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A confirmed case of human infection with H9N2 avian influenza in Jiangsu
source: Health Bureau (SS) Release date: March 26, 2019, 19:35
The Health Bureau received a notification from the Mainland Health Department today (March 26) that a case of human infection with H9N2 avian influenza was confirmed in Jiangsu Province. According to the report, the patient is a 9-year-old male student. He currently lives in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province. He developed symptoms on March 15 and was admitted to hospital on March 16. He is now in serious condition and has visited the live poultry stall before the onset.
Influenza viruses are classified into type A (A), B (B), and C (C). Type A can cause a worldwide pandemic, so it is particularly important. Type B generally causes only local epidemics, and type C usually causes only sporadic cases. . Influenza virus surface with hemagglutinin ( H emagglutinin, referred to as H) and the enzyme neuraminidase enzyme ( N euraminidase, referred to as N) two major antigens; hemagglutinin consensus type 1 to 16, a total of 1 to neuraminidase Type 9. Influenza A viruses are named after a combination of different H and N, such as the 2009 pandemic H1N1 and the current H7N9, H10N8 and so on. The reason why influenza A is important is that H and N antigens are easy to change to produce new subtypes; but humans are not immune to new subtypes, so they often cause different degrees of prevalence. When a new type of flu virus appears in humans, there is a possibility that a worldwide pandemic will occur because people are completely unresisting. The reason for the emergence of the new influenza virus is the recombination of the genes of the human flu virus and the non-human flu virus (such as the avian flu virus), or the re-emergence of the old subtype strain, or the animal flu virus has changed the host traits.
To prevent the spread of influenza A, the Health Bureau appeals to the public to pay attention to the following matters:
source: Health Bureau (SS) Release date: March 26, 2019, 19:35
The Health Bureau received a notification from the Mainland Health Department today (March 26) that a case of human infection with H9N2 avian influenza was confirmed in Jiangsu Province. According to the report, the patient is a 9-year-old male student. He currently lives in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province. He developed symptoms on March 15 and was admitted to hospital on March 16. He is now in serious condition and has visited the live poultry stall before the onset.
Influenza viruses are classified into type A (A), B (B), and C (C). Type A can cause a worldwide pandemic, so it is particularly important. Type B generally causes only local epidemics, and type C usually causes only sporadic cases. . Influenza virus surface with hemagglutinin ( H emagglutinin, referred to as H) and the enzyme neuraminidase enzyme ( N euraminidase, referred to as N) two major antigens; hemagglutinin consensus type 1 to 16, a total of 1 to neuraminidase Type 9. Influenza A viruses are named after a combination of different H and N, such as the 2009 pandemic H1N1 and the current H7N9, H10N8 and so on. The reason why influenza A is important is that H and N antigens are easy to change to produce new subtypes; but humans are not immune to new subtypes, so they often cause different degrees of prevalence. When a new type of flu virus appears in humans, there is a possibility that a worldwide pandemic will occur because people are completely unresisting. The reason for the emergence of the new influenza virus is the recombination of the genes of the human flu virus and the non-human flu virus (such as the avian flu virus), or the re-emergence of the old subtype strain, or the animal flu virus has changed the host traits.
To prevent the spread of influenza A, the Health Bureau appeals to the public to pay attention to the following matters:
- Avoid places where there are many people, and places where there are people selling or displaying birds in markets such as areas where people are infected with the Avian Influenza A;
- Avoid contact with patients, birds or other animals and their secretions, excretions; if contact, wash hands immediately;
- Do not eat poultry, viscera, blood products and eggs that have not been thoroughly cooked;
- Pay attention to personal hygiene and wash your hands often;
- If you have symptoms such as fever, cough, or difficulty breathing, wear a mask, seek medical attention as soon as possible, and detail the history of travel and animal contact to the doctor.
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