The Chuzhou found case of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza

Date :2013 -04-02

January 31 State of Health and Family Planning Commission informed Chuzhou found a case of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza.

Patients Mr. Han, female, 35 years old, Chuzhou South Qiao area.Patients in 3 months 15 days, fever symptoms, the treatment has its living community health service centers, individual clinics, City of Integrative Medicine Hospital and City First People's Hospital.January 20, 2011 0:00 due to severe pneumonia transferred to the intensive care unit of the First People's Hospital of Chuzhou City. SickerTransferred to a hospital in Nanjing, on the afternoon ofJanuary 20, 2011, is still in the intensive care unit.

January 20, 2011, the City CDC received City First People's Hospital report immediately reported to the Municipal Health Bureau, the Municipal Health Bureau attaches great importance to the principal leaders in charge of the leadership to make arrangements immediately require City CDC health Ministry the unexplained pneumonia monitoring program requirements, epidemiological investigation and laboratory testing of cases quickly. After testing, the results of patient throat swab specimens for influenza Apositive.January 22 specimens were sent to the Anhui Province CDC testing, consistent test results. The specimens were subsequently sent to the national CDC genotyping.

Municipal government received the report of the Municipal Health Bureau, the main person in charge attaches great importance to, and made ​​important instructions, the main city leaders and the leaders in charge heard a work report, held an emergency meeting on January 26 , the study measures deployment of prevention and control work. City CDC to further strengthen the flow reconcile the prevention and control of the investigation a total of 26 close contacts, its medical observation; collection of family members of patients, and nearly 150 were detected in close contact and environmental specimens; municipal medical institutions to strengthen influenza active monitoring and implementation of the daily system; monitoring of the patient's residence neighboring farms, poultry wholesale market, poultry backyard farmers in the agricultural sector, not detected H7subtypes of influenza -like illness and severe pneumonia .

3 months 30 days, the National Health and Family Planning Commission expert group according to clinical manifestations, epidemiological investigation and laboratory test results confirmed human cases of infection with the H7N9 avian flu, 31 at noon informed. The municipal government again in the afternoon to hold an emergency meeting, the prevention and control work on the next phase of deployment:

 First, the establishment of the Coordination Leading Group on the prevention and control work. The mayor headed, deputy head of the vice mayor, public health, agriculture, publicity departments responsible for human members, consists of health, agriculture, publicity three working groups, a clear mandate, co-ordination, the negative of its responsibility. The second is to continue to do a good job of tracking investigation work. Continue its close contacts followed up for full 10 days) ( 26 close contacts under medical observation ;

 2 , good traceability of the source of infection;

 3 , good human influenza (focus on A -type flu) and severe pneumonia active monitoring; 

4 , good monitoring of poultry, livestock epidemics. Convene a working daily briefing, informed, and look for a solution. Is the best treatment of patients. Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, and their family members of patients at any time, to keep abreast of patient treatment, provide the necessary humane care. The patients Mr. Han is still in the intensive care unit treatment, the National Health Planning Commission has three experts from the scene to guide therapy. 

Fourth, actively carry out prevention and control work. To strengthen the monitoring of influenza, unexplained pneumonia and other respiratory diseases, the implementation of the "zero report" system, determine the First Municipal People's Hospital, is admitted to the hospital, a city hospital medical staff, equipment and medicines ready to make the necessary work to do good infection control. Five good health education and advocacy work. Unified arrangements, according to the National Health Planning Commission to carry out public control propaganda, to the community and timely information about the prevention and treatment progress.

Currently, the flu epidemic is stable, not found in the related cases of severe pneumonia, not found in close contact with flu-like symptoms, livestock epidemics. National Health Planning Commission, experts believe, according to who is in close contact with medical observation, not suggesting that the virus has the ability of strong interpersonal transmission.http://www.chuzhou.gov.cn/art/2013/4/2/art_148_82439.html