to the Arifin Achmad Hospital, because the only hospital that made the bird flu patient care, "he said. Victim's mother, E Nainggolan confessed to accept her son's death because it has a destiny from God. But the victim's family felt very disappointed at the Arifin Achmad hospital Pekanbaru Hospital which has been not transparent.
"Many times my child's blood drawn for testing done, but once we were not told about the result. We were not told how it goes. Though, as parents, we reserve the right to know and we're ready to listen to any information from the doctor, "she said, stifling a sob when reporters encountered as he waited for his daughter in the process of repatriation Arifin Achmad Hospital mortuary, Wednesday afternoon.
E Nainggolan then compare the services received from the Hospital Santa Maria, when Joyce had treated there. According to him, every time you make a check of blood and rongent, the hospital immediately gave announcing the results to the family. "Here, at all they (Arifin Achmad Hospital, red) do not want to tell you. Yesterday we had just been told, rose after I get angry at the nurse, "she said.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Bird Flu Prevention Team Arifin Achmad Hospital, Dr. Saad Azizman SPP through the patient's nurse, Neneng victim's family denies the allegation about the bad service is a government hospital.
It is said, the Arifin Achmad Hospital in the form of the maximum to give the best to every patient. "We have the utmost, but in intensive care after his condition worsened," he said.
Neneng suspected, the cause of death of the resident Street Sidomulyo, Padang Bulan village, district Senapelan, Pekanbaru, it is the H5N1 virus. Indications that after seeing the condition that half the victims of his lungs were closed. "Based on the lung X-rays known victims were closed and also having a high heat," he said. (Dw)
Strengthening influenza A/H5N1 epidemic prevention through southern border
(ANTD) - Day 28-4, Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga - Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment - Ministry of Health said the Department has recently written to direct medical quarantine center in the province of international border with Cambodia border controlled evolution influenza A/H5N1 epidemic.
Especially must coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural province controlled poultry trade between two countries, not for poultry diseases into our country. According to Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, the H1N1 flu is spread with very high mortality rate in Cambodia, so the risk of spread to the southern region of our country through a very large border. Up to this point, in Cambodia who has recorded 10 positive for influenza A/H5N1, including eight deaths. Translate thrive in some border provinces bordering Vietnam.
Blue ear pig negligence
Slaughter scene inside the slaughterhouse Thinh Liet. Photo: My Giang
As the largest slaughterhouse in Hanoi, every day, thousands of households Thinh Liet retail business, wholesale pork ... get down on goods. Both the Thinh Liet, nearly 70 small slaughterhouses, average daily shipments from 14,000 to 15,000 pigs.
According to our understanding, to bring the pig after slaughter home buyers only takes about 25-30 minutes. In fact, the examination of pigs before slaughter through the speakers very style "viewing", and even veterinary staff do not touch the pig that looked just passed quarantine imprinted! When pork is finished harvesting, transporting people to buy through the door just to protect animal health staff directly to buy paper for the quarantine of 5000. Many dealers also carry up to 4-5 children but spends only 5000 is considered to pass the quarantine process.
Some traders said the pigs were slaughtered at the Thinh Liet primary is alive, healthy but is also not excluded cases.
Many places have not set up checkpoints
According to the Department of Animal Health (MARD), blue ear pig is becoming endangered, especially the northern area and tended to spread to many provinces. As on 28-4, blue ear pig appeared in nine provinces are Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Hung Yen, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Quang Nam and Nam Dinh, with over 34,000 children infection, the destruction of nearly 11,000 children.
In Hanoi, blue ear pig first appeared in Kim Son commune, Gia Lam District on 10-4. To date, the epidemic has spread to five communes (China Colour, Kim Son, Phu Thi, Le Chi Quang and Duong) of Gia Lam district with a total of over 1800 children infected pigs. According to Le Minh Dat, Head of Animal Health Station, Gia Lam district, which borders the two provinces of Bac Ninh, Hung Yen (two localities are large outbreak of the control but not thoroughly) should inevitably translate Gia Lam disease. He said both Dat Gia Lam district has only one manager was at checkpoints, and Highway 5 - the traffic artery connecting Hanoi and several provinces - there are no checkpoints.
According to Hoang Van Nam, Acting Director of Animal Health, blue ear pig increasingly complicated, with no tendency to stall. Meanwhile, epidemic prevention and vaccine protection is not high capacity, with 50% - 60%. Through examination, many provinces have not set up checkpoints and not actively implement preventive measures. Besides, due to the low support in a number of local people should surreptitiously selling blue ear pig disease cause widespread epidemic. He was proposing to support the local minimum of 25,000 VND per kg of pork were PRRS when people bring destruction.
Matched patients with Streptococcus pig
On 28-4, at the meeting Flu Prevention Steering Committee, Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, director of the Hospital of Tropical Diseases country, said last week, four people appeared infected swine Streptococcus. Epidemiological investigation showed that these people have contact with infected pigs ...
According to Glass, the pig streptococcus bacteria to attack patients will be very high fever, congestion occurs on the skin plate, encephalitis, pneumonia, liver failure, multiple organs failure, even death if not treated early.
The epidemiologists said pathogenic blue ear virus is not spread from pigs to humans but streptococcus bacteria resident in the respiratory tract of pigs, when they will have the opportunity to grow and cause disease.
Southeast Asia aims to eradicate H5N1 by 2020
Apr 28, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – The First Technical Working Group Meeting on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Roadmap, a project of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met for 2 days in Jakarta to work out mutually agreed plans—the "roadmap"—that will be submitted to the 10 member countries later this year.
In the meeting's opening remarks Apr 26, H.E. S. Pushpanathan, ASEAN's deputy secretary-general, recalled the deep damage done to the Southeast Asian economy by the first sustained outbreak of H5N1 starting in 2003, in which 200 million poultry were culled and nations recorded a collective $10 billion in losses.
"HPAI is a transboundary animal disease. Successful eradication would require effective regional collaborative mechanisms and actions," Pushpanathan said in remarks posted on the ASEAN Web site. "Animal health and the issues related to it are important concerns to ASEAN as it will have a serious impact on ASEAN's continued growth and development."
The draft produced by the end of the meeting points the member countries toward establishing a single regional economic market in livestock and animal products by 2015 and eradicating H5N1 from the region by 2020, according to an Apr 28 Xinhua report. It pays particular attention to instituting a "One World, One Health" approach (a concept backed by 38 national and international health organizations) of treating animal and human diseases as a continuum that requires consistent policy responses across government and development agencies.
The move to strengthen Southeast Asian responses to avian flu comes at a time when H5N1, which had slipped behind novel H1N1 in activity and in public health attention, appears to be rising again in both realms.
Vietnam's Department of Animal Health reported yesterday that the country's central province of Quang Tri has recorded an outbreak that killed 250 ducks out of 1,500 on one farm, according to an Apr 27 Xinhua story. Three other provinces have had recent outbreaks, including Quang Ngai (three provinces to the south of Quang Tri), and Bac Kan and coastal Quang Ninh in northern Vietnam.
Bangladesh announced plans to upgrade 19 live-bird markets in Dhaka (the capital) and 11 other cities, using a $575,000 grant from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that funds worker training and sanitation improvements, the Bangladesh Daily Star reported today. Five other markets in the capital have already been upgraded.
The need in Bangladesh is critical: According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), there have been 12 new farm and village outbreaks in Bangladesh since the beginning of March.
And in Indonesia, the Metro Riau news site in Riau province on Sumatra is reporting illness among chickens, believed to be flu, that may have spread to children in a family.
Appeared more infections from pigs to people
RFA 04.28.2010
Tropical Hanoi hospital from a week received two cases of suspected Streptococcus disease spread from pigs to humans.
We have four patients in this case being treated here.
Dr Ly Ngoc Kinh, director of tropical disease hospital said the cause of this infection may be caused by eating infected pork that has not been cooked or eat blood pudding or contact with blood or secretions of the pig injury or disease through inhalation.
Still he said Glass, Streptococcus disease spread from pigs to humans will cause septicemia, meningitis, or both types of latex at the same time.
Blue ear pig, has spread across six northern provinces, with nearly two thousand swine disease in Gia Lam district, is now in danger of spreading to Central.
According to medical research, blue ear disease does not infect humans but can reduce immunity where pigs and other diseases which cause swine to develop, in which Streptococcus can spread to humans.

While the phenomenon of children hand foot and mouth disease increased in Ho Chi Minh City. News from Children's Hospital two weeks ago that the hospital every day to receive one to three children with hand, foot and mouth disease, but step through this week, more than three dozen cases a day to visit with children hospitalized due to illness .
Pork green ear: Fear of fear a few days then off ...
- While in Hanoi have appeared blue ear epidemic, but in the stalls selling pork in the city, just a consumer of mitigation. Many families still consider pork dish was indispensable in every meal every day.
Do not eat pork, then know what to eat
Although Hanoi is one of the blue ear epidemic, but according to Ms. Na, a small business at the market place because (Dong Da, Hanoi), pig meat consumption tends to decrease, but not much. Previously, she took 50 kilos of meat per day, now only take about 35-40 kg.
| Many consumers still choose to buy meat for family meals. |
The reduced number of customers but the price of meat did not decrease. But pork supply for Hanoi mainly from the province are in service should supply more limited. So, pork prices are still standing.
. Some customers after information and has no green ear from confusion because regardless of where the meat is clean, where the infected meat.
. Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Hai (Doi Can, Hanoi) said: "Previously, almost the day I bought pork. But since the blue ear epidemic, my family moved down to eat seafood, poultry and beef. "
However, pork is the main foods in each meal. So many families are still used but only decided to buy at the supermarket or acquaintances.
According to the experience of Bac Can (Ngoc Ha, Hanoi), to ensure safety, the best buy in the supermarket because there anyway commodity origin is clear and quarantined before sale. Moreover, because of trust supermarkets should also be more responsible with their goods.
But families do not have conditions to go supermarket often Bac Can. So, most consumers still accept purchase pork sold in markets.
"At first known outbreak, I would not dare buy meat for food. But do not buy pork, you need not know what to buy. Eat shrimp, crab, fish are fed forever. Every year, too, is boycotting the new service, but was a few days then buy as normal ", and she, a customer said.
According to Ms. Nga, just to know how consumers choose to buy fresh meat color, pink skin, no flavor, the processing module is ripe, it will not re-use of meat hygiene.
"Quarantine" to the naked eye
In many markets in Hanoi such as: Location, Tam Da, Ngoc Ha, Nghia Tan, The Green Market ... buyers do not find a pig in a check of the animal health agency
Meanwhile, their food supply for the Hanoi market are imported mainly from provinces such as Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, ... These are all the province is an outbreak of blue ear pig.
. When asked about the safety of products, a small business at the market, Tam Da (Da, Hanoi) said: "Every day I get a pig slaughterhouses in Ha Tay. To market, to the veterinary inspection staff is bringing new goods to sell, so customers buy themselves peace of mind. "
Explaining the lack of stamps, she said, it is also easy to detect, the veterinary staff exposed to very experienced, just look to the naked eye is immediately seen pigs infected or not. Further, because the amount of pork on a day markets are so large that all was not well stamped.
For customer peace of mind, she sells to reassure: "Since the epidemic to date on what we women also must be licensed food safety and hygiene by the veterinary been sitting here for sale. Moreover, she sold all acquaintances should not matter what may very well be afraid. "
Meanwhile, most of the market management are also very indifferent to the issue of quarantine. According to the market management Nghia Tan: "The problem is the veterinary quarantine knows, but we only do tasks if it detects any meat found infected with the destruction requirements, any intentional violation of households will conduct the administrative sanctions. "
5 cases of bubonic plague, four in one family and one child died in the Chicama Valley
lunes, 26 de abril de 2010 Monday, April 26, 2010
. The head of Bethlehem Hospital Epidemiology of Trujillo. . Pedro Diaz Camacho, confirmed that there were five probable cases infected with bubonic plague in the district of Chicama, Ascope province, department of La Libertad.
Four of these cases belong to one family because the infected are cousins and also a four year old child died with similar symptoms to this disease. Today will be confirmed if there is an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Chicama Valley
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Matched patients infected with swine Streptococcus
(AP) - There are four patients infected with swine streptococcus bacteria are located in the treatment of tropical diseases institute countries, including two severe cases have ventilation. Experts warn, disease spread from pigs to humans through the digestive tract, so everyone should drink boiled cooked.
Information on the Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of Institute of tropical diseases in the country for briefings and disease prevention in humans, occurred pm 27 / 4 in Hanoi.
According to Dr. Glass, the last few days, each day in hospital a few cases show a swine streptococcus infection to health, but identified four new infections and patients are being treated. "This four patients scattered in different localities are translated on the situation. Therefore, we can say, not a disease epidemic, but people need to be aware with this disease, because this is a disease transmitted from pigs to humans, can cause dangerous patient mortality, "said Dr. Glass .
When pigs infected with streptococcus bacteria, infected people can have an expression in three patients are simply latex meningitis, sepsis alone or in combination of both types. Cases swine Streptococcus disease can cause meningitis combination of latex and sepsis, a very serious disease manifestations, may lead to shock, bleeding under the skin of each major segment, leading to rapid coagulation, multiple organ failure and death.
Therefore, it is important to early diagnosis and timely to the hospital for treatment. When pigs infected with streptococcus bacteria, the disease has manifested high fever, can get to 40-41 degrees C accompanied by gastrointestinal manifestations are diarrhea, or more expression encephalitis syndrome, respiratory syndrome and especially there are large segments of bleeding under the skin necrosis. When there are signs on, the patient needs to hospital immediately for medical treatment in time.
Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Preventive Health (MOH) said, this is not a new disease, has previously seen and reported. To prevent this disease, patients should best perform cooked hot drink, not absolute slaughter and consumption of pigs is manifested sick, sick.
Appears that some people infected swine streptococcus
ND-afternoon 28-4, at the Steering Committee meeting of national prevention of human pandemic influenza, Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, director of tropical disease hospital in central said: In recent times, disease received hospital treatment for some cases of swine streptococcus.
Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, though not yet translated into a daily, two cases of patients hospitalized with suspected symptoms of high fever, difficulty breathing, diarrhea, skin patches appear hemorrhagic necrosis, liver failure ... There are also four cases treated, of which two patients have severe breathing machine.
Persons suffering from streptococcus swine have three forms: meningitis pus, sepsis or both on form. If the infected person is detected early and treated promptly will help reduce the risk of infection and shock treatment easier, less expensive. Dear Dr. warning, before the disease situation in cattle complicated, people, especially people in the area to be very alert service, make eating cooked, hot drinks, absolutely not slaughter and eat pig disease.
Prevent outbreaks green ear
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ND - Free green ear broke out in Hai Duong province in late March, has now spread to 130 communes, wards and towns in 19 districts, nine towns of the province of the Red River Delta region and Quang Nam province . Although, the local effort to mobilize forces stamping service, but service is very complex evolution, not less influence to the farming activities, trading and slaughtering pigs in the epidemic areas. Statistics show that nearly 37 thousand infected pigs, in which more than 14 thousand children forced to destroy.
According to the Department of Animal Health, compared with ear diseases outbreaks first in 2007, this year's epidemic spreads faster and stronger. The main reason is because after three years, the natural disease-fighting antibodies of blue ear pig herd has declined, plus the unusual weather, high humidity makes the air healthy cattle is reduced, enabling micro- pathogenic virus.
On the other hand, after a long period without service, government and many local people having faith, negligence in prevention services, the vaccine distribution plan prevention of diseases such as cholera pigs, gathering blood infections, typhoid deal ... rate is not high, contributing to a more serious epidemic. Especially, when the outbreak, local authorities are still confused in handling the outbreak (the destruction or treatment of infected cattle), which urge people selling unique situation, even throwing the pigs were determined patients to drain trough, the field not only pollute the environment but also for more wide spread epidemic.
Reality check against the epidemic at the local shows, each locality has different levels of support to the people in the provinces bordering with transport assistance to high to be supported more money; main job also spread disease. Conversely, some households to buy the service from the same pig for breeding or slaughter pork business from epidemic areas in their localities.
According to veterinary experts, to put service requires sufficient convergence of three issues: measures, policies and implementation seriously. In recent years, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has developed system solutions and technical treatment regimen in each epidemic. In 2008, the Prime Minister issued Decision support for blue ear disease.
Accordingly, when the pigs were destroyed, farmers are supported amount equal to 70% of market value. So, to quickly control the epidemic, the province needs to seriously implement the 615 phone number (issued on 21-4) by the Prime Minister; The Power of 14 (days 8-4), No. 15 (on 26-4) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to strengthen the measures for prevention. In particular, public policy should support and unified support levels destroying disease among local pigs, to avoid price differences, selling pigs, causing damage to livestock. Besides, should also promote the propagation of the dangerous nature of the disease and measures of prevention but not alarming, to help people actively working with governments, authorities quickly prevent epidemic spread, and minimize damage caused by the disease.
Detect many cases of swine Streptococcus
The Tropical Disease Hospital Central 4-infected people are treated swine streptococcus bacteria - a bacterial disease of the body is blue ear pig disease caused.
"Insufficient" for PRRS in pigs?
This information is Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, director of Tropical Disease Hospital, said the Central Steering Committee at a meeting of national control pandemic influenza in the afternoon took place 28 / 4 at the Ministry of Health.
Of the four patients infected with Streptococcus pigs were treated with 2 cases of severe, must support ventilator. Symptoms of high fever (above 40 degrees C), diarrhea, urinating less and patches appear on the skin hemorrhagic necrosis.
The disease has three forms: latex meningitis, septicemia, or simultaneously with both types of complications just mentioned.
If not promptly treated patients may have blood clots, multi organ failure, liver failure, kidney failure, lung failure and death.

The local blue ear epidemic often appears swine streptococcus infect humans. (Photo: Internet)
Dr Nguyen Van Kinh, said: those who are infected by eating the blue ear pig disease or undercooked food contaminated with Streptococcus in processing and preservation. Nearly a week, each day the hospital received three cases of symptomatic infection Streptococcus visit.
According to medical research, blue ear disease in the body exists only in pigs. This disease as immunodeficiency, causing other diseases in rapidly growing pigs, in which evidence for Streptococcus infection. Health Ministry warned people to drink boiled and cooked food, wash your hands frequently to prevent diseases. /.
Meanwhile, in the Pacific has had six suspected cases infected swine streptococcus. Initially, the patients who often mistake the symptoms of this disease often experience fever. When taken to hospital, most patients are in a state of liver, kidney.
Mr. Ha Ngoc An, 52, stay consistent in Dong Hoa commune, Thai Binh city, is one of the suspected infected swine streptococcus, entered the Pacific Hospital in critical condition. My doctor Pham Tien, dean of infectious Pacific Hospital, the direct treatment for patients transferred to hospital in serious condition, coma, bleeding ...
After active treatment, patients who escape from danger, but his health is very weak An, rash, blood clots in humans. Mr. Ha Duy Lam, An said his brother, before he can eat more soup in an restaurant.
Reality has shown, the local blue ear epidemic often appears swine streptococcus infect humans. Pacific is the ninth province in the country PRRS. Without advocacy measures, recommended for people, the risk of an outbreak of swine streptococcus infect humans will be enormous. /
Hung Yen: Are there hidden PRRS?
Ten days, public opinion in Hung Yen people panicking over the phenomenon of blue ear pig dead and abnormal spreading throughout the districts of the province. But only Van Lam is considered the "focal point" of the epidemic with more than 12 thousand children infected, more than six thousand children were killed and destroyed. The districts from My Hao, Yen My, Khoai Chau, Van Giang, Kim Dong, Tien Lu, An Thi, Hung Yen town ... pig sick pig had died, but local governments still calmly said: Never has translated (?!).
Dispose of dead pigs on the River Retail, Nhat Tan commune, Tien Lu District, Hung Yen province.
People sell sick pigs to salvage
Many people say, from dozens of today, dead pigs scattered everywhere. At Hiep Cuong (Kim), the good version, Nhat Tan, Hung Dao, The Si (Tien Lu), was thrown into the river dead pigs floating command disease. On the field, the village road in the commune Dao Duong, Nhat Tan have both pig run empty but unclaimed. Sam White commune (My Hao) people are detected and counted eight sacks containing pig viscera alive by throwing away bad odors. In a large number of cooperative farms Player Si (Tien Lu), Dai Hung, Thanh Cong (Khoai Chau) ... each farm are sick and dead pigs.
Bewildered fear, but many farmers still hidden secrets to "escape." One confided households in Nhat Tan: There were feared dead pig then, said it missed out localized services also make healthy pigs infected by swine hours and then lost value, damage as a strong unit double loss.
"Not so since the outbreak, pork prices fell from 30 thousand to 16 thousand dong per kg steam, more intense because of intestinal damage hundreds of million. A farm owner in Khoai Chau honest disclosure: ten days ago His family has 12 pigs each were killed nearly 100 kg, the previous two months had more than 200 children die of illness and symptoms of high fever, body rash, stop eating ... Know not be saved the family was quick to panic sell and salvage a part of the capital.
When asked why the government does not publish translated reports to be receiving money to support the destruction of 25 thousand dong per kg of live pigs, relatives in Van Giang, Phu Cu light laugh: is that "bright white pain to wait," said Never hand money to support our new? Mr. Nguyen Van Chau T Khoai proved in the experience: "We are fed up and chat support, a few years ago blue ear and bird flu, senior security support, but had to wait two years to get money. better to take care of one person, the seller may remove the dressings are contract or so. " So the system did what the situation after several days of infection medications is not known dealer to transfer, which also sell price.
Translate only in Van Lam?
Rural population Linh Ha Nhat Tan commune (Tien Lu) said, when the news is dead pigs, was reported to rural communes to the veterinary inspection, the veterinary staff to the situation was the way things should be destroyed prevention steering committee of the commune do not know how many pigs were infected. Tan not unique to Japan, where people hide the disease should also Steering PRRS prevention of local communal claims unprecedented service, affordable paintings are just some sick children only.
Some households in Khoai Chau, Tien Lu Hao heard that support 25 thousand dong per kg pigs have been killed and ear diseases were reported treatment communes, districts are expected to help support the damages. But there is no response, then the child as her bewildered and fall into the vicious cycle: Quietly sick pigs to disperse any disease spread on a lot ... Then the zoning, set up checkpoints by Van Lam, it's just a form of "making a" to the stately scene, although the district has 27 key but sometimes did not even have guards. The situation is still spreading illness throughout the fall, spreading disease, but why risk it.
Prevention and control situation, governments at all levels are reported as fully and fairly all copies. What level Steering Committee and also has set an implementation of the measures under the motto "not 5": not hidden epidemic, do not buy swine, swine products, no selling, no shipping swine from the service, not thrown indiscriminately into the environment identified swine.
Some farmers in Tien Lu Van Giang bored underground: Several medical personnel said Russia does also. When the outbreak is blamed on objective factors, the influence of the surrounding area are, where we do not have a strange new. If any locality also subjective, ignoring criticism that it is also just received the plans defects were uniformly available and outlined "serious lessons" is finished! When the epidemic passed, any industry, any level are also related major. The report will then be submitted with the "chorus" real epic: What is already "actively" direct the zoning stamping services to many "strong measures"; What is "enhanced" inspection strictly controlled, then the "regular" guide her children to put it this way to translate ....
In the boiling water on this fire burns, sick pigs, dead pigs still breaks out and attacks throughout the province with the complicated unpredictable. Hung Yen people are bewildered, bitter core of human sympathy pains "for many thousands of billions pigs dying on the service. But in 10 districts of the province remains the only Van Lam was "blue ear", while the other local re-9 is still regarded as "out of coverage" of the service and ... "peace unscathed!