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China - Zhejiang - Provincial CDC: this winter influenza epidemic intensity is greater than the previous two years

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Provincial CDC responded province this winter influenza epidemic intensity is greater than the previous two years

Time: 2014-01-04 09:06:16 Saturday Source: City Express Edit: Yejie Ru

CDC official response yesterday, Zhejiang, the province this winter influenza epidemic intensity is greater than the previous two years

The best way to prevent the flu is vaccination haze days have proper ventilation window even 15 minutes is good

Recently, many people have lamented around the small partners are cold. Yesterday, Zhejiang Disease Prevention Formal response to the control center, this year, Zhejiang Province flu epidemic intensity indeed larger than the previous two years.

According to the provincial CDC data, since entering the winter flu epidemic intensity upward trend in Zhejiang Province, the monitoring results showed that: in December 2013, Zhejiang Province influenza sentinel hospitals reported a total of 25,113 cases of influenza-like illness, accounting for 3.47 of the total emergency door %, significantly higher than in 2012 (2.46%) and 2011 (2.73%) over the same period. Causing an epidemic rise in the intensity of many factors, experts may be with the virus characteristics.

In addition, the provincial CDC reminds everyone that winter is the season of active influenza viruses, and the annual January is the coldest month of the whole year is expected in the next period of time, the intensity of an influenza pandemic will rise. Therefore, the public should be protected against influenza preparation, personal hygiene, avoid going to crowded places, keep the indoor air circulation. Once the fever, cough and other respiratory symptoms seek immediate medical attention.

Currently the province to influenza A H3N2 influenza strain subtype

We say colds and flu health department said in fact not the same thing.

The full name of the influenza flu, we usually say it is cold common cold, flu stronger than cold contagious severe symptoms.

Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus, which may be caused by a variety of flu viruses; flu symptoms than the common cold heavy, cold symptoms are mainly nasal congestion, runny nose, etc., and also the flu fever, cough and body aches and so on.

If your "cold" particularly severe, with fever, chills, body aches and other symptoms, you may have the flu, but not cold. More serious complications of influenza may cause pneumonia, myocarditis, meningitis and other diseases, suspected she had the flu, should as soon as possible to the hospital for treatment.

At present, Zhejiang pandemic influenza strain H3N2 subtype influenza A, which is a subtype of influenza A virus, influenza B symptoms compared to heavy (there are three common types of flu: influenza A H3N2 influenza, Influenza A (H1N1) and influenza B).

Influenza A (H3N2) flu symptoms are fever (usually in the afternoon temperatures higher), cough, sore throat, body aches, headache and fatigue.
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