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  • #76
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    Clock 南山 called the birds and beasts the flu threaten still in or presently high send 2 to June
    2008-03-07 05:11

    [ The on.cc special news ] the National People's Congress representative, Chinese Academy of Science academician clock 南山 indicated that, the birds and beasts flu threatened still exists, or could appear Gao Fach'i by from February to June. Will appear on the short-term Hong Kong has has a fever, the cough and flows case of illness which cold symptom the and so on nose water 3 year old girl will not govern dies, clock 南山 clarifies this girl to infect by no means the birds and beasts flu, but will be the H3N2 virus. Last month the Shantou birds and beasts flu patient had obviously contacts the dead chicken dead birds and beasts history, but also has eaten the chicken, this explained the birds and beasts flu danger also existed. Clock 南山 is not certainly pessimistic to the present situation, because of through the monitor discovery, has not all infected the birds and beasts flu with the Shantou birds and beasts flu patient close contact, therefore this case of illness only was the birds and beasts has bequeathed the person, but nobody taught other people http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...3fid%3d8141937
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    • #77
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      China still faces human bird flu risk - MoH

      SHANGHAI. March 14 (Interfax-China) -

      China still faces the risk of a human bird flu outbreak, according to a report released today by the Ministry of Health (MoH).

      In its report on national emergency public health incidents in February, MoH said the three provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan each reported one case of a human infected with bird flu, and that all confirmed it to be the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infection H5N1.

      In addition, new human bird flu cases had also been reported in countries neighboring China, the report said.

      The report also said that in February, 60 emergency public health incidents affecting 6,381 people were reported across the country, representing a growth of 30.43 percent and 347.48 percent, respectively, compared to the same period last year.

      However, more than 86 percent of the reported cases were from the 25 outbreaks of measles in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, which affected 5,514 people.

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      • #78
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        A Foshan two people of center move of night kills chicken 30 ten thousand "3000" BIRDS CULLED POSSIBLE SUSPECTS"
        15./03/2008, billion Saturday morning 06:34


        Suspected the birds and beasts flu epidemic situation south Foshan in the sea area 水鎮 "the rich tenth Earthly Branch agricultural product wholesale market" the occurrence, this market altogether has nearly 300 to manage the chicken duck goose's files mouth, disclosed according to the wholesale market public figure,this Thursday afternoon had two customers is "the power recorded" the chicken files has bought a Guangxi in a family reputation "three yellow chickens", after went home slaughters eats has a fever must anxiously send to hospital treats and cures, doctor diagnosed discovered the patient had the upper respiratory tract to infect the symptom, after inquired learned about two people once edible chicken,fainted from fear the condition to have doubts, thereupon reported to the police. To yesterday before dawn two o'clock, large quantities of wears the quarantine personnel and the fully armed public security armed police which the white protects the gown suddenly in "the rich tenth Earthly Branch" outside the wholesale market appears, the urgent blockade "the power records" the chicken files, more than 3,000 only live chickens totals throws oneself the chicken files in will kill, after two hours, the quarantine personnel door to door knocks on a door, midnight awakens by noise in the wholesale market all shopkeepers to inform the urgent closure market, and requests the shopkeeper voluntarily to throw oneself in front of early morning six o'clock kills in the files the live chicken, after has unified by the guard department throws oneself kills, after the consultation, voluntarily threw oneself kills the time limit to delay until yesterday morning ten o'clock.

        Before dawn enforces the law the material to seal the market two weeks
        It is reported, the partial shopkeepers for will reduce the loss, the use only -odd time cherish the hypochondria chicken to shear the price to sell, but will sell the sentiment to be ordinary, but will have according to each files saves the chicken quantity computation one to two thousand, this market yesterday throws oneself the live chicken which will kill to surpass 30 ten thousand, the news stated, the authority plan will block this market to surpass two weeks. "The rich tenth Earthly Branch wholesale market" a person in charge last night answered newspaper inquired when confirmed that, yesterday before dawn south the sea area government guard bureau and the police station once carried on the union law enforcement motion to this market, after but the denial motion was because some people ate the chicken to infect illness, declared the motion and the Guangzhou Li Bay area exceed hundred deaths chicken only came from "the power to record" the chicken files to concern.

        The port confirmed the sixth wild bird brings H5N1
        Hong Kong food environmental sanitation bureau to yesterday late at night still in understanding 水鎮 situation, but triggers the event the Guangzhou Li Bay area then not supplies the port to register the live chicken house, but Guangzhou and the Foshan model of domestic virtue totals has twenty to register the live chicken house for the port. Has the professional to refer, the inland live chicken illegal importation Hong Kong actually from does not have reduces, even if enters a country time apprehends both the thief and the stolen goods, must truly know the chicken only originates also the non- easy matter, in addition Guangzhou or Foshan's illegal live chicken possibly comes from the identical source in, does not remove even has 水鎮 catches an illness the chicken only quietly to flow in the Hong Kong. Moreover, the Hong Kong fishing protecting bureau confirmation, previous Saturday obtains in Horse Bay 游隼 after the test confirmed assumes the positive reaction to the H5N1 virus test, has the H5N1 birds and beasts flu for this year Hong Kong sixth the wild bird, this 游隼 road the thick patch of grass is examined to this month eighth in Horse Bay amber Li nearby the bay amber Li, same date death. Moreover, the Guangdong Huizhou small town produces town to raise has 500 pigs' pig fields to start from February to have the pig only to die one after another, until now has surpassed 100, but the short-term Guangdong port two places separately will have the flu epidemic situation, in the local people of Hong Kong suspected the pig only will be infects the flu to die, will sue many times to the department concerned, but will obtain the response by no means, the event causes the local villagers to be panic. The local epidemic-prevention station expressed the pig only only is because the early cold weather freezes to death, has the epidemic situation by no means. http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...n%26id%3d92022
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        • #79
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          The viral variety risk greatly increases
          15./03/2008, billion Saturday morning 07:03

          [ Eastern Daily special news ] the Hong Kong flu infects a document the constant rise, the Guangdong Province area blows out has the massive chickens only exceptionally to die, after suspected some people eat food sickness chicken to be ill. Guangzhou breathes disease research institute manager clock 南山 to point out that, two places cannot lower one's guard to the related phenomenon, because a document demonstrated human and the poultry overlapping infection flu latent risk greatly increases, the viral variety opportunity greatly increases. Clock 南山 yesterday explained in Beijing that, Hong Kong this year a flu document slightly has increases, in addition the Guangzhou Li Bay area recently had the chicken collective death, human and the poultry easy overlapping infection opportunity to increase, if had this situation, the viral variety risk also could increase, worried the pig only and so on other animals also had the possibility simultaneously to infect the flu and the birds and beasts flu are produced the virus the variation, therefore two places should strengthen vigilantly, he suggested the Guangdong port two places sped up the news to exchange, if met the virus which the similar known virus or was difficult to examine to have earnestly to study whether the new virus already did appear. Hong Kong President H5N1 attention group works Yunglo to reiterate, when inland chicken house has the chicken only massive deaths unceasingly to rise on behalf of the birds and beasts flu eruption opportunity, but Hong Kong government often in a later time only then learned about the inland has the chicken only to die, the Hong Kong current flu wreaks havoc, Hong Kong government "earlier knows the inland to have baa the matter to be possible earlier to guard against", therefore should request the inland as soon as possible informer and poultry's unusual situation on own initiative, also may increase goes north does an inspection the inland to keep abreast of the newest situation for the port chicken house.
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          • #80
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            Dead chickens found no contacts is not unusual in Guangdong human cases of avian influenza
            2008-03-19 09:43:03 Liwan District, Guangzhou City Jinhua new markets in chickens infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 subtype of the avian flu epidemic is causing widespread concern. Yesterday, the author (on the 18th) from the Guangdong Provincial Health Department was informed that the current Guangzhou regions activated the emergency monitoring, in close contact with dead chickens were found abnormal.
            "At present, only chickens infected with avian flu, the province has not registered any cases of bird flu." The Guangdong Provincial Health Office of the responsible person said, the Public Health Department has taken five measures, the deployment of human avian influenza prevention and control work. First is the organization of experts on the situation analysis of the incident, assessment, targeted deployment of prevention and control measures. The Guangzhou City Health departments actively cooperate with the agricultural sector to help make the scene disinfection work, guiding the staff do a good job protection, and close contacts, market operators and managers of health monitoring. Third, it is relevant in Guangzhou City started emergency monitoring, medical institutions, strengthen the patient's fever outpatient screening, diagnosis and reporting. Fourth, strengthen health inspection agencies catering units Cunyang, slaughtered livestock and poultry purchases ledger registration, certification cable the supervision and inspection. 度。 Fifthly, it is necessary bird flu prevention and control knowledge of the publicity and education efforts.

            Experts remind that the recent public as much as possible to avoid contact with live poultry, poultry should be cooked Cook, eat with the Baiqieji bloodshot. In addition, Guangdong has recently entered the season of high influenza, the public must pay attention to Laoyijiege, eating light, ventilation windows. Frail elderly children and less to public places, can be actively preventing influenza vaccine injection.
            http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh%7Cen&u=http://www.pprd.org.cn/92/guangdong/200803/t20080319_40485.htm
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            • #81
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              hat-tip Treyfish

              Chinese medicine in the prevention of influenza in Hong Kong
              Chinese holiday clinics provide limited services


              March 21 - According to Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong's Hospital Authority announced that part of Chinese medicine clinics will be limited during the festival to provide services. Chinese medicine practitioners have to remind members of the public, some Chinese soup effective prevention and early treatment of influenza, but stressed that the soup is not specific drug.

              To cope with the holiday increase in the number of influenza patients, the HA eight Chinese medicine clinics will be limited to maintain during the Easter service, but no pharmacological services. HA has issued guidelines to the clinic, and the training of practitioners to take preventive measures, according to general out-patient practice triage patients, the severity is required emergency room treatment referrals.

              Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital Authority Consultant Mr Tan Zhi Yuan, said: "The patient came to these (TCM) clinics, if patients are in serious condition, they (practitioners) will be directly refer patients to hospital emergency rooms. Major practitioners role is in light of the diagnosis and treatment of influenza. "if patients were in critical condition, including a high fever, cough, insanity, low blood pressure and even collapse symptoms, and so on, will also be real-time referral hospital emergency room treatment. She believed that the arrangement to reduce accident and emergency departments and outpatient pressure on Western medicine.
              -snip-
              Hong Kong Baptist University School of Chinese Medicine Clinical Director, Department of Teaching Associate Professor Dr Zhao-Xiang Bian appealed to the public, beginning in the early symptoms of patients should not delay 12 days, or a high fever when he was unclear to practitioners seeking consultation. He said that the treatment of children and adults the same, but to regulate weight, but some decoction not suitable for chronic or chronically ill and pregnant women drinking, taking each dose and the amount varies, according to Chinese medicine practitioners by the Constitution and the individual set.

              Zhao-Xiang Bian added that the current data did not show at the same time taking in Western medicine will have problems, even if the public use of western medicine treatment of the disease, can also enhance the use of Chinese medicine decoction physique, but Chinese medicine ingredients, dosage and duration of use, it would seek views of practitioners .

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              • #82
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                hat-tip Treyfish

                Macao reported influenza monitoring the latest situation on the continued high level of respiratory patients
                China News Network
                March 21 - According to the Macao Daily News reported that according to Macao Health Bureau Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Surveillance Centre, the first 11 weeks of emergency two hospitals for upper respiratory tract infection proportion of attendances are still in the peak, slightly higher than last year's level, each 1,000 people in the diagnosis of respiratory tract infection on 400 hits and pediatric emergency clinic every 1,000 passengers, upper respiratory tract infection of 700 to 730 times.

                Two hospitals were not recorded in severe cases. For the first 11 weeks of Health were detected 40 virus samples H1 and H3 A samples of 20 and 17 B 3.

                According to the Health Bureau Disease Prevention and Control Center schools sentinel surveillance of infectious diseases, 11 weeks with fever and upper respiratory tract symptoms of discomfort than usual absenteeism students, in kindergarten to more notable, similar situation last year.

                Earlier increase in cases of respiratory tract infection at Sha Lei Tau public day-care centres, all patients had been cured or improved, sample test results for children from the common cold respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus was not found. The child care center sanitation and good ventilation, in line with the Health Bureau of Health guidelines, has resumed normal operation.

                In addition, the Hong Kong newspaper report, Macao, a 10-year-old boy because of severe pneumonia in Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital intensive care unit, the check that the boy died of cancer, from Count-integrated hospital referral to the Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital, and this year 2 beginning to Hong Kong for treatment, the Hong Kong side testing negative for the flu.

                In addition to infants, the elderly and the peak period of influenza chronic cases also can contribute pneumonia, myocarditis, encephalitis and other complications, and may cause death. To that end, Health Bureau to make early warning, drew the elderly, patients with chronic diseases and their families, homes or other care to pay attention to, should pay close attention to the elderly and those with health conditions, if fever or respiratory symptoms such as cough, runny nose , sore throat, and so on, should be promptly seek medical treatment. If a severe symptoms such as high fever, shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing, changes in consciousness, shock, and so on, should be promptly to the hospital for medical treatment.

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                • #83
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                  Influenza raging paediatric wards were full for the Government to resume discussions (AP)

                  At 9:07 on March 24, 2008 Source: China News Network
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                  Peng chee said that the WHO is monitoring the mutation of influenza, and to facilitate the event of an influenza pandemic, how to reduce lethality. (Source: Wen Wei Po)

                  March 24 - According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po reported that the Easter period, Hong Kong public hospitals ran out of room again, attendance increased, the paediatric wards were full. Acting Director of Health Dr Gloria Tam said that the peak period of influenza has not yet been suffering from influenza figures nor fall. She said that the fresh-Bureau, Department of Education, Department of Health and other departments will have to discuss when to resume the decision and arrangements.

                  Hong Kong flu of the peak, the number of infection remains high. Now, there are nine children in hospital in which a 2-month-old boy in serious complications of pneumonia, a serious condition, but the influenza virus were negative. Sustained in the influenza virus variants, variant of the World Health Organization is monitoring the situation on how to mitigate the event of a major outbreak of lethal influenza.

                  Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong on the 13th of this month launched a new surveillance mechanism, the Centre spokesman said, 23 have not received any report of the new admission of influenza so far accumulated a total of 24 children admitted to hospital allegedly as a result of influenza complications of the report, in which 6 is confirmed influenza cases, they have all been discharged from hospital. Another 18 flu is not confirmed, but we still have 900 people admitted to hospital. Centre has received a total of 230 influenza-related enquiries.

                  3 departments days to discuss arrangements for resumption of classes

                  As new cases announced on the 22nd of the 2-month-old boy, he was serious complications of pneumonia, on the 21st of this month admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital paediatric ward, the current situation remains serious, failed to discharge, but he has been confirmed influenza virus were negative.

                  Since the 13th of this month from kindergarten and primary schools closed, the Hong Kong Food and Health Council will be on the 25th or the 26th to resume arrangements with the Department of Education decision. Acting Director of Health Dr Gloria Tam said that the peak period of influenza in February-April, and still has not, with the number of influenza nor fall. She said that the fresh-Bureau, Department of Education, Department of Health and other departments will have to discuss when to resume the decision and arrangements.

                  WHO in favour of a vaccine for children

                  In addition, the SAR Government in Tuen Mun on the 23rd of influenza prevention activities, the activities of the HA Chairman Anthony Wu Ting-yuk said that as long Easter holiday, many private clinics rest, recently went to the accident and emergency department has increased the number of paediatric wards are full. The unit has taken appropriate measures to deal with, yet is expected to resume after the accident and emergency department attendance will increase.

                  At the same occasion, WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Health Service in charge of Peng chee said that the SAR Government in favour of free vaccination for children influenza vaccine, "because the vaccination can have some protective effect." She said that the recent flu situation is not deteriorating, but further warmer weather, it can be sure when the peak period ended.

                  Research by the influenza surveillance variant of mass destruction

                  For this year, a new variant of influenza H1N1 and H3N2-Brisbane-Brisbane, Peng chee said the vaccine still 50% of the protection force, the WHO has been on the alert and surveillance of influenza variety of situations, study the event of an influenza pandemic how to reduce lethality.

                  As a boy died after flu symptoms appear in Tuen Mun Ho Shun Tak Fraternal Association East primary schools, some parents said there are still concerns, but worried that remain closed, it will affect their children academic progress, it will remind their children back to school after the attention of health. Parents also said that the recent influenza figures stabilized, and strengthening disinfection of the school premises, I believe health situation acceptable.

                  中新网新闻中心是中新网最重要的频道之一,24小时滚动报道国内、国际及社会新闻。每日编发新闻数以万计。

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                  • #84
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                    So ..now there is a varient? Good find, CG
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                    • #85
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                      Originally posted by Treyfish View Post
                      So ..now there is a varient? Good find, CG
                      H1N1 Brisbane/59 and H3N2 Bisbane/10 are not new.

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                      • #86
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                        Thanks,Doc.
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                        • #87
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                          I thought the Brisbane is only as old as Australia's last winter season?

                          ETA: How do you know its Brisbane/59 & Brisbane/10?

                          For this year, a new variant of influenza H1N1 and H3N2-Brisbane-Brisbane,

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                          • #88
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                            Answered my own question.

                            ? The 2008?2009 trivalent vaccine virus strains are A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1)-like, A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like, and B/Florida/4/2006-like antigens. All three strains are different from the 2007-2008 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine.

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                            • #89
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                              Originally posted by Commonground View Post
                              Answered my own question.

                              • The 2008–2009 trivalent vaccine virus strains are A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1)-like, A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like, and B/Florida/4/2006-like antigens. All three strains are different from the 2007-2008 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine.

                              http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/pro...lu-3-21-08.pdf
                              I post a series of images (phylogenetic tree of A/H3N2 - A/H1N1 and B influenza viruses) from Italian surveillance system (CIRI - http://www.influciri.it/frsetcn.html).
                              I hope It will help anyway to understand current seasonal human epidemic activity in northern emisphere (close to its end).


                              ^^ Type B

                              ^^ Type A subtype A/H1N1

                              ^^ Type A subtype A/H3N2

                              ^^ Distribution of isolates

                              Data refer to week 11/2008.
                              It may help further to add the fact that between Italy and China mainland exist a flow of migrant workers (legal and not legal). The Chinese community in Italy is one of the bigger, second only to those from Mediterranean basin (Algerie, Tunisie, Morocco, Kurdistan and Somali) and Balcans (Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Kosovo etc.)
                              Last edited by Giuseppe; March 25, 2008, 11:06 AM. Reason: expl texts added

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                              • #90
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                                Thanks ironorehopper, I appreciate it.

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