From Vietnam
March 3, 2010
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""Previous years, avian influenza appears in winter, cold weather. Also this year, avian influenza appears to prolonged hot and dry season. This suggests that influenza A/H5N1 virus strain variations, complicated development. Concern that avian influenza outbreaks occur in the former."
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From China
A flow of a pandemic "may not" occur
2010-03-05
Source: Jinyang Wang - New Express (Guangzhou)
Zhong Nanshan: Southern from February to June a high incidence of influenza, the most worried about human transmission of new variant of
New Express News (Reporter YIN GUO Xiao-yan CHEN Qi-tin Liuzheng Xu Cao Jingjing Liao Ying-yi) Yesterday, the National People's Congress, Chinese Academy of Engineering academician Zhong Nanshan, told reporters sounded "alarm bells": influenza in southern China is the high season of February to 6 months, there are other mutations found in H3N2 influenza viruses are most worried about mixing the virus to generate new variants.
Zhong Nanshan said that the recent two months, the mainland accounted for influenza A flow ratio gradually decrease, A flow of a pandemic "may not" happen.
He said that last year, Hong Kong and the Mainland, was found in pigs in a stream of individual variants, and some are also resistant to Tamiflu, even in the end of last year also found that individual H5N1 (avian influenza); the same time, in southern China, including Hong Kong, In the February to June for the influenza season, the medical estimates of the A stream that currently the predominant influenza outbreak is unlikely, but there may be other influenza viruses mix, so this time should not relax their vigilance.
He said that although the show you will be seeing the virus variant does not pose any outbreak, but medical authorities most fear is the virus through the mixture to produce a new variant, with resistance, both human transmission characteristics, "This is the most afraid of. "
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