2013 04 17 2011 19:52
Network Beijing on April 17 (Reporter Li Xin-li car Hou Yan quiet the text), according to Voice of China "National Network News" reported from the first case of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza cases found so far, there have been 18 days six p.m. (17) As of today, the country confirmed 79 cases of infection, including 16 deaths. Among them, the Shanghai new case of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases. Hunan Province briefing this morning case of human infection with H7N9 retrospective case, the patient back to health.
On the development of the epidemic, CDC experts said today that the H7N9 avian influenza virus has not yet form an effective human-to-human transmission, will not change the existing prevention and control strategies.
Previously, reports of human infection H7H9 avian influenza cases of family aggregation type. Some media reported that the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection wrote Dr. Xiang Quangang that this virus may be limited human-to-human transmission. Feng Zijian, director of the China CDC health emergency center, said the virus still is from birds to people, there is no formation of an effective human-to-human transmission.
Feng Zijian: the number of contact and poultry, but very few people incidence, indicating that the avian influenza virus is not easily infected. Human infection, can lead to specific population susceptible to infection, which is the basis of limited human-to-human transmission. A transmission of a few people, or the spread of multi-generational phenomenon of the second generation of cases three generations of cases, from the epidemiological called a limited number of human-to-human transmission, do not have this phenomenon.
At present, H7N9 avian influenza, health and disease control departments to take active screening strategies, screening objects include not only patients with influenza-like illness, including those engaged in poultry slaughter, breeding and other high-risk groups, but also for the general population random detection. Feng Zijian, this prevention and control measures should be encouraged, but at the national level, it will not change the existing prevention and control strategies.
Feng Zijian: Health and Family Planning Commission does not require to carry out national screening program, there is no evidence to change the prevention and control measures. Taken around the active surveillance measures, it is difficult as a national deployment, place of work or should be encouraged.
State Administration of Traditional human infection of H7N9 avian influenza epidemic prevention and control work leading group office director Xuzhi Ren said today that currently 77 confirmed cases of Chinese medicine involved in the treatment of 24 cases of Chinese medicine early disease, avian influenza effect is obvious.
Xuzhi Ren: Beijing cases illustrates the problem. Treatment with Tamiflu 15 hours burning is no retreat, Chinese three hours to burn slowly down.
Ministry of Agriculture informed today that, as of now, only in the the sample and feral pigeons samples of live poultry market in the isolated H7N9 avian influenza virus H7N9 isolated from samples collected in the livestock and poultry farms, wild bird habitat and slaughterhouses were not avian influenza virus, poultry farms around the investigation and no abnormal situation. http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-04-17/195226857599.shtml
