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[Source: Ifeng, full page in Chinese: (LINK). Automatic translation.]
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H7N9, China: Risk of infection still present, virus has not gone away
At 04:12 on June 4, 2013 Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
Southern News reporter Yang Guang Xia "H7N9 storm" Two months later, everyone infected with H7N9 Chinese bird flu have been terminated influenza pandemic emergency response related to prevention and control work into normal management. Provincial Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, He Jianfeng, director of the view that although the termination of the emergency response, but the practice still continues daily monitoring and H7N9 there are still many blind study, the risk of infection still exists.
By the end of April to May, people infected with H7N9 confirmed cases of avian influenza decreased to Shanghai, for example, the city has a total of 33 confirmed cases announced on April 20, after one case of new cases, no new cases of official announcement .
To this end, Shanghai took the lead on May 10 announced the termination of people infected with H 7N 9 avian flu epidemic emergency response, and then, Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangsu and other provinces have gradually terminate emergency response. May 28, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, also uses this approach, so far, everyone infected with H 7N 9 Chinese bird flu have been terminated influenza pandemic emergency response related to prevention and control work into normal management.
According to official statistics, as of May 27, the Chinese mainland reported a total of people infected with H 7N 9 130 cases of confirmed cases of avian flu, which killed 37 cases.
In addition to in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, Zengcheng two chickens found in samples H 7N 9 viruses, and found no cases of human infection.
Jianfeng said that the current H7N9 is still distributing state, there is no evidence of efficient human-to-human transmission, and in almost no poultry virulence. In his view, the gradual reduction of cases and the effective prevention and control measures relevant and H7N9 avian influenza virus is likely to have climatic characteristics, namely winter virus activity increased after the advent of the summer will be weakened.
Although the termination of the emergency response, but Jianfeng said, this does not mean that the virus will go away, "do not know when it will come again." And the human understanding of H7N9 there are still many blind spots, such as what people are most susceptible? Why are many elderly people and children with severe multiple mild? Viruses spread easily in what circumstances? Why is not so sensitive to Tamiflu virus? "These problems may always puzzles."
Jianfeng said the termination of the emergency response, but routine for H 7N 9 of monitoring methods, along with the concept of human avian but it will continue. "People how to get along with the birds need to rethink whether the system should be adopted to reduce the spread of the virus to establish an industrial risks, such as chilled."
-At 04:12 on June 4, 2013 Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
Southern News reporter Yang Guang Xia "H7N9 storm" Two months later, everyone infected with H7N9 Chinese bird flu have been terminated influenza pandemic emergency response related to prevention and control work into normal management. Provincial Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, He Jianfeng, director of the view that although the termination of the emergency response, but the practice still continues daily monitoring and H7N9 there are still many blind study, the risk of infection still exists.
By the end of April to May, people infected with H7N9 confirmed cases of avian influenza decreased to Shanghai, for example, the city has a total of 33 confirmed cases announced on April 20, after one case of new cases, no new cases of official announcement .
To this end, Shanghai took the lead on May 10 announced the termination of people infected with H 7N 9 avian flu epidemic emergency response, and then, Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangsu and other provinces have gradually terminate emergency response. May 28, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, also uses this approach, so far, everyone infected with H 7N 9 Chinese bird flu have been terminated influenza pandemic emergency response related to prevention and control work into normal management.
According to official statistics, as of May 27, the Chinese mainland reported a total of people infected with H 7N 9 130 cases of confirmed cases of avian flu, which killed 37 cases.
In addition to in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, Zengcheng two chickens found in samples H 7N 9 viruses, and found no cases of human infection.
Jianfeng said that the current H7N9 is still distributing state, there is no evidence of efficient human-to-human transmission, and in almost no poultry virulence. In his view, the gradual reduction of cases and the effective prevention and control measures relevant and H7N9 avian influenza virus is likely to have climatic characteristics, namely winter virus activity increased after the advent of the summer will be weakened.
Although the termination of the emergency response, but Jianfeng said, this does not mean that the virus will go away, "do not know when it will come again." And the human understanding of H7N9 there are still many blind spots, such as what people are most susceptible? Why are many elderly people and children with severe multiple mild? Viruses spread easily in what circumstances? Why is not so sensitive to Tamiflu virus? "These problems may always puzzles."
Jianfeng said the termination of the emergency response, but routine for H 7N 9 of monitoring methods, along with the concept of human avian but it will continue. "People how to get along with the birds need to rethink whether the system should be adopted to reduce the spread of the virus to establish an industrial risks, such as chilled."
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