Re: Is H7N9 Spreading from Human to Human in China?
Translated with Google translate from:
http://boxun.com/news/gb/china/2013/04/201304201625.shtml
The Shanghai Hospital Message:
H7N9 infection through the air and droplets
Look the Boxun hot: avian influenza
(-Boxun SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 2013 reprint)
Source: Free Asia
Shanghai hospital inside information: H7N9 infection through the air and droplets
The mainland Thursday new cases of H7N9 avian influenza in a confirmed death of the patient. The national total of cases increased to 88, of which 17 people were killed. Shanghai confirmed that two families collective infections, causing local people to panic, health care workers send SMS refers to a very serious epidemic virus has pleasant descendant.
Thursday 5 new H7N9 avian influenza, from Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Henan, Shanghai and Zhejiang two patients, aged between 26 years to 69 years. 38-year-old male patient in Zhengzhou, is engaged in the slaughter of poultry sales, serious condition. Suzhou, a 60-year-old male patient diagnosed earlier Wednesday night she died.
The virus has human-to-human transmission, as well as whether the mutation of the virus, has become the topics of greatest concern of the people of Shanghai. Recently, microblogging disseminating a paramedic SMS, SMS revealed that the local epidemic is very serious, the virus mutates, no fever may also be infected, and serving hospitals, all health care workers are prohibited from Shanghai, to be on call 24 hours . The SMS was put microblogging after widespread, shortly microblogging be deleted. Reporters Thursday successfully found the message on the microblogging Internet users Choi, he confirmed to reporters that the message from a health care friends.
He said: "he said to the virus through the air and droplets of infected and not infected, but infection, so be sure to wear a mask, very nervous, saying as experts in Beijing said, patients can have fever, the disease such as Beijing's 4-year-old boy, infected but not incidence, experts still are afraid to exclude will be human-to-human transmission. "
Civil H7N9 avian influenza may have human-to-human transmission very panic. Mr. Hu told reporters on Thursday, who lives in Minhang District of Shanghai public refers to the hotel business in the region is bleak, people are panic.
A nearby hotel, usually go very lively, recently-store only a few people, people panic, Minhang District, where we are already more than 20,000 pigeons were burned, I believe that the situation is very serious, the government is very nervous, he said: authorities say human, people privately say definitely human, otherwise why would so nervous. "
The reporter made several phone calls to the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control, and the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, have no answer their phone.
China CDC Health Emergency Management Office staff on duty to respond to our station reporter inquiries about the virus capable successor of saying, Shanghai has been found in two family clusters of cases infected with the virus involving a father and son and a couple experts so far human-to-human transmission of the virus will not be rectified, everything remains to be further verified.
He said: "human-to-human transmission of the argument, not one or two cases to a conclusion, but also collect a lot of data to draw a conclusion, even a small amount of family clusters of cases, not like the virus can be transmitted person to person, at least so far there is no official announcement of the results out. "
Feng Zijian, director of the center on Thursday to accept the Beijing News access means, still not clear judgment is limited human-to-human causes, or joint or exposed due to the authorities have been concerned about and research, but even a small amount of familial aggregation cases, does not mean that the virus has had the ability to effective human-to-human transmission.
Zhengzhou public Miss He refers to members of the public are worried about the spread of the disease, not eating live poultry, and greater attention to personal hygiene, urges the government to announce the latest epidemic, people do preventive.
She said: "already do not eat live poultry, reduce the consumption of meat, will strengthen the hand cleaning and disinfection, some people buy a mask, but not too many people, telling everyone to be more careful."
In addition, the Public Security Bureau of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province Tombouctou, Hengshan County, Yuyang, Fugu County, three women, due to the use of micro-Bo, paste it, QQ group spreading rumors of H7N9 bird flu, administrative detention by the police according to law. Tombouctou First users post, refers to the local city hospital experts on Tuesday confirmed, Zhang Xiong-ying has become the the local first case of H7N9 cases. Subsequently, two other Internet users also forward the message of the paragraph.
_ (The network reproduced) (Boxun boxun.com)
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