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Jinan high incidence of flu experts: normal winter epidemic, no new virus
At 15:37 on December 5, 2013 Author: Source: Dazhong I want to comment
Jinan Fourth People's Hospital Division is responsible for public health, said Zhao Limei, in fact, both have significant differences in pathogen, symptoms, prognosis and treatment, is completely different. "We as a national influenza sentinel surveillance hospitals, monitoring programs have been conducted for ILI clearly defined, namely fever (temperature ≥ 38 ℃), cough or sore throat accompanied by one of those.
"The recent influenza is not very powerful? Me and the children full of fever, cough all day around a number of colleagues." The very fact that the child is sick, her most worried. Winter flu epidemic in the end how serious? December 3 in the afternoon, this reporter visited the city of Jinan four national influenza surveillance sentinel hospitals, one of the Fourth People's Hospital of Jinan City, public health specialist, said the level of influenza pandemic this winter compared to last year No significant changes over the same period, but the current hot and cold temperatures, the high incidence of influenza in people still need to be careful to deal with.
What is a flu-like illness?
Temperature ≥ 38 ℃ with cough or sore throat
Currently, a lot of public awareness of the flu is not very clear, a lot of people confuse influenza with the common cold.
Jinan Fourth People's Hospital Division is responsible for public health, said Zhao Limei, in fact, both have significant differences in pathogen, symptoms, prognosis and treatment, is completely different.
"We as a national influenza sentinel surveillance hospitals, monitoring programs have been conducted for ILI clearly defined, namely fever (temperature ≥ 38 ℃), accompanied by cough or sore throat one." Zhao Limei said. Flu belong to the state legal Class C infectious diseases. Is caused by the influenza virus acute respiratory infections, including A, B, C III. Influenza is a much more serious than the common cold, acute respiratory infections, highly contagious, often localized and even large-scale outbreak. And the cold is caused by a variety of pathogens, viruses, bacteria and other respiratory infections, demonstrated by the relatively mild symptoms, such as fever, sneezing, runny nose, short course, infectious weak.
Ye monitoring influenza virus?
20 sentinel hospitals weekly draw samples for inspection
"Because the flu virus mutates very strong, we are all year round monitoring." Zhao Limei said that the annual March to September non-high season, general sampling 5-15 copies, from October to March into the high season, sampling 15 copies. "This year is special, as has happened in the summer people infected with H7N9 outbreaks, according to the national monitoring requirements, we now have a weekly sampling in 20 cases."
Reporters learned that the sampling is to use the swab and nasal swab samples into the sample collection containing 3-4 ml of the sample solution. Subsequently, the samples collected after delivery within 48 hours to the CDC Influenza Surveillance Network Laboratory, preservation temperature below 4 ℃.
"We are focused on pediatric emergency department and Respiratory and other key departments, while only outpatient, inpatient, we will gather in the corresponding sample." Zhao Limei said. So that once the CDC Influenza Surveillance Network Lab detected a new virus or clusters of cases, you can track cases, conduct emergency.
Flu is very serious?
And last year almost did not find a new virus
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