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UAZ provides influenza A rebound in April
Andrea Davila / ntrzacatecas.com
Wednesday February 3, 2010
Zacatecas, Zac .- For almost six months to begin to testing for Human Influenza Laboratory of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), has initiated a second phase investigation of possible mutations of the virus A/H1N1.
The head of the laboratory, Jorge Luis Ayala Lujan explained that although decreased cases of this disease is expected to rebound in April, so in coordination with other institutions like the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) is aims to provide new knowledge on the subject.
"We are preparing for a possible rebound, we are purchasing for this detection systems that will possibly be new variants, since even new strains have sequences that have occurred in other countries like Norway, and we must be monitoring."
The specialist area of Health Sciences announced that the joint work UAZ with CINVESTAV, under the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), which will soon be opening a laboratory biosafety, "the idea is to combine efforts and solve the problem, if the virus has changed or will change. "
Up until December 2009 at the Laboratory of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, located in the XXI Century Campus of the university, 20 samples were analyzed with equipment purchased by the highest house of studies, representing a breakthrough in research on health.
"The benefit is that we are working not only to detect and stop there, but we see potential outbreaks in Norway showed a new strain and is particularly a concern in terms of antiviral resistance," abounded.
For that reason, said that in the country, including Zacatecas, the scientific community must be aware of these situations to act upon it, "the lab already has that ability, including not being left to the university monotoreando" abounded Ayala Lujan .
Also expected a different situation than the first health contingency for Human Influenza, because there is another factor that can change the behavior of the H1N1 virus, which is vaccination, "we want to do first is a scan of the population in order to have data, and even some that have already been vaccinated, because it will introduce another phenomenon and we must see how it turns the rebound