H7N9 Live Chat Today at 10am EDT sponsored by Science AAAS

[sharon sanders]

Live Chat: The Threat of H7N9 Bird Flu (Video)

by Jon Cohen on 1 May 2013, 8:47 AM
See below for the chat box. Join us this Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT for a live conversation with leading scientists and expert reporters.

TODAY'S TOPIC
When Chinese public health officials announced last month that people were sick and dying from a bird flu virus never before seen in humans, researchers immediately began hunting for answers to a deluge of pressing questions. How did the humans become infected? How deadly was the bug? Had it spread to people outside of China? Would anti-influenza drugs work? And how long would it take to make a vaccine?

Join us at a special time, 10 a.m. EDT, on Thursday, 2 May, on this page for a live video chat when we discuss H7N9 with experts. They?ll tackle the questions above and take yours. Be sure to leave your queries in the comment box below.


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[sharon sanders]

Re: H7N9 Live Chat Today at 10am EDT sponsored by Science AAAS

My notes:


Why cases primarily older men? @MarionKoopmans not clear. Some have underlying illness. @sciencecohen #fb

Why is #H7N9 more virulent? @MarionKoopmans Not sure. Peculiar age group profile. Need more information @sciencecohen #fb

Yuelong Shu says #H7N9 can affect more people than #H5N1 because #H7N9 has more receptors in upper respiratory tract @sciencecohen #fb

Yuelong Shu: #H7N9 can affect people easier than #H5N1 - says travel to #China is safe. Have shut many poultry markets @sciencecohen #fb

@MarionKoopmans points out that behind markets is the question of the poultry farms. Where does #H7N9 come from? @sciencecohen #fb

Yuelong Shu: Says more tests being done on "high risk" professions i.e. poultry workers @sciencecohen #H7N9 #fb

@MarionKoopmans Need some results to antibody tests of #H7N9 patients. @sciencecohen #fb

Yuelong Shu: We are testing for #H7N9 antibodies in humans and developing test for animals. @sciencecohen #fb

Yuelong Shu: So. China has unique environment + poultry for development of flu viruses. #H7N9 @sciencecohen #fb

@MarionKoopmans Genetic profiles aren't the same for all flu viruses. This affects transmissibility potentials @sciencecohen #H7N9 #H5N1 #fb

Yuelong Shu: Looking at #H7N9 reservoirs "we do not have anything" @sciencecohen #fb

Yuelong Shu: Watching potential of human-to-human transmission. Following close contacts. Also family clusters - so far 3. @sciencecohen #fb

Yuelong Shu: We can't depend on only 1 method to closely monitor #H7N9 virus. @sciencecohen #fb

@MarionKoopmans Hard to study spread without a known source. Not easy to rule out mild cases at this point. @sciencecohen #H7N9 #fb

Yuelong Shu: Some projects ongoing to study #H7N9 spread. Important for poultry farms to have good biosecurity @sciencecohen #fb

The chat is concluded. @sciencecohen #fb

 

[Nika]

Re: H7N9 Live Chat Today at 10am EDT sponsored by Science AAAS

he barely addressed the pig question and quickly redirected to the H2H question - unasked at that moment.

Who is this guy? Didnt catch it.

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: H7N9 Live Chat Today at 10am EDT sponsored by Science AAAS

"Virologist Yuelong Shu wears three hats.

He directs both the National Influenza Center in Beijing and the

World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza.

He is also deputy director of the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention."


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