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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Guizhou two men with avian flu situation critical


Guizhou two men dye avian flu situation critical (20:58)

Guizhou today confirmed that two people infected with the highly pathogenicavian influenzaCases, two in critical condition, undergoing emergency for treatment.
The disease is a man and a woman, living in Guiyang, both at the beginning of the month incidence. Ministry of Health and Guizhou Province expert group determined that the two cases of confirmed cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Epidemiological investigation has not found that there is a clear history of poultry contact in the two cases before the onset of the two in critical condition and undergoing treatment.

After the outbreak, the Guizhou provincial government attaches great importance to the appropriate prevention and control measures have been taken in accordance with the relevant plans and programs, and all close contacts were under medical observation. As of now, has not yet found abnormal clinical manifestations of medical observers.

Human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza is an acute respiratory infections, mainly caused by the influenza A H5N1 virus. The majority of patients with high fever and pneumonia, acute onset, rapid progression and high mortality. Currently, bird flu from poultry to humans, yet found sustained human-to-human transmission, preventable, controllable, and curable. http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/Inews/20130210/ca72058c.htm