Nanfang Daily News (Reporter / Cao Si) Health and Family Planning Commission of China National reported yesterday, Shanghai and Anhui Province, China found three cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza, including the Shanghai two male patients died, Anhui female patients in critical condition .According to reports, H7N9 avian influenza virus is the world's first discovery of a new subtype of influenza virus have not been included in our statutory report infectious disease monitoring and reporting system, experts are further determine its virulence and interpersonal communication skills.
Yesterday, the provincial CDC chief expert, He Jianfeng, director of the Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview with Nanfang Daily reporter, Guangdong has not yet found infected with H7N9 avian influenza, "However, Guangdong has entered the high incidence of influenza season, we will closely Concerned about the monitoring system. "
No epidemiological association between the three cases
According to the notification of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Shanghai patients Lee, male, 87 years old, the incidence February 19, March 4 died after active rescue; patients Wu, male, 27 years old, 27 February onset March 10, died after active rescue. Patients with Chuzhou City, Anhui Province Mr. Han, female, 35 years old, incidence March 9, is currently in critical condition, Nanjing, Jiangsu active treatment.
3 cases of clinical manifestations are the early symptoms of respiratory tract infection such as fever, cough, and then developed severe pneumonia and breathing difficulties. According to reports, the current epidemiological association was not found between the three cases. The specific source of infection of the three cases diagnosed patients is unclear. In addition, 3 cases of 88 close contacts were not unusual.
The world for the first time found a new subtype of influenza A virus
According to the notification, the two cases diagnosed patients died in early March. Why the National Health and Family Planning Commission on March 31 announced the epidemic?
National Health and Family Planning Commission, said the people infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus is the world's first discovery of a new subtype of influenza A virus, have not been included in our statutory report infectious disease monitoring and reporting system.
According to reports, medical and health institutions in Shanghai had found out that the cases in a timely manner to carry out the relevant laboratory screening, has ruled out the infected with seasonal H1N1 and H3N2 influenza, H1N1 influenza, people infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) as well as SARS, the novel coronavirus might. On the afternoon of March 29, the Chinese Center for Disease Control H7N9 avian influenza virus isolated from the specimens of the related cases March 30, the National Health and Family Planning Organization experts, according to the clinical manifestations, laboratory testing and epidemiological findings, the diagnosis of three patients with human infection of H7N9 avian influenza confirmed cases, and on March 31 in accordance with the law to the community announced.
No vaccine for the H7N9 virus
Jianfeng Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses. The influenza virus can be divided into A (A), (B), C III (C). Influenza can be divided according to the characteristics of the influenza virus HxNx 135 subtypes, the H7N9 subtype of avian influenza virus is one of them.
He revealed that Guangdong have not found infected with H7N9 avian influenza, also did not find cases of H5N1. "But then we will continue to pay close attention to flu monitoring systems and the unknown pneumonia monitoring system, after all, Guangdong has entered a period of high incidence of influenza."
Now H7N9 virus infection has caused two deaths and one person in critical condition, the virus of mass destruction in the end how much? Jianfeng said the past found no case of human infection of H7N9, "before occurred in the Netherlands H7N7 infection, a total of 89 people infected with the virus, the death of one person, we found that both the spread of the virus and pathogenic control H7N9 and H7N7 sex is not very strong, more in poultry between common H5N1 are opportunistic infections. "the website of the Ministry of Health revealed that the virus-induced disease is very limited research data, the experts are on The virulence of the virus and the human ability to spread further judgment.
Infected persons appear early symptoms, seek immediate medical attention if you can get effective treatment? According to the information revealed by the Ministry of Health, the gene sequence analysis showed that antiviral drugs for influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors class sensitive, but it remains to be seen of specific treatment of newly discovered human H7N9 avian influenza virus infection, home and abroad there is no vaccine against the H7N9 avian influenza virus.
