Yang County, Shaanxi Province, Xi'an BEIJING, May 2 (Tian Jin edge peak) is called "the hometown of Crested Ibis" In recent days there have been 40 students admitted for treatment of fever, diarrhea and other symptoms start to appear. Yangxian official revealed to reporters BEIJING, temporarily exclude the infection of H7N9 avian influenza and other respiratory disease may initially diagnosed as acute intestinal infection. As at 5:00 p.m. on the 2nd, nine students were cured, there are 30 students in the county hospital for treatment. The etiology is still under investigation. April 28, in Middle Vocational Education Center 8 students suffered from fever, diarrhea and other symptoms, have visited a local hospital. In recent days, the local hospital and gradually admitted students of similar symptoms. As at 5:00 p.m. on the 2nd, the county hospital has treated a total of fever, diarrhea 40 students. A 16-year-old male student fever of 40.0 ° C, transferred to Hanzhong Central Hospital for further treatment due to serious condition. In Yangxian propaganda office staff told BEIJING interview with reporters, said local hospital admissions immediately reported to the county health, disease control and other departments, the county set up an emergency the treatment leading group, with allied health professionals responsible for diagnosis and treatment. Local hospital patients detailed epidemiological investigation and necessary blood, chest X-ray or other examinations, according to the epidemiological investigations and laboratory examinations, Hanzhong City and Yang County medical experts examining consultation temporarily exclude infection H7N9 avian influenza and other respiratory disease may initially diagnosed as acute intestinal infection. As at 5:00 p.m. on the 2nd, nine students have already been cured, there are 30 students in the local hospital for treatment, his condition is stable. The etiology is still under investigation. Yang County is located in the southern part of Shaanxi Province, is Hanzhong City, North Qinling Mountains, south of Bashan, the world's rare birds "Oriental gem" the Crested Ibis wild habitat and captivity kinds of sources. http://news.sohu.com/20130502/n374641658.shtml
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Scared because of false reports bird flu
On 2.5, TS-BS Le Hoang Son, director of the Hospital (Hospital) Pediatric Tho, said the situation had happened BV reported rare disease that fake crew puzzled doctors and parents of the patients panicked.
Tho Children's Hospital is always very crowded patients to examination and treatment - Photo: Dinh Tuyen
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28.4 dawn, when I put NKL (5 years old, live P.An Hoa, Ninh Kieu Dist, Can Tho) to check for a fever hospital, seeing patients in the emergency room is crowded, my parents L . said the nurse with her big L. infected with avian influenza by eating poultry disease ... Hearing this, dozens of parents are taking care of pediatric patients in the emergency department was holding the panic run out of room.
The hospital's doctors also reported that speed and leaders fully prepared clothing, protective mask, the number of medications to treat me special for L. BV had to put emergency patients to arrange follow-up specifically isolating patients suspected influenza. However, after the doctor wearing protective gear to the doctor and she suggested to L. the track isolation room, took specimens to be tested, the parents of the grandchildren L. I just said it was just normal fever, not eating sick poultry and close the drive does not have any AI. The family wants me to new medical examination before bird flu reported to be a priority. Soon after, the doctors asked my family L. Sign me written certification no contact with poultry disease patients and their families have reported false. By day 29.4, after doctors remove medical treatment, her family L. I have voluntarily taken the hospital.
TS-BS Le Hoang Son said: "This case is the first reported fake hospital patient encounter. Although the preparation to deal with the flu but is always ready to assume such patients have reported disruptive to the doctors and psychological impact of other patients. "
According to lawyer Tran Thanh Phong, Can Tho City Bar Association, fake illness behavior reported above may not amount to a criminal prosecution, but the need for sanctions have caused fear, anxiety for the and other public disorder.
AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (68): H7N9, USA VIEW
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Emergence of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus causing severe human illness -- China, February-April 2013
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On 29 Mar 2013, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention completed laboratory confirmation of 3 human infections with an avian influenza A(H7N9) virus not previously reported in humans (1). These infections were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 31 Mar 2013, in accordance with International Health Regulations. The cases involved 2 adults in Shanghai and one in Anhui Province. All 3 patients had severe pneumonia, developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and died from their illness (2). The cases were not epidemiologically linked. The detection of these cases initiated a cascade of activities in China, including diagnostic test development, enhanced surveillance for new cases, and investigations to identify the source(s) of infection. No evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission has been found, and no human cases of H7N9 virus infection have been detected outside China. This report summarizes recent findings and recommendations for preparing and responding to potential H7N9 cases in the United States. Clinicians should consider the diagnosis of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection in persons with acute respiratory illness and relevant exposure history and should contact their state health departments regarding specimen collection and facilitation of confirmatory testing.
Epidemiologic investigation
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As of 29 Apr 2013, China had reported 126 confirmed H7N9 infections in humans, among whom 24 (19 per cent) died (1). Cases have been confirmed in 8 contiguous provinces in eastern China (Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Zhejiang), 2 municipalities (Beijing and Shanghai), and Taiwan. Illness onset of confirmed cases occurred during 19 Feb-29 Apr 2013. The source of the human infections remains under investigation. Almost all confirmed cases have been sporadic, with no epidemiologic link to other human cases, and are presumed to have resulted from exposure to infected birds (3,4). Among 82 confirmed cases for which exposure information is available, 63 (77 per cent) involved reported exposure to live animals, primarily chickens (76 per cent) and ducks (20 per cent) (3). However, at least 3 family clusters of 2 or 3 confirmed cases have been reported where limited human-to-human transmission might have occurred (3).
The median age of patients with confirmed infection is 61 years (interquartile range: 48-74); 17 (21 per cent) of the cases are among persons aged 75 years or older and 58 (71 per cent) of the cases are among males. Only 4 cases have been confirmed among children; in addition, a specimen from one asymptomatic child was positive for H7N9 by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). Among the 71 cases for which complete data are available, 54 (76 per cent) patients had at least one underlying health condition (3). Most of the confirmed cases involved severe respiratory illness. Of 82 confirmed cases for which data were available as of 17 Apr 2013, 81 (99 per cent) required hospitalization (3). Among those patients hospitalized, 17 (21 per cent) died of ARDS or multiorgan failure, 60 (74 per cent) remained hospitalized, and only 4 (5 per cent) had been discharged (3).
Chinese public health officials have investigated human contacts of patients with confirmed H7N9. In a detailed report of a follow-up investigation of 1689 contacts of 82 infected persons, including health care workers who cared for those patients, no transmission to close contacts of confirmed cases was reported, although investigations including serologic studies are ongoing (3). In addition, influenza surveillance systems in China have identified no sign of increased community transmission of this virus. Seasonal influenza A(pH1N1) and influenza B viruses continue to circulate among persons in areas where H7N9 cases have been detected, and the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that rates of influenza-like illness are consistent with expected seasonal levels.
CDC, along with state and local health departments, is continuing epidemiologic and laboratory surveillance for influenza in the United States. On 5 Apr 2013, CDC requested state and local health departments to initiate enhanced surveillance for H7N9 among symptomatic patients who had returned from China in the previous 10 days (5). As of 29 Apr 2013, 37 such travelers had been reported to CDC by 18 states. Among those 37 travelers, none were found to have infection with H7N9; 7 had an infection with a seasonal influenza virus, one had rhinovirus, one had respiratory syncytial virus, and 28 were negative for influenza A and B. Among 31 cases with known patient age, 7 travelers were aged less than 18 years, 13 were aged 18-64 years, and 11 were aged 65 years or older. In addition, influenza activity in the United States is low and continues to decrease, with morbidity and mortality surveillance systems reporting activity below seasonal baseline levels. Although low numbers of influenza viruses are being detected, the majority in recent weeks have been influenza B.
Laboratory investigation
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As of 30 Apr 2013, Chinese investigators had posted 19 partial or complete genome sequences from avian influenza A(H7N9) viruses to a publicly available database at the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (http://www.gisaid.org). Sequences are from viruses infecting 12 humans and 5 birds, and 2 are from viruses collected from the environment. These sequences indicate that all 8 genes of the H7N9 virus are of avian origin, with the closest phylogenetic relatives from 3 Eurasian influenza virus lineages (H7N3 from domestic ducks, H7N9 from wild birds, and H9N2 from birds widely distributed throughout East Asia). In addition, genetic changes in the sequences are present that have been associated with adaptations leading to enhanced virus binding to and replication in mammalian respiratory cells and increased severity of infection (2,4,6).
Immediately after notification by Chinese health authorities of the H7N9 cases, CDC began development of a new H7 diagnostic test for use with the existing CDC influenza rRT-PCR kit. This test has been designed to diagnose infection with Eurasian H7 viruses, including the recently recognized China H7N9 and other representative H7 viruses from Southeast Asia and Bangladesh. On 22 Apr 2013, this new H7 test was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an in vitro diagnostic test under an Emergency Use Authorization, thus allowing distribution and use of the test in the United States. The CDC H7 rRT-PCR test is now available to all qualified US public health and US Department of Defense laboratories and WHO-recognized National Influenza Centers globally and can be ordered from the Influenza Reagent Resource (http://www.influenzareagentresource.org). Access to the CDC H7 rRT-PCR test protocol is available at http:/www.cdc.gov/flu/clsis. Guidance on appropriate biosafety levels for working with the virus and suspect clinical specimens is being developed.
Animal investigation and US animal health preparedness activities
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As of 26 Apr 2013, reports from the China Ministry of Agriculture indicate that 68 060 bird and environmental specimens have been tested, 46 (0.07 per cent) were confirmed H7N9-positive by culture (7). The H7N9 virus has been confirmed in chickens, ducks, pigeons (feral and captive), and environmental samples in 4 of the 8 provinces and in Shanghai municipality. As of 17 Apr 2013, approximately 4150 swine and environmental samples from farms and slaughterhouses were reported to have been tested; all swine samples were negative. (Additional information available at http://www.chinacdc.cn). The China Ministry of Agriculture is jointly engaged with the National Health and Family Planning Commission in conducting animal sampling to assist in ascertaining the extent of the animal reservoir of the H7N9 virus. Sampling of animals is concentrated in the provinces and cities where human cases have been reported. Poultry markets in Shanghai and other affected areas have been closed temporarily, and some markets might remain closed.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set up a Situational Awareness Coordination Unit with a core team of subject matter experts and other USDA representatives, including the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Service. USDA and CDC are working collaboratively to understand the epidemiology of H7N9 infections among humans and animals in China. To date, no evidence of this strain of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus has been identified in animals in the United States. The US government does not allow importation of live birds, poultry, and hatching eggs from countries affected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. The current US surveillance program for avian influenza in commercial poultry actively tests for any form of avian influenza virus and would be expected to detect avian influenza A(H7N9) if it were introduced to the United States. A screening test for avian influenza is available from the National Animal Health Laboratory Network and the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL), which can be used together with confirmatory tests at NVSL to detect this strain of avian influenza A(H7N9) in poultry and wild bird samples.
Editorial note
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The epidemiology of H7N9 infections in humans so far reveals that most symptomatic patients are older (median age: 61 years), most are male (71 per cent), and most had underlying medical conditions. In comparison, among the 45 avian influenza A(H5N1) cases reported from China during 2003-2013, the median patient age is 26 years (8). This difference in median age might represent actual differences in exposure or susceptibility to H7N9 virus infection and clinical illness, or preliminary H7N9 case identification approaches might be more likely to capture cases in older persons. Ongoing surveillance and case-control studies are needed to better understand the epidemiology of H7N9 virus infections, and to determine whether younger persons might be more mildly affected, and therefore less likely to be detected via surveillance.
Available animal testing data and human case histories indicate that most human patients have poultry exposure; however, relatively few H7N9 virus-infected birds have been detected. During the month after recognition of H7N9, increasing numbers of infected humans have been identified in additional areas of eastern China, suggesting possible widespread occurrence of H7N9 virus in poultry. Enhanced surveillance in poultry and other birds in China is needed to better clarify the magnitude of H7N9 virus infection in birds and to better target control measures for preventing further transmission.
The emergence of this previously unknown avian influenza A(H7N9) virus as a cause of severe respiratory disease and death in humans raises numerous public health concerns. First, the virus has several genetic differences compared with other avian influenza A viruses. These genetic changes have been evaluated previously in ferret and mouse studies with other influenza A viruses, including highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, and were associated with respiratory droplet transmission, increased binding of the virus to receptors on cells in the respiratory tract of mammals, increased virulence, and increased replication of virus (5). Epidemiologic investigations have not yielded conclusive evidence of sustained human-to-human H7N9 virus transmission; however, further adaptation of the virus in mammals might lead to more efficient and sustained transmission among humans. Second, human illness with H7N9 virus infection, characterized by lower respiratory tract disease with progression to ARDS and multiorgan failure, is significantly more severe than in previously reported infection with other H7 viruses. Over a 2-month period, 24 deaths (19 per cent of cases) have occurred, compared with only one human death attributed to other subtypes of H7 virus reported previously. Third, H7N9-infected poultry are the likely source of infection in humans, but might not display illness symptoms. Consequently, efforts to detect infection in poultry and prevent virus transmission will be challenging for countries lacking a surveillance program for actively identifying low-pathogenicity avian influenza in poultry. In the United States, an active surveillance program is in place that routinely identifies low-pathogenicity viruses. If this newly recognized H7N9 is detected, public health and animal health officials should identify means for monitoring the spread of asymptomatic H7N9 virus infections in poultry and maintain vigilance for virus adaptation and early indications of potential human-to-human transmission.
Beginning in early April 2013, CDC and US state and local health departments initiated enhanced surveillance for H7N9 virus infections in patients with a travel history to affected areas. A new CDC influenza rRT-PCR diagnostic test has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration under an Emergency Use Authorization and is being distributed to public health laboratories to assist in evaluating these suspect cases. Clinicians should consider the possibility of H7N9 virus infection in patients with illness compatible with influenza who 1) have traveled within 10 days of illness onset to countries where avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection recently has been detected in humans or animals, or 2) have had recent contact (within 10 days of illness onset) with a person confirmed to have infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. Because of the potential severity of illness associated with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection, CDC recommends that all H7N9 patients (confirmed, probable, or under investigation for H7N9 infection) receive antiviral treatment with oseltamivir or zanamivir as early as possible. Treatment should be initiated even more than 48 hours after onset of illness. Guidance on testing, treatment, and infection control measures for H7N9 cases has been posted to the CDC H7N9 website (9).
On 5 Apr 2013, CDC posted a Travel Notice on the Traveler's Health website informing travelers and US citizens living in China of the current H7N9 cases in China and reminding them to practice good hand hygiene, follow food safety practices, and avoid contact with animals (10). CDC and WHO do not recommend restricting travel to China at this time. If travelers to China become ill with influenza signs or symptoms (such as, fever, cough, or shortness of breath) during or after returning from their visit, they should seek medical treatment and inform their doctor about their recent travel. Travelers should continue to visithttp://www.cdc.gov/travel or follow @CDCtravel on Twitter for up-to-date information about CDC's travel recommendations.
Given the number and severity of human H7N9 illnesses in China, CDC and its partners are taking steps to develop a H7N9 candidate vaccine virus. Past serologic studies evaluating immune response to H7 subtypes of influenza viruses have shown no existing cross-reactive antibodies in human sera. In addition, CDC has activated its Emergency Operations Center to coordinate efforts. In the United States, planning for H7N9 vaccine clinical trials is under way. Although no decision has been made to initiate an H7N9 vaccination program in the United States, CDC recommends that local authorities and preparedness programs take time to review and update their pandemic influenza vaccine preparedness plans because it could take several months to ready a vaccination program, if one becomes necessary.
CDC also recommends that public health agencies review their overall pandemic influenza plans to identify operational gaps and to ensure administrative readiness for an influenza pandemic. Continued collaboration between the human and animal health sectors is essential to better understand the epidemiology and ecology of H7N9 infections among humans and animals and target control measures for preventing further transmission.
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[The preceding report provides an account of the current H7N9 outbreak from a US perspective (the complete report and references are available at the source URL above). State and local health authorities are being encouraged to review pandemic influenza preparedness plans to ensure response readiness. Clinicians in the US should consider H7N9 virus infection in recent travelers from China who exhibit signs and symptoms consistent with influenza. Patients with H7N9 virus infection (laboratory-confirmed, probable, or under investigation) should receive antiviral treatment with oral oseltamivir or inhaled zanamivir as early as possible.
The report includes a map of the confirmed cases and deaths from avian influenza A(H7N9) in China as of 29 Apr 2013. At that point China had reported 126 confirmed cases of H7N9 infection, of which 24 (19 per cent) have resulted in death. The map displays the locations of the confirmed cases in 8 contiguous provinces in eastern China (Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Zhejiang), 2 municipalities (Shanghai and Beijing), and Taiwan. http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20130502.1686919
WHO warning risk outbreak influenza pandemic poultry H7N9
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According figures of WHO, at Trung Quoc calculated to now has have at least 125 ca flu infection H7N9, in which 24 person mortality.http://thethaovanhoa.vn/quoc-te/who-canh-bao-nguy-co-bung-phat-dai-dich-cum-gia-cam-h7n9-n20130502135945381.htm
China reports 27th death from H7N9 bird flu
China reports 27th death from H7N9 bird flu
BEIJING: A man in central China has died from the H7N9 flu virus, state media said Thursday, bringing the toll from a new outbreak to to 27.
The 55-year-old whose surname was given as Jiao died on Wednesday in Hunan province after receiving medical treatment, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities.
Xinhua earlier Thursday reported that 26 people had died from the virus, indicating two more deaths from previous reported tallies.
More than 120 people have been diagnosed with the virus since it was first reported in late March, with most cases confined to eastern China.
The only one reported outside the mainland has been in Taiwan, although that victim was infected in China.
Experts fear the possibility of the virus mutating into a form easily transmissible between humans, with the potential to trigger a pandemic.
The World Health Organization has said so far there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission but warned H7N9 is "one of the most lethal" influenza viruses ever seen.
Chinese health officials have acknowledged so-called "family clusters", where members of a single family have become infected, but have not established any confirmed instances of human-to-human transmission.
Most of the cases reported have not yet resulted in death, and some patients have been discharged from hospital after apparently recovering. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-reports-27th-death-from-h7n9-bird-/661474.html?
"Avian epidemic" Ko Wing-man's visit to Beijing this afternoon for H7N9
on May 02, 2013 16:05 Harbour communication
Secretary for Food and Health Bureau, Mr Ko Wing Man will be held this afternoon for Beijing, met the delegation and the national health and family planning committee and officials of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China led by tomorrow, for avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in mainland. view the two prevention and control measures taken in response to the H7N9 virus to further strengthen bilateral associated. Members of the delegation include the Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Food), Mrs Marion Lai, Director of Health, Dr Constance Chan, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department for Food Safety, Gloria Tam, Assistant Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (Inspection and Quarantine) Dr Thomas Sit and Hospital Authority Chief Manager (Infection, Emergency Services) Liu Shaohuai. The delegation will tomorrow night to Hong Kong.
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Jiangxi H7N9 bird flu after she died
2013-05-02 17:11
May 2, according to China National Radio, Tonggu County, Jiangxi Province of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza in patients with confirmed cases Jiaomou due to critical condition, He died, and died on May 1.
Up to now, Jiangxi were found infected with the H7N9 avian flu case in 5 cases, no new cases. http://kuaixun.stcn.com/2013/0502/10455664.shtml
Human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China – update 2
02-05-2013
As of 29 April 2013, 125 laboratory-confirmed human cases with A(H7N9) virus infection, including 24 fatalities, have been reported in China from eight provinces (Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong and Zhejiang) and two municipalities (Beijing and Shanghai). In addition, one case has been reported from the Taipei Centers for Disease Control.
WHO/Europe produces a weekly update – including a risk assessment, recommendations and key references and guidance – for countries in the WHO European Region.
More information
http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/communicable-diseases/influenza/news/news/2013/05/human-infections-with-avian-influenza-ah7n9-virus-in-china-update-2
Mild case of bird flu in Emsland!
In their own checks, the mild form of avian flu was (H7 type) found in laying hens in a free range in the district of Emsland.
Mild case of bird flu in Emsland! In controls, a mild case of bird flu has been discovered in an operation in Emsland. http://www.webnews.de/1479543/fall-milder-vogelgrippe-im-emsland-
Israel Bird flu drill to be held next week
Bird flu drill to be held next week
05/02/2013 10:59
As part of a series of actions to increase preparedness for bird flu, the Agriculture Ministry will hold exercises on Monday and Tuesday as to how to cope with the disease should it emerge in the country's northern poultry farms. The North contains many densely packed farms of egg-laying hens, fattened livestock, turkeys and reproducing animals, the ministry said.
Should an outbreak of bird flu occur in one of the chicken coops, the disease could easily spread to farms nearby.
The poultry industry represents 17 percent of Israeli agriculture, and about 65% of the battery hens and 17% of the fattened poultry livestock are located in the North. About 2 billion eggs and 100,000 tons of chicken for food from the region is annually marketed to the Israeli public, the ministry said. The last bird flu outbreak in Israel occurred in March 2012, and the disease was eliminated efficiently, the ministry added. http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=311783&R=R101
Should an outbreak of bird flu occur in one of the chicken coops, the disease could easily spread to farms nearby.
The poultry industry represents 17 percent of Israeli agriculture, and about 65% of the battery hens and 17% of the fattened poultry livestock are located in the North. About 2 billion eggs and 100,000 tons of chicken for food from the region is annually marketed to the Israeli public, the ministry said. The last bird flu outbreak in Israel occurred in March 2012, and the disease was eliminated efficiently, the ministry added. http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=311783&R=R101
Hunan H7N9 patients where he died.
Xinhua News Agency microblogging "exclusive report", Tonggu County, Jiangxi Province, the H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases Jiaomou of Hunan had admitted and died.
The patient in critical condition, was the morning of the 1st died due to multiple organ failure.
In addition, 1 pm, Hunan Province Health Department of Hunan new case of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases, the Shaoyang patients Zhao history of exposure to poultry before the onset of the current critical condition. A total of 128 confirmed cases between the two sides. http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/293898
"Corona" reaps 5 new deaths in Saudi Arabia
Saudi police began to take precautionary measures in anticipation of the spread of the disease
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) - announced that the health authorities in Saudi Arabia Thursday, for the registration of seven new cases of HIV, "Corona", a virus deadly causing flu, died five of them, while still cases the other two shall receive treatment and care units Concentrated.
The Saudi Ministry of Health that the incidence of new HIV "Corona", all were monitored in the province of "Eastern", the largest provinces of the eastern region in the Kingdom, during the past few days.
The ministry said in a statement reported by the Saudi Press Agency that it "is doing all the precautionary measures for Mkhaltin for people, as routers local and international scientific sampling of them to see if there are cases among them."
She noted that she has been so far, recording 17 confirmed cases of the disease, at the world level.
The virus " Corona "A viruses that infect the respiratory tract, which represents 15 per cent of influenza viruses that affect humans.
This is also a new style, does not yet exist on the level of the world accurate information about the source of the virus, and its modes of transmission, as there is no vaccine or
preventive antibiotic treatment for the virus.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Scientists are unable to confirm the route of infection mystery, like the H7N9 virus
Halle, a biology professor Ke Kule (Alexander Kekule) said: "We do not understand why the H7N9 virus will cause this strange infection in the human body." Compelling scientific theory is easy, especially between poultry borne viruses rarely spread from poultry to human body. This new type of H7N9 virus seems to overturn this claim. Biosafety Institute Ke Kule explains: "The virus in birds who almost do not see any signs of sick." Not aware of birds or infected with the virus, so the chicken with the H7N9 virus duck poultry or pigeons consumption risk.
Ke Kule say a disturbing message: "According to the genetic analysis we can conclude that the virus must have been in humans or other mammals, such as pigs, latent for some time. "
The virus during the incubation period to adapt to the new environment, and choose the best shelter in the human body - Hu respiratory tract.
April 1, WHO has reported, for the first time this new type of avian influenza virus in eastern China was confirmed in three patients contaminated by the H7N9 virus. Subsequently about a month, WHO issued the number of infections has risen to 126 cases and 24 deaths. According to the authorities, this is a deadly influenza pathogens. Some Asian countries have introduced tougher airport screening measures.
The spread of the epidemic
Experts are facing a frightening problem: this new type of avian influenzavirus will trigger a large-scale epidemic around the world, resulting in millions of deaths. This does not have a clear answer.
A flu virus must occur gene conversion, an easy human-to-human transmission of the virus to be able to cause a worldwide pandemic, experts believe that the H7N9 virus has not this happens.
According to WHO, so far there is no indication that the persistent interpersonal communication. But one thing is sure, stained with H7N9 patients, some patients had not been and poultry have been in contact. The Keku Le concludes: "So, the way of the virus in other mammals, or the possibility of human-to-human transmission is very large."
But the virologists think H7N9 is far less than the extent of the terrorist virus: "The virus must be experienced in order to achieve the multiple genetic changes cause the extent of the pandemic." Ke Kule optimistic It added that, so far, has not monitored H7 viruses in the human spread of the phenomenon.
Faces an uncertain future
Robert Koch, the (Robert-Koch-Institut) Suzanne Grice Mach, Susanne Glasmacher stressed that an avian influenza virus gene changes the direction of the interpersonal communication, and can not make predictions this.
The current H7N9 virus and the H5N1 avian influenza virus in a few years ago. We have seen the killing of animals due to the impact of the H5N1 avian flu, poultry farms in Germany. Since 2003, world- wide, more than 370 people died of the H5N1 avian influenza virus. And the incidence of H5N1 symptoms similar to suffering from H7N9 avian influenza disease poison the patient's onset of symptoms, including severe pneumonia. The typical clinical manifestations there are high fever, and on Hu respiratory tract infections and Hu dyspnea. WHO said that there are some patients, the symptoms are not obvious. http://www.aboluowang.com/2013/0502/302997.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#.UYHdnLVwe8A
Second case from Hunan raises H7N9 total to 128
Lisa Schnirring 
Staff Writer
May 1, 2013 (CIDRAP News) – The new H7N9 avian flu virus has been detected in one more patient in China, a finding that edges the number of cases in the outbreak to 128, which includes 24 deaths.
The patient is a 69-year-old man from Hunan province, located in south central China, according to a statement today from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The man—Hunan province's second H7N9 case-patient—is hospitalized in critical condition.
Today is International Worker's Day in China, a public holiday. May 1 is known as Labor Day in Hong Kong, where it is also designated as a public holiday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday updated its frequently asked question background information on the H7N9 virus, which said that although evidence points to live poultry as the source of infections, investigations haven't confirmed that the birds are the primary or only source.
Addressing the role of live-bird markets in the transmission of the virus, the WHO said the markets should be periodically closed and emptied of all birds for regular cleaning. New birds brought into the market should be regularly sampled and tested to detect diseases early.
The WHO said regular maintenance of market environments can help minimize economic disruptions and the impact on a key source of protein for people. It also noted that the markets help ensure that the bird trade isn't diverted to channels of uncontrolled sales.
Until more information is known about the infections, it's difficult to determine if the H7N9 virus poses a significant risk of person-to-person spread in the community, the WHO said. "This possibility is the subject of epidemiological investigations that are now taking place."
It's not known yet whether H7N9 is a pandemic threat, the agency said. Animal viruses that infect people theoretically carry a pandemic risk, but some animal influenza viruses known to infect people haven't sparked pandemics.
Regarding potential risks to healthcare workers, the WHO said standard and extra precautions should be taken when caring for patients with suspected or confirmed H7N9 infections. In China and Taiwan, monitoring of close contacts of H7N9 patients turned up some instances of respiratory symptoms in health workers who cared for H7N9 patients, but so far tests have not confirmed H7N9 flu in any worker.
In other developments, a rush to publish scientific papers based on H7N9 genetic sequences that the Chinese National Influenza Center uploaded to the GISAID database early in the outbreak has sparked worries that China might not receive credit for its efforts to isolate and sequence the virus, according to a news report in Nature today.
One of the points of conflict involves a genetic analysis and case study that Chinese scientists submitted to the New England of Journal of Medicine on Apr 5. At about that time, the researchers learned that other groups were preparing papers or had already published studies on the sequences that Chinese researchers had uploaded to GISAID.
At that time the Chinese researchers also learned that pharmaceutical company Novartis and the J. Craig Venter Institute had used the uploaded sequences to develop US-funded H7N9 vaccine without collaboration with the Chinese team, according to Nature. The Chinese researchers believed that the usage wasn't handled in the spirit of the GISAID database, which requires scientists who use the sequences to credit and propose collaboration with those who deposited the data.
A spokeswoman from Novartis said the company explored research collaboration with China and is committed to sharing meaningful insights from the vaccine work with Chinese officials, Nature reported.
Kristine Sheedy, PhD, associate director of communication science at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), toldNature that the CDC's use of the sequences isn't part of the misunderstandings. She added that the agency has had strong ongoing collaborations with China since the start of the outbreak. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/may0113china.html
Thailand-Four ministries draft emergency plan to prepare for h7n9 bird-flu threat
Four ministries will propose to the Cabinet an urgent plan of action to prepare for a possible pandemic of the deadly bird flu H7N9, as well as other emerging diseases.
The four ministries - Public Health, Natural Resources and Environment, Agriculture and Cooperatives, and Interior - are drafting an emergency-preparedness plan to combat a possible pandemic of the influenza virus H7N9, which has killed 22 people and infected 108 others in China.The plan will be submitted to Cabinet and a meeting of a national committee to prevent and handle the new emerging disease, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasob Suraswadi, according to Disease Control Department director-general Dr Pornthep Siriwanarangson.
The urgent action to prevent spread of the outbreak and compensation for poultry farmers will be included under this plan, as well as the establishment of a subcommittee to oversee measures to control any pandemic, he added.
The plan is based on a draft by the Livestock Development, Disease Control, National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation departments.
So far there has been no sign of a pandemic in Thailand, but Pornthep suggested the agencies should keep a close eye on birds along the coastal areas, such as seagulls. They also need to conduct a surveillance system for poultry farms located along the flight paths of migratory birds.
Information on the movement across boundaries of live poultry is also needed to monitor any threat of an H7N9 outbreak, he added.
"Personally I believe the outbreak of this avian flu virus will reach Thailand by October, because of the rainy season. It will also deal a psychological blow to the poultry industry, not only in frozen chickens but cooked chicken as well," he said.
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Yukol Limlaemthong said he expected the meeting with Plodprasob to come up with a concrete and systematic plan to deal with any outbreak.
The plan would follow previous ones adopted with the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009.
He also ordered livestock officials to monitor the situation around the clock and, in the eventuality of an outbreak of H7N9 bird flu, instructed them to use disinfectant immediately to kill the virus and slaughter infected poultry as a main measure to control it.
"The H7N9 bird-flu virus is spreading in China. Currently, however, we have good luck, as the migratory birds are flying back to their homes in the northern part of the world.
"We can breathe now - but after the rainy season, if the virus still exists in China, the migratory birds might come back here again. This would be the worst time," he said.
Dr Anan Sirimongkolkasem, president of the Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association, said he was worried that the processed-chicken industry, worth about Bt70 billion a year, would be affected if a bird-flu pandemic took hold in Thailand.
"We are really worried about chickens that could be infected with the virus but do not display any symptoms," Anan said.
He added that the frozen-chicken industry would be more affected than the cooked-chicken sector.
"We are now monitoring the situation of the H7N9 bird flu pandemic" via the Internet, he said.
Associate Professor Dr Taweesak Songserm, an animal-health expert at Kasetsart University, suggested that relevant agencies set up a laboratory network to monitor the situation and exchange information about any outbreak of the bird fluin the Kingdom.
He added that this virus could be difficult to contain as it had mutated a lot. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Four-ministries-draft-emergency-plan-to-prepare-fo-30205212.html
Pigeons, dwelling building poultry mite invasion bites household
H7N9 outbreak has made people smell the mere mention of birds, Hsinchu Meng Township building adjacent to the Temple of Confucius Plaza often feed the pigeons, makes about 70 pigeons, a stranger to the building, tenants often have to clean the bird droppings or clean up dead feral pigeon, who the poultry mite bites rash all over, complain about "really going crazy!" more worried about H7N9 infection.
Hsinchu City Vice Mayor Yu Jianhua said yesterday it will first call the Environmental Protection Agency to assist the disinfection of the building, and set up in front of the Temple of Confucius prohibit the feeding of pigeons, notices. Hsinchu City Government Property Development conservation chief said Huang Zaidian H7N9 epidemic continues to spread, people should avoid contact with poultry class, do not pick up directly contact with poultry carcasses, contact with birds or bird droppings, should be immediately cleaned with soap double hand and wipe dry.
Meng Township, about 6,70 feral pigeons living in the home building outdoor walls, beams, air conditioning, balcony, the feral pigeon feces covered walls, windows, also fall in the atrium and the surrounding rainy, Mr Zhang Zuyan, Hsinchu City, With the the rainwater inflow of home, residents worry about bringing meningitis, pigeons poultry mites invade homes, households can afford to bites rash, itching all day to stand.
The building director Huang 100 building close to Confucius Temple square in front of many people to the square to feed the pigeons, leading to flock together more, one, two hundred pigeons, of which approximately 60, 70 only in the evening, fly to the building perched residents access to the building should pay attention to pigeon dung "heaven", and occasionally see a dead pigeon in the Atrium, H7N9 menacing, people see pigeons afraid, pigeons, the city government to solve problems.
Households Chen show neck bitten traces, frown complain poultry mites invade your home wall, bed, family body is covered with a rash, scratching caught almost cried, feral pigeon feces and Qing Qing, every night pigeons sound quarreling sleep, leaving residents worried about avian influenza.
The Zhang Zuyan requirements of the City as soon as possible erected in the square in front of the Temple of Confucius "No feeding the pigeons," signs, pigeons, because of the lack of food and find another habitat, but also hope that the city government as soon as possible in the vicinity of disinfection, killing poultry mites, but also kill other feral pigeons carry infectious agents to protect public health.
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19 H7N9 cases reported on Chinese mainland last week
| English.news.cn 2013-05-02 02:18:52
BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland confirmed another 19 cases of H7N9 infection last week, health authorities said on Wednesday.
From 4 p.m. April 24 to 4 p.m. May 1, 19 people were confirmed to have been infected with the new type of bird flu, bringing the total H7N9 cases on the Chinese mainland to 127, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Among the 19 cases, 16 were founded in east China provinces including Jiangsu (3), Zhejiang (4), Jiangxi (5), Fujian (3) and Shandong (1), while 3 were found in central provinces of Hunan (2) and Henan (1), according to the commission.
The virus has killed 26 people in the mainland, while 26 infected people have recovered, the commission said. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/02/c_132352814.htm
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