2013 04 04 08:05 Source: People's Daily - People's Daily mobile phone to read news
For rumors, "there are hundreds of people infected hospitalized, Shanghai health sector response
No significant increase in this year's influenza pneumonia
A widely circulated, micro letter said: hundreds of people have infected hospitalized.In this regard, the health sector in Shanghai on the 3rd responded that Shanghai flu, pneumonia is generally stable since the beginning of this year, compared with the same period in the last three years the incidence was no significant increase.
"As of now, in addition to the diagnosis of medical records, there is no new report unexplained pneumonia." Said Wu Fan, director of the Shanghai Disease Prevention and Control Center, many pathogens causing pneumonia, this season infirm elderly, children are likely to infect a variety of pneumonia pathogens, clinical common. Unexplained pneumonia cases new report but did not get far.
Treatment of H7N9 avian influenza which drug is more effective? In this regard, Wu Fan said that the flu vaccine is developed based on the previous year by the WHO pandemic strains, developed a process should first find out the situation of the H7N9 virus itself, and then determine whether there is a public health significance on the development of vaccines necessary.
Professor Lu Hongzhou, full participation in the two cases where the party secretary of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center said, the best way to combat H7N9 virus is to avoid contact with live poultry. From the treatment work, initially identified the H7N9 avian flu Tamiflu treatment available. The sooner the medication, the better the results.
WHO statement does not rule out the H7N9 avian influenza virus with swine, Wu Fan stressed the limited cases, still do not know the specific source of infection, which class do not know their animal hosts, there was insufficient evidence to prove that the infection originated from pigs. The Agriculture Commission deputy director Yin Europe reiterated, the floating upper reaches of the Huangpu River City Animal CDC recently salvaged the dead pigs sampling 34 retained samples, the universal primers detection of avian influenza, avian influenza virus is not found. Yin the Euro also said, after a comprehensive investigation of the city, found no outbreaks of avian flu and pig, chicken and pork Shanghai market is safe to eat. http://society.people.com.cn/n/2013/0404/c1008-21023412.html
