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Health authorities have found two more cases of mutated swine influenza virus in Norway. Now it turns out that up to six - not three - of the dead were outside risikogruppene.
AVJOHN HULT GREN INGEBORG MOE
Thus, it found a total of five cases of what is internationally referred to as the Norwegian mutation. The last two people who have developed the mutation, have not had any contact with each other and not with the other three.
Preliminary test.
"It suggests that there is more sporadic cases, and that the mutated virus has not spread, but that the mutation has occurred at the individual," says physician Bj?rn Iversen at the NIPH.
He points out that the last two mutations are not finally confirmed, but preliminary tests indicate that it is the same mutation. The mutated virus has the ability to attach themselves very far into the lungs and cause pneumonia. Because pneumonia is caused by viruses, not bacteria, it can not be treated with antibiotics.
At the mutated virus attaches itself so far down, probably reduces the risk that it infects others.
Health authorities do not know why the virus has mutated in just these five people.
-There is probably a pure coincidence, but in general we can say that the longer a person is influensasyk, the greater risk is that the virus muterer, explains Iversen.
"We can say that the longer a person is influensasyk, the greater risk is that the virus muterer"
Maps Adds.
Health Directorate received approval last week from the Data Inspectorate to collect more information about the 25 dead.
Together with the Directorate of Public Health will want more detailed information including details on how serious any other disease has been, how long it went from the person was infected until he or she sought medical attention, and how long after that which went before treatment was started.
-So can we get knowledge about it is no unnecessary delay in the system that we can improve in front of a possible third wave of the pandemic, "says Iversen.
Pandemics have several gangere previously come in three waves, but health authorities believe it may be possible to avoid a third wave of swine flu, if many NOK have developed immunity either through vaccination or by having been infected.
More healthy.
In the work of mapping the dead, it is already clear that the number of which are located in high-risk group, is wrong. Of the 25 in Norway who have died of swine flu, it is stated that the three were outside the risk group. But the real figure healthy who have died, are higher.
-The classification is done according to information provided by the doctor who announced the death. But there are degrees of severity of a disease, and we now see that more than thought of the dead will not be placed in a risk group. I do not know for sure, but believes the number is five or six instead of three, says Iversen. :tiphat:http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3407797.ece
AVJOHN HULT GREN INGEBORG MOE
Thus, it found a total of five cases of what is internationally referred to as the Norwegian mutation. The last two people who have developed the mutation, have not had any contact with each other and not with the other three.
Preliminary test.
"It suggests that there is more sporadic cases, and that the mutated virus has not spread, but that the mutation has occurred at the individual," says physician Bj?rn Iversen at the NIPH.
He points out that the last two mutations are not finally confirmed, but preliminary tests indicate that it is the same mutation. The mutated virus has the ability to attach themselves very far into the lungs and cause pneumonia. Because pneumonia is caused by viruses, not bacteria, it can not be treated with antibiotics.
At the mutated virus attaches itself so far down, probably reduces the risk that it infects others.
Health authorities do not know why the virus has mutated in just these five people.
-There is probably a pure coincidence, but in general we can say that the longer a person is influensasyk, the greater risk is that the virus muterer, explains Iversen.
"We can say that the longer a person is influensasyk, the greater risk is that the virus muterer"
Maps Adds.
Health Directorate received approval last week from the Data Inspectorate to collect more information about the 25 dead.
Together with the Directorate of Public Health will want more detailed information including details on how serious any other disease has been, how long it went from the person was infected until he or she sought medical attention, and how long after that which went before treatment was started.
-So can we get knowledge about it is no unnecessary delay in the system that we can improve in front of a possible third wave of the pandemic, "says Iversen.
Pandemics have several gangere previously come in three waves, but health authorities believe it may be possible to avoid a third wave of swine flu, if many NOK have developed immunity either through vaccination or by having been infected.
More healthy.
In the work of mapping the dead, it is already clear that the number of which are located in high-risk group, is wrong. Of the 25 in Norway who have died of swine flu, it is stated that the three were outside the risk group. But the real figure healthy who have died, are higher.
-The classification is done according to information provided by the doctor who announced the death. But there are degrees of severity of a disease, and we now see that more than thought of the dead will not be placed in a risk group. I do not know for sure, but believes the number is five or six instead of three, says Iversen. :tiphat:http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3407797.ece
