According to the Shanghai health sector, active surveillance, diagnosis, and in accordance with the law to the public by the National Health and Family Planning Organization experts, Shanghai found two cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza. Medical observation, so far, all close contacts of the cases were not found similar symptoms and morbidity. Shanghai this year, the flu, pneumonia is generally stable, and no significant increase compared with the same period in the last three years the incidence. The health sector has been further strengthened monitoring prevention and control of infectious diseases of the respiratory tract.
Recently, two patients in the city, Lee, Wu because of fever, cough and other symptoms to the hospital, was diagnosed with severe pneumonia after she died. The early onset of both influenza-like symptoms, a week after symptoms develop into pneumonia and was progressively increased, two patients had chronic underlying disease history. Lee before the onset of his two sons are also due to similar symptoms to the hospital for treatment, the eldest son was diagnosed with a lung infection, pneumonia, has been cured; youngest son was diagnosed with severe pneumonia after she died. They were not detected in the H7N9 avian influenza.
Hospital has public health to the City Center and the City of clinical disease prevention and control center for inspection Lee Wu from patients, the Municipal Public Health Clinical Center for Disease Prevention and Control Center in a timely manner to carry out the relevant laboratory screening, has ruled out infection seasonal flu, H1N1, people infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) and SARS, novel coronavirus might further testing, found that patients may be infected can not be sub-type of influenza virus. Recognized after the detection of the China Disease Prevention and Control Center for Influenza A H7N9 avian flu virus.
Municipal Health Bureau has deployed medical and health institutions at all levels to strengthen the monitoring of influenza, unexplained pneumonia and other respiratory diseases, highly concerned about the unexplained pneumonia, and found similar cases, good case reports in a timely manner according to specifications, sample collection, laboratory testing and medical treatment and other work, and earnestly safeguard the public health.
According to experts, according to who is in close contact with medical observation, is not suggesting that the virus has strong interpersonal communication skills. The experts suggest that the event of fever, cough and other symptoms of acute respiratory infections, especially high fever, breathing difficulties, you should seek immediate medical attention. Keep wash their hands, cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing and other personal hygiene can be effective in preventing influenza and other respiratory diseases. Should also avoid contact and edible disease (dead) livestock.
